It seems it a case of blaming the breed instead of the owner in the news media.

PitBulls Rottweilers, German Sheperds etc or any other large dog are powerful breeds that need to be socialized and trained from a puppy upwards and if done all those breeds are excellent dogs to own, if not they become extremely dangerous.

The problem lies directly with the owners and they should be held fully accountable for the actions of there dog.

Any person that chains a dog up 24/7 as in the 7news report is guilty of a crime as a dog cannot be socialized when its is being treated as such and.

Amanda has some good points and I think licensing bigger powerful dogs is a good idea, I owned a great Rottweiler for many years North and she was a great dog to demonize them is wrong, demonize the owners who only want them for bravado purposes.

Gaz