The whole chipping debate is misguided and bogus imho. Its another governmental kneejerk reaction.
Dogs, like most animals are simple creatures. Way back, when men where a lot closer to the land, we used / befriended dogs for a variety of reasons. They were generally easy to train, they provided protection and they helped with hunting / gathering amongst other things.
Their basic makeup hasn't come a long way since those days. But the world they live in has. Therein lies half the problem.
Dogs are strongly hierachical, and typically very protective of their pack members. Obviously they don't have our "intelligence" though. So if a dog becomes a problem because it attempted to take on another dog at a park, or bit a kid, it's the owners problem imho - it demonstrates a lack of control, and surely as a dog owner, you accept a basic duty to let the dog know what it's place in the pack is and to demonstrate a good degree of control.
I sure as hell did.
If i was down the park and one of my animals did that i should be punished, not the dog. It was probably just forfilling what it considered to be it's basic duties whereas i failed in mine because let the dog get into a position where it could turn to shit. The dog does as i say. I want them to obey. They do. That's my obligation to them. It protects them as much as the general public really.
Chipping won't prevent dog attacks. That's obvious. It will possibly generate income for vets.
It's a simple issue, the difficulty lies in how to ensure owners are fit to keep dogs, just the same way as ensuring people are fit to own guns. Very very difficult.
The bottom line i reckon is (as in most things), it's a people problem.
I'm avoiding the area of people owning animals predisposed to attacking and fighting, slightly different story - although i know a couple of breeders and i still think it's a person problem - you still need to demonstrate control.
As for attacks on my own property - You have free access to my front door. My dogs will bark first. They'll bark lots and they'll bark loud. If you attempt to get access to the area they're contained in, its your own dumb fault whether you are 9 or 90 (although my animals will still probably not bite you 99% of the time).
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