Anyone know someone who's xl bully has been affected by the law that came into effect today?

[ebikeerwidnes]

Apparently the best dog to get for warning you about problem is a Shih tzu

I have heard - so take it with a bucket full of salt - that ancient oriental monestries had big mastiff type dogs patrolling the grounds to guard from intruders
but if someone got past them they had pet shih tzu that slept with them and were permanently alert and would bark at anything unusual and wake everyone up
Then the monks are awake and can deal with the problem

sort of an anti-ninja dog

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Apparently the best dog to get for warning you about problem is a Shih tzu

I have heard - so take it with a bucket full of salt - that ancient oriental monestries had big mastiff type dogs patrolling the grounds to guard from intruders
but if someone got past them they had pet shih tzu that slept with them and were permanently alert and would bark at anything unusual and wake everyone up
Then the monks are awake and can deal with the problem

sort of an anti-ninja dog

Geese!

Are terrific 'watchdogs'. They 'imprint' humans very early in their life and remember the imprinted individuals indefinitely and totally ignore them.

Anyone else intruding on their patch they will honk and holler at very loudly.

Their night vision is way better than humans and they cannot be bribed with food - unlike dogs.

We have the Romans to thank for this insight. They used them to guard all manner of properties from weathy homes to forts.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Geese!

Are terrific 'watchdogs'. They 'imprint' humans very early in their life and remember the imprinted individuals indefinitely and totally ignore them.

Anyone else intruding on their patch they will honk and holler at very loudly.

Their night vision is way better than humans and they cannot be bribed with food - unlike dogs.

We have the Romans to thank for this insight. They used them to guard all manner of properties from weathy homes to forts.

Great at keeping grass short as well
and tasty!!

Unlike dogs who tend to "make a mess" on the lawn and eating them is frowned upon in most places!

 

[fossyant]

I did read that most XL bullies in the UK came from one dog, so there is significant in-breeding going on.

 

[Profpointy]

There's a dog trainer on youtube who I follow - and he stated that the original intention behind the XL bullies was to get a more amenable and less dangerous version of the pitbull, but he himself would not have one as irresponsible breeders have ended up breeding more dangerous dogs.

 

[vickster]

if you want a dog for protection then you need one that will firstly go crazy baking

Cakes and biscuits? Where do I get such a pooch (do they do the ingredient shopping too)?

 

[Fab Foodie]

We’ve got an XL Bobbie who doesn’t like letting go of Maisy Mouse, I might try a finger up his bum😳

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My parents bred and showed OES...probably why I have Whippets.....

 

[fossyant]

Cakes and biscuits? Where do I get such a pooch (do they do the ingredient shopping too)?

I think you'd need one that didn't like cakes and biscuits but was a good baker - unfortunately most dogs love biscuits and it wouldn't last two minutes once out of the oven !

 

[Baldy]

Muzzle, lead, insurance, criminal conviction with serious sentences if they attack, neuter, chipped and fully registered. Not allowed near kids or places kids might be.

And that's just the owner.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Cakes and biscuits? Where do I get such a pooch (do they do the ingredient shopping too)?

COuldn;t work out what on Earth you meant

then I re-read it for the 5th time and realised

when I was a teacher I always had to tell the kids to never ask me whether this word was spelt correctly
but instead ask me how to spell it
If I see it written/typed wrong then I cannot see how it is wrong - even if I can see it is wrong
but if I just spell it I am normally OK

a dyslexia specialist in a school where I was a teacher said she thought I was dyslexic to a small extent
she did give me a test to try - but it was for kids and specifically not for adults so the results were not authoritative - but did say I might be a bit

 

[BoldonLad]

I don't know if statistically they are an "urban" dog breed.

I live in an urban area, one of the unfortunate incidents in which a man was killed happened about 4 miles, as the crow flies, from where I live, although, it is not an area I would frequent from choice.

My (judgemental) guess would be that owners who are more likely to favour such dogs are more likely to live in urban areas, rather than it being something intrinsically linked to the dog.

I don't personally know anyone who owns a BullyXL or indeed a similar dog, if I did, I would quickly "unknow" them.

Personally, I think the law is an ass in this area. It should be possible to walk/cycle/generally be in a public place without the risk of being attacked by ANY dog. All dogs (with a very few exceptions, eg Police Dogs, Rescue dogs etc) should be on a lead and muzzled in all public spaces.

 

[Profpointy]

Personally, I think the law is an ass in this area. It should be possible to walk/cycle/generally be in a public place without the risk of being attacked by ANY dog. All dogs (with a very few exceptions, eg Police Dogs, Rescue dogs etc) should be on a lead and muzzled in all public spaces.

That will never happen ... I hope !

 

[Mike_P]

Geese!

Are terrific 'watchdogs'. They 'imprint' humans very early in their life and remember the imprinted individuals indefinitely and totally ignore them.

Anyone else intruding on their patch they will honk and holler at very loudly.

Their night vision is way better than humans and they cannot be bribed with food - unlike dogs.

We have the Romans to thank for this insight. They used them to guard all manner of properties from weathy homes to forts.

I was once corralled by a group of geese. They would not let me get back to my car. I eventually managed to out manoeuvre them. Was at a property really the back of beyond.

 

[Profpointy]

I was once corralled by a group of geese. They would not let me get back to my car. I eventually managed to out manoeuvre them. Was at a property really the back of beyond.

There was a pond guarded by geese which was between two offices we worked in. They were often very aggressive and would hiss at you menacingly, even when you bribed them with tit bits. I thought them good fun as they are just bluster rather than able to hurt you if you stand your ground

Anyhow a colleague, a big strapping lad, and I were walking past and he was handling a fairly technical work call as he went when they suddenly went for him, pecking at his trousers. Whilst still on the phone he shouted "bloody hell, the geese, the geese !" likely to the utter bafflement of who was on the other end of the line. It was hilarious.

 

[Time Waster]

Geese!

Are terrific 'watchdogs'. They 'imprint' humans very early in their life and remember the imprinted individuals indefinitely and totally ignore them.

Anyone else intruding on their patch they will honk and holler at very loudly.

Their night vision is way better than humans and they cannot be bribed with food - unlike dogs.

We have the Romans to thank for this insight. They used them to guard all manner of properties from weathy homes to forts.

I know of some XL bully geese that should be banned. Seriously, it was a right of way. Everything in that field kept away from them. Then in the far yard, also RoW, the peacock tried to be a bully too but not in the geeses' league in that respect. Very intimidating are big geese. I think they're not that far from swans with signets around for intimidation levels.