[joeysteele]

I don't think there needs to be any breeds added to the banned dogs list.

The onus is and should be on the owners, as a dog owner myself, I accept full responsibility should my dog ever do something wrong,I should be supervising him or making sure he is being supervised by a responsible adult at all times.

I agree,all dogs should be microchipped, mine is. I also think whoever has a dog should have to register it like a birth with the local authority as to breed and all vaccinations too.

I could also support that no more than 2 dogs are kept at any one time in a 3 bedroomed dwelling for instance.
The house this tragedy happened at, it seems only had a back yard, to have 5 dogs in that space is ridiculous.

My dog is a Staffie,I would hate to see a knee jerk reaction get that breed onto a banned list or even dangerous dogs supplement list.
I have a fear that this politically unbalanced Home secretary we have at present could push for this and I think that would be totally wrong.

Policing anything as to dogs will be hard as the good owners will do and accept all that is laid down, the bad owners,who also really don't care a jot for their dogs anyway will just ignore all new rulings.
Any dog can cause serious,physical and psychological damage to anyone, particularly a child should they ever attack same.
Owners need to really supervise and protect their dogs as well as protecting the public from their dogs. That's the way forward and not knee jerk reactions to near ban all dogs in sight or report every dog that may just be barking too.

Adults and Parents also should really instil in their children not to approach dogs, I have been told I am mean because I won't let a child pat my dog.
That is fine by me because I know no one can even possibly get hurt if I do that and more to the point I protect my dog too in that he cannot get into any trouble if I insist on that.