General Chat

This will be as workable as getting all car drivers to insure themselves in their vehicle!!

How on earth do they expect to police it?

Responsible owners will insure, the owners they are targetting, those with potentially vicious dogs will not.

Sue

I would say £500 a year is very steep, it would put a lot more dogs on the street or in dog homes. Also what would happen to the little old dears that need their pets for company. Plus your hearing and seeing dogs.

Both my dogs are neutered and chipped but not insured. Now I would happily insure them (not at £500 mind) if I had too as long as that insurance covered vet bills and other expenses that I would have to pay out for. Just to insure a dog against harming people is unfair on the mild dogs. Those who have dangerous dogs don't register them anyway so they are hardly going to insure them.

I do think that insurance is a must for dog owners, but a more realistic cost would be about £100 per year, with a discount bonus attached.

I have two dogs.

If I had to pay £500 per dog per year then I could not afford to keep them and would have no choice but to give them up.

Absolutely right too in my opinion. Even a small dog can cause a severe injury to another dog or child.

People are happy to pay several hundred pounds for a dog but then won't spend a penny on getting them chipped or neutered.

I think it should be a legal requirement to have a licence and insurance for any dog.

And yes, I am a dog owner!

Mary

Hello Karen....see you got back safely!~~~~~~

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Daff xxxx

This has been the way in many areas of the world... Germany for instance.... for a long time. I had my dog insured over 30 years ago... had he run out onto the road and caused a massive accident, then I would have been liable for all the claims against him. That is right.

I think owners should be held responsible for the behaviour of their pets... and if say, a care worker, was off sick because of a severe dog bite, then they would only qualify for basic sick pay... if they have a family to support they would find it difficult to manage etc etc... no, the dog owner should have insurance to cover things like that.

I'll go and read the article properly now, lolol

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Daff xxx

I also think that we should go back to the old licence, as well....

All dog owners in England and Wales would have to insure against their pet attacking someone, under Labour proposals to tackle dangerous breeds.

£500 per year

Each week, more than 100 people are admitted to hospital after dog attacks.