The news reports were saying something about problems with the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 because it applies to attacks in public...and the attack took place in the owner's own home. I'm sure the courts will find some way of interpreting the legislation to read how it needs to...or it's absolutely worthless..but just something interesting if you're into statutory interpretation which I'm sad to say I am

I always thought the dog licence ideas were good though. There are people capable of keeping 'dangerous' dogs..because they treat them like the instinctive animals prone to agression that they are..and not like placid pets. It's untrained people keeping animals bred to kill as family pets that sleep on the bed that are the problem...rather the situation and not the dogs themselves in my opinion.

Even the softest dog can lose it....
I remember having my jack russel hanging off my arm when it went schitz and attacked our other dog...we just could not snap it out of it...and it hung onto my arm not realising I wasn't our other dog because it was so bloody wound up it didn't notice me pull it off.