From the Indo:
“DUBLIN City Council is to allow some of its tenants to keep so-called “dangerous” breeds of dogs, provided they are spayed and micro-chipped. The ban on some dogs including pitbull terriers, bull mastiffs, dobermans and English bull terriers was introduced following a number of attacks.
“In respect of the 10 restricted breeds of dog, we acknowledge that a number of our tenants are responsible dog owners and have built up a relationship with one of these breeds and would, understandably, be upset if they had to give their dog away or have it put down,” Vincent Healy from the council’s housing and residential services said.
Mother. Of. God. In the first place, you cannot be a responsible dog owner if you own a pitbull terrier in a local authority housing area. Too little space, too many children, it’s not fair to the dog (though who cares) or to the other tenants. It’s a disaster waiting to happen, followed by a load of cries of “well, he’s never behaved like that before.” Rights of vicious dogs and their anti-social owners versus the rights of children. There shouln’t even be a contest.
Secondly, the type of arseholes who own pitbull terriers do not “build a relationship” with the dogs. They are there purely to augment the veneer of menace that these thugs like to portray. To believe otherwise is bullshit.
And thirdly, and most importantly, they will have to be speyed. In other words, you can only keep one of these beasts – a potentially lethal half-ton of muscle and teeth – if you’ve had its balls cut off.
Well that should improve his mood.
