:00:00. > :00:09.I'm interested in the dog you've got. It has never been easier to buy
:00:10. > :00:16.a dog, but does man's best friend gets the owners it deserves? Just
:00:17. > :00:21.like jumped on me and I was petrified. In Wales, dog attacks are
:00:22. > :00:26.increasing. You probably see two or three dog bites a week here. Some
:00:27. > :00:30.dog breeds are banned, but are the rules tough enough? These dogs
:00:31. > :00:36.shouldn't be allowed in the country. Last week a new law was pad, but
:00:37. > :00:41.will it protect us and our dogs? Where are the real teeth in the
:00:42. > :00:58.legislation? The legislation that we're currently working on.
:00:59. > :01:06.The Philips family are adopting a new dog, Reggie. It took us a highly
:01:07. > :01:10.to decide to have another dog. It is not the same anymore in the house.
:01:11. > :01:14.The feeling is different. It is totally empty even though we have
:01:15. > :01:18.got a very busy house. We don't know his background as such, but at least
:01:19. > :01:23.he will have a better chance with us. As one dog prepares for a loving
:01:24. > :01:30.home, another is arriving to take its place at the Dogs Trust
:01:31. > :01:35.Bridgend. Why have you decided to bring her in to us? I didn't look at
:01:36. > :01:40.the breed. She is just very, very bouncy in the house, all over the
:01:41. > :01:47.place. I think am I doing the right thing? It is quite hard. Here match
:01:48. > :01:55.making tries to ensure that the right owners meets the right dog.
:01:56. > :02:00.You are feeling quite intrick kate form really. They ask everything on
:02:01. > :02:05.the form. It is very thorough. You can't just come up and take the dog.
:02:06. > :02:10.He is a black cross, but we're not sure with, a bit of everything, 10%
:02:11. > :02:28.of this and 10% of that. He is adorable, isn't he? He is adorable.
:02:29. > :02:35.You will find a dog behind the front door of one in four homes in Wales.
:02:36. > :02:40.All shapes and sizes, man's best friend is everywhere.
:02:41. > :02:47.Owning or being owned by a dog is one of life's great pleasures. If
:02:48. > :02:51.you are prepared to put the work in. But increasingly in Wales it would
:02:52. > :02:53.seem that we're just not getting it right and that's lead to go problems
:02:54. > :03:08.for dogs and for people. And this is the man whose mission it
:03:09. > :03:15.is to bring problem dogs to heel. Steve Green is on patrol in Cardiff
:03:16. > :03:22.and had an emergency call. We are on our way to a primary school. There
:03:23. > :03:28.is a bulldog-type trying to get into the school. It could be down to one
:03:29. > :03:33.or two suspects. The dog fits the description in that area, it could
:03:34. > :03:37.be Dexter or Rocky. Dogs I have found in the past or given the
:03:38. > :03:42.owners final warnings. A lot of cases we are saving the dog from the
:03:43. > :03:51.general public public and vice versa.
:03:52. > :03:55.I know this one. This time Trouble is five-month-old Staffordshire
:03:56. > :04:07.terrier. It was a really jumpy dog. It was jumping on the parents. Come
:04:08. > :04:10.on. Especially with primary school
:04:11. > :04:15.children, if a dog jumps on them, it can scratch them or knock them over
:04:16. > :04:21.it is not an ideal situation. It is not microchipped, no ID tag. I have
:04:22. > :04:25.got no choice, but to take it to Cardiff Dogs Home.
:04:26. > :04:28.Staffies are one of the UK's most popular breeds, but not always for
:04:29. > :04:35.the rest of reasons. The result is the dog pounds and rescue centres
:04:36. > :04:42.are full of them. Good lad. Come on then. Good boy. Lovely dogs
:04:43. > :04:45.especially with people if they're raised properly and given the right
:04:46. > :04:50.stimulation, unfortunately they've got a bit of a popularity for being
:04:51. > :04:54.a status dog and unfortunately, they're taken on by people who don't
:04:55. > :05:05.put the correct work in with them. They are over bred. It is common for
:05:06. > :05:11.to us get Staffordsh Bull Terrier puppies in that can't be sold. Being
:05:12. > :05:16.top dog means that many more are left behind. Young males, young
:05:17. > :05:24.adult males and they will always have something bigger, and better.
