scourge99
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Over here we've had a recent incident where a dog escaped its yard, broke into the neighbours house and killed a 4 year old. Under current laws all the dog owner receives is a fine, and there's a debate over whether the owner should receive jail time or not. So what do you think, should there be a charge of negligent homicide or something like that for owners who allow their dogs to escape and cause death?
I have raised and trained 3 service dogs in my life, helped trained others, and owned several other dogs as personal pets. Owner ignorance and laziness results in poor behavior in dogs. Unless you didn't raise your dog yourself, then you have absolutely no one to blame for your dogs behavior besides yourself.
That said, I don't know the circumstances of this story and I'm not comfortable enough to say that there aren't exceptions and extenuating circumstances. BUT, if this dog is violent and untrained then the owners are fully responsible and should be punished accordingly.