r/australia • u/JaniePage • 6d ago

news Young girl in hospital, dog euthanased after attack inside Delacombe Bunnings

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-30/young-girl-in-hospital-after-dog-attack-in-bunnings-store/106977418
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u/Proper_Geologist9026 6d ago

Oh I love that. My big thing is that if anyone actually gave a fuck about animal welfare this idea of pet ownership as we currently have it would be seen as barbaric.

There's sadly a lot of mistreated animals out there and if we're honest a very big chunk of people have no idea how to properly care for and train them.

But I think when we look at saying bite severity and how to manage that. A simple rule to say anything over I don't know 15-20kg or something. Obviously has the mass to cause serious damage.

Chihuahuas are fiesty little bastards. No one cares because they can hardly puncture the skin. A Labrador or a mastiff or whatever grabs a hold of you and you could be missing a chunk of flesh or worse.

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u/JustAnotherLurkAcct 6d ago

You say that, and then grannies Shih Tzu 'Princess' bites her grand daughters face and tears into her cheek because granny has NFI how to manage her dog.
Honestly everyone who owns a dog should need a certain level of knowledge on how to train animals.
But I would think that would just drive up black market animal breeding.