General Chat

This is just another thing that will be unenforceable so wilI be another moneyspinner for the govt that will hit people with smaller incomes hardest. Everyone will pay for the few problem dogs and the majority of the problem dogs won't be insured.......you know it makes sense.

Just read that the proposed insurance plan would not apply in Scotland.......fancy a move?

I have credit card sized ID cards from the micro chipping of my 2 dogs even down to recently having changed the location over on 1 of them recently as she was still registered in Alicante region and should be in Murcia. Both of mine are passported also. I do think that micro-chipping of all dogs should be law and it should be down to the previous owner to inform when a sale has gone on aswell as the new owners ( a bit like a car)

I'm sorry Lightening but your "I dont like dogs ...... They foul the pavements and bite people.... Cats are far nicer .....I have three..."
is a bit of a sweeping statement and hardly a discussion on why or why not dogs should be insured.
Yes dogs do foul pavements and responsible owners poop scoop they also walk them on leads in public places and that is more I can say for many cat owners who don't even know ( the laws of cats independent natures) know where their cats are let alone where they poo.
Not all dogs bite and many owners (like Joy and myself where kids and 1 of mine is concerned) are aware of the problem and take steps not to allow that to happen.
My little one will only snap out when being teased or threatened but then she did have a broken shoulder thro' ill treatment.
Cats also bite and damage so shouldn't cat owners also have the threat of insurance.

It would be nice to hear that Labour would give all the excess £1000's of pounds that they don't allocate to 'victims' to the rescue centres who will be inundated or even the vet practices to lessen their vaccination charges Will that happen ! ? I think not

I should add that although I have dogs I am NOT a cat disliker having had cats in the past many times.

I can't see how having pet dogs insured, would have any effect on the incidences of dog attacks. Also it wouldn't change the fact. That if a dog is found to have attacked someone, it will still be put down.

The problem lies with the owners of these dogs. Lack of training, abuse of the pet etc & this stupid trend of keeping illegal dogs for fighting & so called status.

These owners are the ones who should be muzzled & kept on a leash.

Steve

I like your sentiment Stevie but the owner of illegal fighting dogs should be sent to prison as is the law.
It's unfortunate that whilst a person can be banned for life from keeping an animal it is very rare that it is checked up on.
Yes there is the odd family pet who turned but most savage attacks are from dogs owned by owners who know the nature of their dogs and do nothing to stop it.

I can think of 2 incidents ..1 was years ago when I kept and raced greyhounds, as the NGRC states, my dogs wore mussels and leaded in all public places (even my ex racer who would lick you to death). A neighbour let his dogs off on the field where I was. His dogs attacked mine and they didn't respond to his calling. I was stuck trying to get 2 dogs off 2 dogs. He, the neighbour had the audacity to complain about me walking mine there and said my dogs wound his up. It turned out that his had attacked before when loose. (more than once). He paid my vet bill.

The other incident it recent. There is a GS on the site who is always (unless raining heavy) outside on the caravan tied on a rope. The dog always kicks up at other dogs walking past. Last week the dog got off and attacked a very old spaniel. The owner got bit. My OH dragged the dog off and returned him to the owner and all he did was grunt. Is the dog still tied up outside YES . is he musseled NO . Is the owner with him NO

I will get off my soapbox
thankyou for listening lol

'On a slighty different note I do wish people would stop calling German Shepherd Dogs Alsatians, that name was dropped by the KC back in the early 1980's! '

Sorry about that. Patricia, but we had the dog before the early 1980's - when I presume it was okay to call them Alsatians - and we don't give a fig what the KC decided to rename them as she was never (thank god) going to be admitted!! LOL

Both of my dogs are spayed and micro chipped.

Only one place where I let them off the lead. Very careful of which other dogs are around. If I do not recognise the dog and owner then my two get put back on their leads.

Suzy has been bitten three times while on the lead and each time was by a GSD, being walked off the lead, so I keep well clear of them now.

As already been said it will be the good and responsible dog owners who will pay.

lol Maggie I do understand as German Shepherds (GS) are not alsations. The same as Rottie's and Dobermans are 2 very different breeds.