Comment on American bully XL dogs to be banned by end of year - Sunak

chaosppe@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• HeartyBeast@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  You know that dog licenses were just a tax on dog owners. There was no ‘fit and proper person’ test or requirement for training.

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  • GBU_28@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Inspection of home, walking, traveling skills, leash skills, etc. Do it every year or every “birthday” of a dog you have.

    I own large dogs and would be fine with this. I’m walking around with a weapon, if I train it to be so

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    • HeartyBeast@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Do it every year? Tried to book a driving test lately?

      There are 13 million pet dogs in the UK let’s assume people own multiple dogs. That’s 10 million tests a year. Let’s assume the test are quite hard. That’s a few thousand (10,000?) additional dogs removed from owners each year that need to be rehomed or put down.

      Easier to neuter, muzzle and outlaw proscribed breeds.

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      • GBU_28@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Both. Phase in.

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  • chaosppe@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I was saying that there should be.

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    • HeartyBeast@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      That’s a _lot_of infrastructure, training centres, test infrastructure to build up. Then lots of fun law to write, such as - am I - as an unlicensed person, allowed to look after my brother’s dog for the weekend if they go away?

      If there are four of us in the household, do we _all_have to be licensed to take the dog for a walk?

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      • chaosppe@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Interesting point, it should be the owners responsibility to hold a licence only. If its abused such like a car. The licence should be revoked permanently.

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• Jax@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Ah yes, my dangerous weapon of a shiba inu requires a license.

  Unrelated, please do not go into politics.

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