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Easy easy nathowe and Boyd. I have an "aggressive breed" and they don't harm anyone. Lots of people on this board own lots of different breeds so lets not go slapping at any particular breed, OK?
I have, however, suggested a $500/dog/year licensing fee for various dog breeds in Houston. Everybody seems to prefer to totally outlaw them.
That being said, there is no place in society for any aggressive individual dog, and if they are proven aggressive they should be put down.
My dogs have been attacked, while I had them on leash, by labs, rottweilers, GSDs, mixes and most recently by a cocker spaniel! I do not advocate that these breeds should be eradicated or annihilated, but aggressive individuals should be put down. Do I think the dogs that attacked us were aggressive enough to be put down? No, they were just uncontrolled and we happened along. Yes it was really scary and upsetting, but no extreme harm was done.
I rescued a large dog from the side of the road and had it on leash in my front yard. One of my dogs barked from out of sight in the backyard and this big dog dragged me around the side of the house and seriously tried to get into my backyard and get to my dogs. It was chewing on the fence. I put it down.
The Ridgebacks should be put down and the owner charged.