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    linstrand wrote:
    I have had 10 rescue dogs& I am still learning about different dogs
    In my opinion I feel that dog training helps you treat the dog like a dog not a human
    We all love our dogs I don't allow dogs on beds My dog gets 2 walks a day One for training & a big long walk with a ball for fun(on a long lead)
    I feel that dogs should always be on a lead ,when on walks
    Because people think their dogs are under control& just let them off to dash out at other dogs & people & you do not know how the dog is going to behave towards your dog it is very intimidating.Then you get the same people saying my dogs OK That's not the point dogs should not be let off leads to run at other people
    i would like the law to be to keep ALL dogs on leads
    If you have a secure area as such as the one at Manor Farm set aside for dogs to be off lead I see no problem with a dogs running free. What I do see as a problem is the number of dogs that have had very little or no socialization at an early age. More dogs lives are ruined by vets advising people not to socialize them until after their jabs than lives saved by waiting. The period of time that a dog is open to new experiences is very short and once missed it can takes months to achieve the same results.
    Curiosity is a suspect activity to pursue, I know.

    I discovered that the Travelling Salty Seadog Captain Pugwash added to your final comment. The fact he found it necessary to do so, throws up a big question mark about motivation. The fact he gloats in having adopted a "role" also creates a question.

    Maybe he's a resident in a sheltered community for mildly loopy old folk, hasn't been taking his medication, and his only pastime is to hog the Home's computer and dribbly write drivel?

    There is no doubt he'll pop up again in a different guise but nuttiness cannot easily be faked :-)
    I'm missing him. I think he may have infected one of his posts with his "mildly loopy" virus and I've caught it.
    I thought someone may have sent to my new email account to check I wasn't bluffing but as yet nothing. billy.kid@gmx.us R.I.P.
    Didn't know I was a Top Dog. Never been to Cruft's. The undeserved accolade almost propels me into wanting to pee up a lampost.
    Trees are safer. Lack of electricity. Ruff ruff pant pant.
    Sound advice.

    Especially for Londoners who are getting wifi transponders screwed to lamposts, park benches and trees, to provide a London-wide free wifi service during the Olympics. The sound of peeing on one of those devices could seriously interfere in the woteva communication between countless FB addicts.

    In a seperate article, Capt'n Birdseye has added LM to the growing list of Guy Fawkes conspirators. This brings the current total to five.

    Incorporating the Outlaw's moniker in the email address was a masterly stroke but may have exacerbated his Malaise? I have offered some advice but don't expect any gratitude ;-)

    Enough from me! Life and Entertainment moves on . . ."
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MP calls for quick action over dangerous dogs legislation

The fate of Samson, pictured with owner Paul Ward, has yet to be decided. The fate of Samson, pictured with owner Paul Ward, has yet to be decided.

A HAMPSHIRE MP has welcomed a new crackdown on dangerous dogs – but said she was frustrated another public consultation would delay much-needed legislation.

The long-awaited announcement includes plans for compulsory microchipping of new dogs.

A loophole in the law will be closed so that dog owners will face prosecution if their pet attacks someone who is lawfully on their property.

Last year Caroline Nokes, Tory MP for Romsey and Southampton North, organised a Parliamentary debate in which she said menacing dogs were replacing guns and knives as the “weapon of choice” for violent youths and urged ministers to beef up the law.

She said she received complaints about dangerous dogs every week from constituents. Responding to yesterday’s announcement, she said: “I welcome the proposal for compulsory microch i p - ping, and understand the reasons for it being puppies first.

But the last consultation ended in March 2010 – here we are proposing a further consultation that is certainly going to delay legislation. I don’t think that’s going to be much comfort to these constituents of mine.”

There was no action from the Government on so-called dog control notices, which campaigners say are needed to ensure dangerous animals are kept on a lead or muzzled in public.

There has been a string of highprofile dog attacks in recent years in Hampshire. In January the owner of a giant Japanese Akita crossbreed dog called Samson appeared in court following a series of savage attacks in Southampton, including one on a fouryear- old boy.

As reported in the Daily Echo, a judge warned that a destruction order could not be ruled out after Paul Ward admitted two counts of owning a dog which caused injury while dangerously out of control in a public place.

However, Samson’s fate has been put on hold because a sentencing date has yet to be arranged for Ward, 50, of Laundry Road, Shirley Warren.

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