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[CLKD]

All aboard the Alaska pup bus...


A wife and husband duo bought a bus for their dog walking business in Alaska, and now they drive around town picking up eager pups for a daily adventure.


The photo is great.  I think that the GSD and Lab at the back are a caption competition: the Alsatian is saying "Nope.  Camera Shy.  Don't want my photo taken" or "How do I tell U that U smell!"

[jaypo]

Did anyone watch that programme last night on BBC1 ? These idiots with their bully XLs ,I'd be absolutely terrified if one of those dogs approached me and that poor woman who's young son was mauled to death by one,it was so sad then the idiot owner with no remorse,swearing at the cameras while going to court,if I was there I think I would've punched him

[Songbird]

Oh Jaypo, I just couldn’t watch it. I saw the trailer for it and was  at the TV.
They need to come down hard on these idiots. These poor dogs with extreme characteristics bred in - “Frankenstein monster-like” - absolutely shocking and, as you say, the poor woman who looked absolutely devastated following the death of her son.

[jaypo]

I know songbird,it's bad enough losing a child but for a child to be killed that way? They also showed how they use razor blades to hack the dogs ears off,WHY is nothing done? Too many deaths due to dog attacks these days,they need to ban bully XLs me thinks

[CLKD]

I couldn't watch though I had read the Journalist's report earlier in the day.  What can LAs do?  If 1 has two breeding bitches 1 has to register with the LA - how many know that Law?  People get a pup and think "I'll breed because she/he looks lovely".  They never go through the protocols of health checks and keeping the dam/stud 'clean'.

So in large estates with locked in drives ....... anything can be happening.  Then the dogs get passed to 'foster. homes' where there probably isn't room to swing a cat in the back yard leave alone keep a dog.  Which probably never gets walked.  Or socialised.  Also these dogs grow to be beyond the weight that a normal man can hold safely.

I feel sorry for the dogs ....... probably have very little brain power, probably reactionary due to the type of 'bull' breed.  Fear aggression ..........

LA aren't aware of these breeders because the dogs are rarely seen in public.  I suspect too that any veterinary 'care' is done internally    .  Probably with an illegally held pistol. 

I looked through the various 'big' dog homing companies last night, the number of dogs with cropped ears to be rehomed is awful!  Dobes in particular.    

[jaypo]

Thes Bully dogs can sell for up to half a million,they have bully XL dog shows,where the judges are tattooed from head to foot,these poor dogs are so badly bred,one which was rescued as it was deemed useless,had its front feet practically on backwards,they eventually had to have it put down,as it couldn't be rectified,was only 14 months old,the other one was so heavy with muscle,it couldn't bear it's own weight,it was so sad

[CLKD]

If the UK LAs are aware of these 'shows', then surely they could be stopped by the RSPCA and Police?  Also the halls booking out spaces to these unfortunate events have to be held responsible?  Down the line, as with drug dealing and hare coursing?

[CLKD]

An international dog show showcasing American bullies has been cancelled following a BBC investigation into the trading of the popular breed.

The American Bully Kennel Club (ABKC) UK event was due to be held at Coventry Building Society Arena on 11 February.

Footage gathered by undercover journalists at an ABKC UK show in Manchester showed hundreds of dogs paraded with cropped ears.

ABKC UK has not responded to the BBC's questions.

The undercover filming aired on the Panorama and Disclosure programmes on Monday night.

[CLKD]

That answers 1 question. 

[jaypo]

Yep,read that BUT if slicing off a dogs ears is illegal (obviously) WHY aren't these owners being charged? 

[CLKD]

Is that hype though  ........ if cropped ears were witnessed the RSPCA and Police should have been informed. 

[sheila99]

Perhaps the police are too frightened - same reason gypsies can break the law with impunity.

[jaypo]

Not only were they witnessed,they were caught on hidden camera saying they do it all the time and they do it with a razor,omg poor puppies 

[CLKD]

Agree sheila99 - I could write a book ;-).

[CLKD]

A 4 year old died yesterday as a result of an attack in a garden in Milton Keynes.

2 weeks ago I met a woman in our village with a 'staff' - however, it turns out to be a bull XX    breed and will be huge.  Looking at her she's about 5ft tall and 7 stone wet through    .  Why oh why oh .............