if you have a dog and it attacked and killed an innocent person, should you goto jail?

[Warblad13]

if i had a dog and i told it to attack someone and if it killed someone then i should go to jail
but if the dog just suddenly attack someone without any warning then no

 

[Amused]

<< i dont know , people buy vicious dogs like pit bulls, rotwillers, etc , that's just asking for trouble. >>



You know, the ignorance here is ASTOUNDING.

These dogs are NOT inherently vicious. I've never seen a properly raised and trained dog attack without provocation.

In fact, my mom raised a dobie in a way that it wouldn't attack even when strangers came in the yard, or if someone threatned my mom. (but she still was a good deterant )

 

[b0mbrman]

Depends how much control you had over it...

 

[kgraeme]

<< i dont know , people buy vicious dogs like pit bulls, rotwillers, etc , that's just asking for trouble. >>



Try using real statistics, like these I posted in the other dog attack thread:

To promote more facts to counter paranoia, here is a CDC study (pdf) of biting in dogs, these show up in the top 12:

Akita (5)
Chihuahua (2)
Chow Chow (31)
Cocker Spaniel (8)
Collie (8)
Doberman Pinscher (6)
German Shepard (34)
Golden Retriever (9)
Poodle, standard (4)
Scottish Terrier (3)
Shetland Sheepdog (2)

Note that Rottweilers and Pit Bulls don't show up in that list.

Yes dogs bite. And yes, when Rotts and Pit Bulls bite they tend to do more damage. And yes, it is absolutely tragic when this happens. But the statistics show that it is unlikely that you are going to be bitten, and extremely unlikely that the culprit will be a Rottweiller or a Pit Bull. The media loves to make these out to be bad dogs when the truth is far different.