:05:25. > :05:31.Years ago it used to be a Staffordshire Bull Terrier and then
:05:32. > :05:36.pit bull types and a bigger harder dog and people start taking them on
:05:37. > :05:44.and the American bulldogs and the Stafford shire bull terriers.
:05:45. > :05:49.Tip Pit bull types have been banned in the UK. Here at Cardiff Dogs Home
:05:50. > :05:54.they have two suspected pit bulls and one has turned up with the
:05:55. > :06:02.police. As you can see, he has a large head.
:06:03. > :06:11.Deep set eyes because pit bulls are fighting dogs. If you can see, he
:06:12. > :06:16.has muscles here. That's about biting power. A nice long neck so
:06:17. > :06:21.they can reach their opponents. His legs and forearms are thick. Again,
:06:22. > :06:26.when they are fighting another dog, it is protection and the skin is
:06:27. > :06:32.like elastic. He is a nice dog, yes, he is bark, but dogs are
:06:33. > :06:38.territorial. We never had any reports about him. In another kennel
:06:39. > :06:44.is Crystal, she is a suspected pit bull type, her fate along with
:06:45. > :06:49.Frank's will depend on the dog legislation officer for Wales. If
:06:50. > :06:53.that dog has got substantial number of characteristics, well that dog is
:06:54. > :07:01.of type and therefore, it is banned in the Section 1 of the Dangerous
:07:02. > :07:06.Dogs Act. We judge each dog on its individual merits. We don't deviate.
:07:07. > :07:09.Neither dog have any history of aggression, but face the test set by
:07:10. > :07:15.the Dangerous Dogs Act which could maob they will be destroyed.
:07:16. > :07:19.That law was passed in aattempt to reduce dog attacks and protect the
:07:20. > :07:24.public. Is it working? In Wales dog attacks are up. There has been an
:07:25. > :07:29.80% increase in dog bite emergency admissions over the last ten years.
:07:30. > :07:36.At Morriston Hospital they deal with several dog bites a week. The wounds
:07:37. > :07:41.we see tend to be the facial wounds. They tend to be in chish even with
:07:42. > :07:45.good plastic surgery, there is a cosmetic consequence to a dog bite
:07:46. > :07:48.on a face. There is good evidence because of the amount of
:07:49. > :07:52.investigation that happens into fatalities that pit bulls and rot
:07:53. > :08:02.vilers are more likely to cause serious bites.
:08:03. > :08:09.By there. Katelyn Flowers from Cardiff will never forget the day
:08:10. > :08:18.she was attacked by a dog. It is like this huge and there is the dog.
:08:19. > :08:24.It jumped on me and I was petrified. This was the result, a savage wound
:08:25. > :08:27.from a nasty bite. She made an extraordinary recovery, but she had
:08:28. > :08:32.to have scores of stitches inside and outside her face and that's left
:08:33. > :08:37.emotional scars too. When I closed my eyes I quickly had
:08:38. > :08:42.a flash back and I asked my mum and dad can I have a drink of water?
:08:43. > :08:48.They asked me why because I have got a headache because I didn't want
:08:49. > :08:51.them to know high a flash back. It is hurtful. You are the parent, you
:08:52. > :08:56.should be able to protect them. It is sad like something like that
:08:57. > :09:01.happens and you weren't there. You can't be there all the time so you
:09:02. > :09:05.try and tell them to be careful when you do this, be careful when you do
:09:06. > :09:12.because you can't always be there. I think he got put down the next day.
:09:13. > :09:17.The next day, yeah. Very severe dog bites particularly to children may
:09:18. > :09:22.require many hours in theatre and admission to hospital for days.
:09:23. > :09:26.Occasionally may lead to intensive care admissions. A lot of it is
:09:27. > :09:31.preventible. As a society we need to think about how we can alter this
:09:32. > :09:35.trend and the best way to do it is to make sure people are aware of the
:09:36. > :09:38.risks of dogs and they are more aware about how they need to take
:09:39. > :09:43.responsibility for the actions of their dogs and for themselves.
:09:44. > :09:47.What's acceptable behaviour and what's not. There are laws like the
:09:48. > :09:52.Dangerous Dogs Act that should protect us, but does it work?
:09:53. > :09:57.Add Liverpool University this man is heading up new research into
:09:58. > :10:03.reducing the risk of dog bites. He says we need to separate fact from
:10:04. > :10:14.perception. If we review all the literature using a process calling
:10:15. > :10:18.meta-analysis, 36% of breeds involved in 1500 dog bites are
:10:19. > :10:26.actually German shepherd dogs or Alsatians. If you look at pit bulls,
:10:27. > :10:32.they are similar to Jack Russells and Rottweilers, does this mean that
:10:33. > :10:36.German shepherd dogs are most common dog involved in biting? No.
