http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1253415/Teenager-banned-keeping-dogs-10-years-attack-blind-womans-guide-dog.html

Glad he's been banned from keeping animals!

> Glad he's been banned from keeping animals!

I agree. That poor poor dog and the poor lady she must have been terrified unable to see what was happening

Well good i am happy they caught the guy,

sadly the dogs still roaming around probebley with one of his mates,

> sadly the dogs still roaming around probebley with one of his mates,

really? How come they didn't take the dog?

I watched the video - knew I shouldn't have - wish I hadn't

That poor little lab was being dragged in that dogs jaws when the lad tried to pull the dog off of her

It makes me so sad.  She showed no aggression whatsoever!

Remarkable that she made a full recovery and is back working, bless her.

That is so sad. Brought tears to my eyes. The poor dog and the owner who could see nothing and do nothing. For once, the offender seems to have got suitably punished. Doesnt say what happened to the dangerous dog though?

I think it said that it can't be found as the bloke gave it away.  Hope the same fate doesn't meet another poor unsuspecting dog!

Which reminds me....  I was at a local show a couple of years back and there was the most friendly black lab bitch there she really was cute wearing her pink collar!  An English Bull Terrier leapt on her back out of nowhere (both dogs were on leads) and grabbed her neck and was shaking her - the owners of the EBT dragged her off and it hasd the labs pink collar in its mouth still!  The owners just laughed!  The lab owners were just so shocked they said nothing!  I later saw the lab still jalloping about bless her, but that made me really sad to, to see!  If the dog had leapt onto one of my dogs I fear they would no longer be here

Saying that though I know that usually EBT are a docile, softie breed.

> I think it said that it can't be found as the bloke gave it away.  Hope the same fate doesn't meet another poor unsuspecting dog!
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That is disgusting, he should have been punished even more for doing that!

> The owners just laughed!

I think this is what infuriates me the most. The owners have no shame. I would be absolutely beside myself and mortified if my dog did anything anti social. I suppose thats what makes me a good owner and them bad owners though. Why cant they see that their careless attitudes is what gives their breed a bad name and tars the majority of decent dog owners with the same brush. Sorry, waffling but so called dog 'owners' like that really p me off.

Just my personal take on this - not wanting to rattle any cages - is that I've seen debates elsewhere that said his sentence was far too harsh.
(Perhaps it reflected the fact the dog is now still out there and gone? who knows!)

Others said, it should have been harsh because it was a Service Dog and a disabled person that was attacked: don't they deserve extra protection? No - according to some... "That's discrimination!" Which I find extremely hard to swallow, since it is also discrimination not to apply harsher rules to those in society who target the vulnerable and disabled, whether accidental or otherwise (a blind or disabled person could not have taken steps either to prevent this, or waded in to assist, as an able-bodied person might).

I am reminded of an incident last year where a blind person and guide dog was mugged. I don't think any one of us would say the thug responsible for that should have had the full might of the law brought down on him/her. So no, my take is the 'harsh' penalty was just and desrved. If disabled and less-abled and vulnerable people are either targetted or the victims of an attack even accidental, I feel they are justified in having the aggressors punished to the full limit. Otherwise, wouldn't it be Open Season on everyone who isn't as able as you or I?

If the dog had escaped somehow and then attacked the dog and this youth had managed to seperate them and make sure that the lady was ok and rung the police and handed his dog in then I wouldn't have held him responsible (provided he didn't know his dog was dangerous) but I find it incredible that the police didn't come down harder on him until he handed his dog in. What is the chance that this dog will have gone to a responsible owner who will manage the dog appropriatly? I would say zero so the dog is still at large and could attack someone else's dog next who may not survive.
I also hate the ignorance when the papers say "pitball type" people assume a staffie!!

it said in the news that by the time the police caught up with the owner he had already given the dog away,

> it said in the news that by the time the police caught up with the owner he had already given the dog away

That could well have been a consideration when deciding his sentence.