Hi Hingdog,Impossible to disagree with you that irresponsible...

Hi Hingdog,
Impossible to disagree with you that irresponsible owners of untrained dogs are largely the problem.
Cannot see how they can be controlled.
An irresponsible owner of a toy poodle however, is much less dangerous to those around them, than the same owner with a larger, more powerful dog.
Have repaired a lot of dog bite injuries over the years, and there is a qualitative difference between damage caused by different types of dogs.
That probably colours my views, but I would like to see much more restriction on dog breeds allowable as pets, as well as a much more rigorous licensing/ownership systems.
see link below[a bit out of date,and sample a bit small in my opinion, but interesting nonetheless]

Would hope ,that any changes are based on such science and facts , rather than the latest flavour of the month tabloid news.


cheers

http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/aug4/thompson/thompson.html