:10:37. > :10:40.Professor Morgan argues the figures on dog bites reflect which breeds
:10:41. > :10:45.are popular, not which breeds are aggressive. The Dangerous Dogs Act
:10:46. > :10:51.was a knee-jerk reaction. If you review the literature, there is no
:10:52. > :10:56.evidence that the breeds that have been stipulated are more likely to
:10:57. > :11:01.bite than any other dog. I don't think breed, directed legislation is
:11:02. > :11:07.effective. In fact, in Holland, they have recently repealed their breed
:11:08. > :11:13.directed and Dangerous Dogs Act. DEFRA told us they agree all dogs
:11:14. > :11:16.can bite, but the Dangerous Dogs Act bans four specific types because
:11:17. > :11:24.they are fighting dogs. There are no plans to add any other breeds to the
:11:25. > :11:30.list. One dog owner who has fallen foul of this law is Andrew Roberts
:11:31. > :11:35.and his family. He was outside his house with his dog Scrap py when it
:11:36. > :11:45.was spotted by the police. He is just so cute. I had a police officer
:11:46. > :11:48.walk past and she said, "Excuse me. Do you think the dog should be on
:11:49. > :11:55.the lead?" I said he is in my front garden, why? He looks a very daipg
:11:56. > :12:00.dangerous dog, do you mind if I take a photo. I said not at all. Two
:12:01. > :12:04.months later, there was a knock on the door. There were two officers
:12:05. > :12:08.with a search warrant. They came in and said we believe you have got a
:12:09. > :12:15.pit bull under the Dangerous Dogs Act and that was it. They seized it.
:12:16. > :12:20.I was a bit annoyed that they can come in and take a dog out of its
:12:21. > :12:24.loving home and upset my children and upset myself and I sat down and
:12:25. > :12:29.what I told the children was I don't know if we were going to get the dog
:12:30. > :12:33.back and the police were going to use him as a police dog. They were
:12:34. > :12:39.devastated. Andrew Roberts owned dogs all his life. He bought Scrappy
:12:40. > :12:46.a year ago as a family pet. He was told it was a Staffie crossed with a
:12:47. > :12:50.Labrador. Pit bull isn't a breed. Pit bull isn't one breed. It can be
:12:51. > :12:54.a cross of various, like I thought, I told him what the gentleman told
:12:55. > :13:02.me when I bought him, he was cross between Staffie and Lab. If you tuz
:13:03. > :13:06.him as a -- if he had advertised him as a pit bull, I wouldn't have gone
:13:07. > :13:12.down. I thought what's the problem between a Staffie and a Lab? They
:13:13. > :13:17.are both fantastic with children. Did the thought ever cross your mind
:13:18. > :13:22.if the dog had a bad day and somebody tweaked his ear at the
:13:23. > :13:27.wrong time? You think of it. You do little tests. When you feed him. Try
:13:28. > :13:33.moving his food bowl. Some dogs are like it, if they are snappy, you get
:13:34. > :13:38.him out that habit. We have never had an incident in any shape for
:13:39. > :13:44.form with Scrappy. He has been told he can have Scrappy back und strict
:13:45. > :13:49.conditions. He will have to be tattooed, microchipped and wear a
:13:50. > :13:55.muzzle and registered with DEFRA and can never be sold on or re-homed.
:13:56. > :14:07.Another rescue kems and another -- kennels and another litter of
:14:08. > :14:12.Staffordshire puppies looking for a home. Pit bulls for example, you can
:14:13. > :14:16.have a litter of ten Staffie crosses, to of them might look like
:14:17. > :14:20.pit bulls, legally you need to put them to sleep. You can re-home the
:14:21. > :14:24.other eight. That's ridiculous and it is purely on looks and there is
:14:25. > :14:28.no set terms on what is classified a pit bull. If you go to one police
:14:29. > :14:34.station and if you want to another they would say no it isn't, it is
:14:35. > :14:39.not factual enough. Most dogs were bred for not the reasons we would
:14:40. > :14:43.want them to behave like today. It is how you bring them up and how you
:14:44. > :14:49.raise and socialise them that's the major factor.
