OK, so here's my dilema, every time I see about a dog attacking someone and being put down..I get angry. Like really angry!!! My thoughts have always been, its an animal, it communicates through noise, which we don't understand, the other communication...biting its how dogs are, like how cats scratch. Surely if we want a dog around a baby, around us, its our responsibility to train them, to explain to them what's wrong and right, not let them walk around like they own the place. So surely, like their guardian the owners should take responsibility should the dog do something bad. Why should the dog have its life ended for doing something that is natural to them?
The only reason I can see for putting a dog down after it has bitten someone is because no one else will look after it after knowing its history, and unlike disowning a child the dog can not look after themselves and get help from the government...but still.
If anyone else has a thought let me know, I would be interested to know peoples views |