Comments on: My Weapon Is A Dog – BBC Three

By: claire

claire — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:28:52 +0000

Hi I own a staffi that got a bad cut on his leg on monday an a vet wouldnt see him just because he is a staffi i like the way you are bringing this to ligth but wot about the people with this kind of dogs that dont use them as weapons going to do. it is wrong an they shudnt be allowed to use them like that

By: Adele

Adele — Wed, 27 May 2009 15:14:09 +0000

I’m glad that Rickie said that, unlike knives or guns, dogs have feelings, and can be hurt themselves.
If people treat Pit Bulls and Staffies and other so called ‘dangerous’ dogs the way they do, do you still expect them to be good dogs? If you were beaten, fed gunpowder and chillies, thrown in a pit and expected to fight to the death, would you still be mentally stable?
Like the policeman said on the show (I think he was a police man?), 90% of the problem is at the owners end of the leash.
It doesn’t matter the breed of dog, if you were to treat a Labrador, Dachshund, Great Dane or whatever the same as APBTs etc. are treated, you would have the same problem.
And some ’sweet’ breeds have already been treated in such a way. With consequeces. It’s just that no one wants to hear how the sweet little Golden Retriever killed Granny.
But it happens. Don’t just think it’s the Bully breeds.
If you are to get a dog, treat it well, train it and socialize it well, feed it a proper diet (not like Pedigree or Bakers, awful stuff) and care for it well, and you will have a GOOD dog, it’s just Bully breeds need that little extra, because Bully breed owners need to show people that these dogs can be gentle companions.

By: S.Bates

S.Bates — Sat, 23 May 2009 19:11:21 +0000

I’ve just seen the TV Film ‘My Weapon is a Dog’
and what a brilliant balanced programme I thought it was..
Well put together and strangely entertaining at the same time – This show was a glimmer of light on all too often
tedious BBC 3