:14:50. > :14:54.REMingy is settling in -- Reggie is settling in with his new family. He
:14:55. > :15:02.is only eight months old and he is a handful, for now he stays on the
:15:03. > :15:08.lead. They are just nosey. Nothing wrong with dogs going to other dogs.
:15:09. > :15:17.The only socialisation he had with dogs was at the Dogs Trust. When he
:15:18. > :15:21.is out in the real world, it is all new. It is trying to get him used to
:15:22. > :15:26.that there is going to be lots and lots of dogs around so he just gets
:15:27. > :15:33.used to it. On the other side of the park, Reggie spots trouble.
:15:34. > :15:39.That's why you should keep your dog on the lead. Letting dogs off leads
:15:40. > :15:45.when there is lots of dogs around and you haven't got control. If they
:15:46. > :15:53.do turn, you have to run. In parks and public places across Wales, dog
:15:54. > :15:57.attacks on dogs are all too common. She has been savage add little bit
:15:58. > :16:01.herself one time. She was on the lead. What breed was it that
:16:02. > :16:05.attacked her? An American pit bull. He nicked the side of her stomach
:16:06. > :16:12.which was only an inch, but it was very, very deep and she needed
:16:13. > :16:17.serious op. It is always the little dogs that
:16:18. > :16:25.cause problems. It is never the big dogs. They are always barking at
:16:26. > :16:31.everybody. She liked to run around. She got bitten once and she has
:16:32. > :16:36.never forgotten it. She never takes hostages so I keep her on a lead.
:16:37. > :16:44.This plaque dog came from -- black dog came from nowhere and dived on
:16:45. > :16:48.top of him. He was bleeding. Frightening for you? You see dogs
:16:49. > :16:56.running around and their owners are the other side of the park. You get
:16:57. > :17:01.the irresponsible ones. Twice she has been attacked by black dogs.
:17:02. > :17:06.Different dogs. They are anticipating trouble. I suppose when
:17:07. > :17:10.you are that size, that's about one morsel each for a Great Dane or
:17:11. > :17:15.something. It is no wonder they are nervous.
:17:16. > :17:20.The Welsh and UK Governments accept that new regulations relating to all
:17:21. > :17:25.breeds of dogs are needed. The Shadow Police Minister pushed for
:17:26. > :17:30.stronger laws including dog control notices. The dog has to be out on a
:17:31. > :17:33.lead or impounded or can't go to certain places like a school or like
:17:34. > :17:38.for example a park or couldn't not be left alone in the property
:17:39. > :17:43.because that would be potentially dangerous. The idea is to hopefully
:17:44. > :17:47.improve behaviour over time because there would be severe penalties for
:17:48. > :17:51.breaches of that dog control notice. The Welsh Government considered
:17:52. > :17:56.bringing in its own law, consulting organisations like the RSPCA, but in
:17:57. > :18:01.the end, they decided on joint legislation with Westminster. And
:18:02. > :18:06.dog control notices were taken out. DEFRA says the new law will dot same
:18:07. > :18:10.job, but some feel it is a missed opportunity. We were disappointed.
:18:11. > :18:15.We thought that the dog control notices was a very effective way of
:18:16. > :18:19.dealing with the issues through training, through education, and
:18:20. > :18:25.through enabling owners to understand how their actions were
:18:26. > :18:32.impact ing on their animals. The Westminster legislation is very
:18:33. > :18:40.generic and dogs are there in. Does the Welsh Government regret its
:18:41. > :18:45.decision. Would you accept that dog control notices have their place and
:18:46. > :18:52.possibly have a place within this new legislation? Well, what I don't
:18:53. > :18:56.want to do is get hung up on terms or legislative vehicles. What I'm
:18:57. > :19:01.concerned about is the impact it has on the community... How will that
:19:02. > :19:06.happen? The teeth in the legislation are the regulation that is we are
:19:07. > :19:10.working on and until that work is completed, neither you or I will be
:19:11. > :19:13.able to understand how this is going to work.
