This is the moment the owner of a Bully XL confronted a busybody biker who called her loyal pup ‘dangerous’ before then backpedalling and saying he was ‘wrong’.
Amanda Holloway was walking her beloved 12-month-old pet Hulk, who was sporting a bright green jacket with ‘friendly’ on it when she encountered a male cyclist who said he should be wearing a muzzle.
His comments come amid fears over the soon-to-be-banned Bully XL dogs, who have mauled adults and children to death in a string of bloody attacks across the United Kingdom.
Mrs Holloway, whose animal’s breed is soon set to be banned under the Dangerous Dogs Act after a series of fatal incidents, caught the argument on camera as she strolled in Bushy Park, Richmond, west London.
Posting the video on Facebook, the mother of three wrote, so this is the beginning of my walk with the altercation with the biker as you can see he isn’t bothered by people or dogs, he just wants to go on his walk with his mumma and his ball.
The clip shows Hulk sitting on the path waiting for his ball to be thrown, as other people and pets strolled past him. Seconds later, a cyclist was heard saying, ‘That dog should have a muzzle on it’.
‘No he shouldn’t actually,’ said owner Mrs Holloway, who is a stay-at-home mother.
‘It’s the “Powerful Dogs Act”, why shouldn’t it? ‘ retorts the cyclist, in relation to the Dangerous Dogs Act, which from December 31 will make it illegal to have an American XL Bully in public without a lead or muzzle.
‘Because he is absolutely friendly and the law isn’t until December 31, so educate yourself,’ Mrs Holloway answers. Speaking of the muzzle, she continues: ‘Why does he need one? He hasn’t attacked anyone in all his life.’
‘Yeah but it’s the Powerful Dogs Act,’ the cyclist responds.
‘And I have complete control over him, absolute control. It’s the owner, not the dog. So unless you own one, keep your opinions to yourself.’ she adds, as she turns back to her Hulk, who is waiting patiently by the park gate.
Telling her dog to ‘sit’, she gloats: ‘Oh look, a “dangerous dog” sitting and waiting for the gate to be opened. So dangerous, isn’t he?’
All dogs are friendly up until the point they attack someone. However, we should be looking at the owners that buy or breed these dogs, for not every large canine is dangerous unless the buyer or breeder has them for the purpose of fighting or attacking.
Dogs that are bought for the purpose of being a guard dog should be behind a closed door or muzzled, but then it wouldn’t be a guard dog, would it?
In her opinion the dog was safe and he was friendly. However, it’s a dog and I grant you, not every dog will attack, but there’s always that chance that it could because it’s part of their instinct to do so.
All dogs out in public should be on a short lead regardless of their breed or how friendly they are because not every person wants a dog running up to them, although I’m a sucker for anything that’s canine.
She said that her dog was friendly and it probably is, but all breeds have the instinct to harm if they’re in a situation where they feel threatened and large dogs are capable of doing just that.
However, we have some men like that as well, right? Should we muzzle all men or put them down because they could be dangerous?
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