Mate of mine breeds beddy whippets and says they all come out the same in the genuine first crosses so probably something similar with spaniel crosses?
I've read a few people saying they couldn't police the ban etc but how many dogs are chipped or registered at the vets as xl bullies? Can the police not get all that info then just round them up?
There was a lad lived near me breeding pits am bulls and boerboels and he didn't even know what I meant when I was on about breeding from proven stock. Dodgy temperament dogs in cages all round the house.
Its not just bull breeds either,my mates daughter had a whippet that bit him a few times and he let it off until it bit her. Turns out the parents were similar.
One got out round here a couple of years ago and bit a young girl a few times and she was ok but it could have been a lot worse.
Just re read the news article and it bit 5 people when the wind blew the gate open.
Whilst we're knocking xl bullies on the head can we round up all the Caucasian shepherds,ovcharka,alabai,kangal etc etc and sort them too? No need for big daft things like that over here.
Harsher penalties for having one that is out of control and behaves like a bellend would stop a fair few owning them I would imagine and probably slow down the breeding/sales of them.
Them and frenchies are getting offloaded all over the show,young breeding age bitches they've realised won't be profitable any more. The type of person owning them wouldn't cull an iffy one especially if it cost them a fair few quid so would pass on the problem and still it gets bred from.
I'd say the problem with them is bellends breeding them for colour and appearance not temperament and health but unfortunately too many of them are hurting people so the breed will suffer for it. I was recently looking at pups of all breeds and there was several teenage xl pups for sale which had probably started pushing the boundaries and the owners couldn't handle them.
This is the slowest pup I've had for learning not to put them bloody needles on you and he is humping stuff already and nit 12 week yet
I think I'm gonna have my work cut out with him.
I've never seen a border cross spaniel but I've often wondered why they didn't breed spaniels with a wirey terrier type coat that didn't catch all the seeds etc