:19:14. > :19:17.Back on the streets, dog warden Steve green paper is trying to
:19:18. > :19:22.encourage responsible dog ownership. He is offering free microchips, but
:19:23. > :19:27.there aren't many takers. Someone turns up who lost her dog, the owner
:19:28. > :19:41.of the Staffie pup Steve picked up from the school earlier. Do you want
:19:42. > :19:47.to speak? Every other dog we have got is a Staffie cross. If she had
:19:48. > :19:56.puppies, all my family would have puppies off me. Do you want to
:19:57. > :20:01.microchip her or not? The dog jumped the fence or someone opened the gate
:20:02. > :20:06.and the dog got out. I had to try and find out where she was. I only
:20:07. > :20:12.have had her for three weeks. I haven't had her long. We'll
:20:13. > :20:18.microchip her. I have had to try and get cover in work. Get a lift up
:20:19. > :20:21.here. It is not my day today. Young dog gets a microchip, but
:20:22. > :20:29.there is nothing stopping her having her own pups in future. The policy
:20:30. > :20:35.is to stop unwanted puppies and what happens in all the cases, we get a
:20:36. > :20:41.pregnant bitch, has puppies and it is free to good home and because it
:20:42. > :20:47.has been free to good home, it has not cost them anything. They have no
:20:48. > :20:52.commitment to it. A dog in a school is a no no. You have a lot of
:20:53. > :20:57.vulnerable people there. One happy puppy safely back with its owner.
:20:58. > :21:02.There are too many unwanted puppies in Wales' rescue centres and Steve
:21:03. > :21:08.worries some people are making a fast buck out of the demand for
:21:09. > :21:16.fashiable breeds. We have problems with husky and sled dogs and
:21:17. > :21:21.malamutes, I despair when I see a film with a dog in it. Three or four
:21:22. > :21:30.years ago, there were Walt Disney films with dogs and The Twilight
:21:31. > :21:35.Saga and every idiot and his dog wants one. They go out and get these
:21:36. > :21:40.dogs and pay ?700, but they don't realise what they're taking on.
:21:41. > :21:45.These puppies have been handed in to the Dogs Trust to be housed
:21:46. > :21:50.responsibly. The fashionable dogs are the one that is people aren't
:21:51. > :21:56.committing to as much as is needed. These are one of the breeds we are
:21:57. > :22:01.asked to take in every week. Brought in to our centre when it has gone
:22:02. > :22:07.wrong. They are gorgeous. Myself I would never consider having a husky.
:22:08. > :22:10.There is that real, it pulls on your heart strings because they are
:22:11. > :22:14.beautiful. Sometimes people let their heart rule their heads and it
:22:15. > :22:18.is not a dog that's right for them, they think it is a puppy, but there
:22:19. > :22:24.are different breed traits. It is not necessarily that if you get a
:22:25. > :22:32.puppy it will grow up to be a well adjusted adult if it is the wrong
:22:33. > :22:37.breed for you. Hello, I'm interested in the dog
:22:38. > :22:41.you've got. To get an idea of how easy it is to get a dog no questions
:22:42. > :22:45.asked, we went online. We phoned 20 people who were
:22:46. > :22:50.advertising powerful and fashionable status dogs like huskies and some
:22:51. > :22:54.that have had the appearance of pit bulls because we wanted to know what
:22:55. > :23:01.questions they would ask us as potential buyers. I live in a
:23:02. > :23:04.flat... None asked if we had children and when our researcher
:23:05. > :23:10.pointed out she lived in a small flat with no garden and a new baby
:23:11. > :23:14.only six expressed concern about the accommodation and just three said
:23:15. > :23:19.they wouldn't sell her the dog because of her circumstances.
:23:20. > :23:27.And four of the dogs people were happy to sell us were potentially
:23:28. > :23:32.banned pit bull types. Online selling of puppies should be
:23:33. > :23:37.banned. You should never buy a puppy without visiting the mother and
:23:38. > :23:39.father and the owners. That's one of the main points behind responsible
:23:40. > :23:45.pet ownership and people should never do that. Anyone who has less
:23:46. > :23:50.than five litters a year doesn't need to be regulated. So rescue
:23:51. > :23:54.centres like this say they will be kept busy. Would you like to see dog
:23:55. > :23:59.ownership regulated? Yeah, I think it needs to be and I think breeding
:24:00. > :24:03.needs to be licensed. There needs to be some charge for breeding to put
:24:04. > :24:08.people off doing it as a quick way of making money. And we have got to
:24:09. > :24:13.do something now? I would ban all the pet sites. I wouldn't allow pets
:24:14. > :24:17.to be sold unless maybe a licenced breeder, registered breeders so you
:24:18. > :24:22.are going properly for a registered breeder and those are the only ones
:24:23. > :24:27.allowed to advertise. I would stop all this 20 quid puppies. Stop it
:24:28. > :24:32.altogether. We will get him warmed up. The field is very smelly and it
:24:33. > :24:36.is very exciting. In Bridgend, Reggie is settling in with his new
:24:37. > :24:41.family and they are getting additional training to help them be
:24:42. > :24:48.responsible owners. If he does that just go back to the
:24:49. > :24:54.sit. Good boy. Good lad. Brilliant. Good boy. That's lovely. Yes.
