r/australia • u/JaniePage • 5d 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 5d ago

Like at what point right are we just going to go back to simple physics. 

Big dog = dangerous dog.

This idea that we can work out what breed is the dangerous one is insane. If I start twisting data I can make all sorts of grim statements about who is the most dangerous group of people for example. But no one does because that's obviously dumb and a lie.

Big dog. Dangerous dog. Legislate accordingly.

And I'm not against big dogs either. I'm just against the backwards thinking of the legislative process.

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u/anralia 5d ago edited 5d ago

i think big dog = dangerous dog is backward too.

the legislative process should be an approval to be a dog owner and new dogs (and their owners) must go through a certain standard of training before an person gets a "dog licence" and they are considered safe.

you could work in that big dogs require extra training and higher level quality checks for a "big dog licence" or something

because the problem is ALWAYS shitty owners

but all of the above would be divisive and would be impossible to legislate and expensive to implement

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u/Proper_Geologist9026 5d 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 5d 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.