:24:55. > :24:58.Educating owners and dogs helps reduce aggressive dog attacks. There
:24:59. > :25:01.is lots of information available, but just how many are taking the
:25:02. > :25:05.time to read it? The five major dog charities in the
:25:06. > :25:09.UK spend somewhere in the region of 1 is million on education and
:25:10. > :25:14.communication. If you look at their websites on some of them, you can
:25:15. > :25:18.differentiate between hits that are for the general website and hits
:25:19. > :25:25.that are on their education pages. And the order of magnitude
:25:26. > :25:29.differences, 30,000 hits may only have 120, so the information is
:25:30. > :25:37.there, but it is not necessarily being looked at and it is not
:25:38. > :25:41.necessarily being used. Training goes so far. Rules are
:25:42. > :25:44.important too. Last Thursday the new dog regulations became law in
:25:45. > :25:49.England and Wales. They come into force this May, but they don't
:25:50. > :25:54.include dog control notices. So should Wales resurrect its own Welsh
:25:55. > :25:58.Bill? I am not electing to tell the Welsh Government what to do, they
:25:59. > :26:04.will do what they want to do, but a dog control notice is the way
:26:05. > :26:09.forward to help sprent further acts -- prevent further acts of violence
:26:10. > :26:11.which could include death. Would you consider bringing back control
:26:12. > :26:17.within Wales which you are entitled to do? Yes. And legislate yourself?
:26:18. > :26:24.It is not something we've walked away from. If I am persuaded that
:26:25. > :26:27.the UK legislation doesn't deliver the statutory framework that I
:26:28. > :26:33.believe is necessary, yes we will go back to our legislation and yes, we
:26:34. > :26:37.will pursue Welsh legislation. We are left with the existing
:26:38. > :26:44.Dangerous Dogs Act which is just fine for Katelyn Flowers and her dad
:26:45. > :26:49.if it keeps pit bull types at bay. These dogs shouldn't be allowed in
:26:50. > :26:54.the country. Not as pets anyway. You shouldn't really have them kind of
:26:55. > :26:59.dogs around. We didn't have them years ago. A child that died the
:27:00. > :27:05.other day, you don't know the story behind it, but I think something
:27:06. > :27:12.should be done to help. Someone should be pushing and pushing for
:27:13. > :27:16.the rules and regular to say come it -- regs to come in because it may
:27:17. > :27:20.not be the dog's fault. Whatever the answer, we shouldn't rush to a
:27:21. > :27:25.solution. I'm not saying that education doesn't, will not have an
:27:26. > :27:28.impact and I don't think we can say at that stage that the legislation
:27:29. > :27:31.won't have an impact, the important thing is we get it right. The
:27:32. > :27:34.important thing is we don't knee-jerk and get it wrong because
:27:35. > :27:38.we lose credibility by doing that and sometimes unfortunately it is
:27:39. > :27:43.painstaking and it takes time. In Bridge en, Andrew Roberts and his
:27:44. > :27:50.family are being allowed to have Scrappy back, but only under strict
:27:51. > :27:56.conditions. A judge sitting on the bench never
:27:57. > :28:04.even seen the dog and he could say right, destroy it. That would be a
:28:05. > :28:09.miscarriage of justice. I was lucky. My dog was lucky because otherwise
:28:10. > :28:20.he would be dead. In Cardiff, it is good news for Frank the pit bull. I
:28:21. > :28:26.will be recommending this dog is returned under the strict conditions
:28:27. > :28:33.of a contingent order. For Crystal, it is the end of the road. She can't
:28:34. > :28:37.be re-homed under the Dangerous Dogs Act so she is put to sleep.
:28:38. > :28:42.Perhaps if we want man's best friend to remain our campanion, it is up to
:28:43. > :28:46.us to ensure we give dogs the home and the life they deserve. You know
:28:47. > :28:50.that you have done something right. That you are going along the right
:28:51. > :28:55.road with him, really, isn't it? It is down to us to help him become a
:28:56. > :28:57.nice dog and well train and well mannered just as you would with a
:28:58. > :29:03.child.