Comments on: Prince Edward Abuses Dogs?

By: Kate

Kate — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 16:59:20 +0000

Yes if Prince Edward used unnessasary force on his lab, for whatever reason he should be held accountable. However, when it comes to breaking up a dogfight practice and theory are often miles apart. One cannot reason with dogs who are in a fighting frenzy. Grabbing the back legs might not be an option. Too many people are bitten by the aggressor or their own dogs while trying to break up a dogfight and if the bite requires medical attention doctors are required by law, to report the animal who might then end up being euthanized or at the least, muzzled for the remainder of it’s life.

By: Sylvia

Sylvia — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:29:45 +0000

How do you brake a dog fight? or how do you defend your dog from other dog’s aggresion?
Thanks.

By: Marina Kassova

Marina Kassova — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 06:55:57 +0000

Very appalling and shocking. To me, it seems hard to imagine a member of the royal family abusing his dog. There are standard and proper methods of breaking up a fight between two dogs without using violence. Nonetheless, he should be ashamed of himself for hitting his pet, and with a walking stick!! In addition to being too barbaric, beatings could result in the animal becoming resentful and violent toward the owner. All I could say is, it is disgraceful, and if this is the way he treats his pets then he shouldn’t have any.

By: Rosemarie

Rosemarie — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 22:19:30 +0000

Could you please post a way how to break up dogfights safely and easily. Water is not always available, pulling tails? if they have one?
What other methods are there. Not that I would ever hit them, they might just turn around and fight you.

By: Joyce

Joyce — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 21:13:16 +0000

Absolutely yes, he should be punished if he did hit his dogs, he can’t think of them as part of his family or he wouldn’t do it, too many poeple are handy at lashing out at poor defenceless animals, without a second thought.
It makes me so ANGRY.

By: Brennan Kingsland

Brennan Kingsland — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:15:12 +0000

No one will ever make a member of the Royal Family accountable – for whatever.

I’m sad to know this about him though.

It’s difficult for me to imagine a black lab fighting. From my experience, they are more docile, unless defending themselves.

But what do I know? I’m not royalty.

By: Becky

Becky — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:53:54 +0000

He should be ashamed for hitting the dog with a stick whether he is part of the royal family or not.Of course none of us were actually there and we all know how photos can be changed to look like something they are not or to be misquoted when you are in the limelight. If he hit the dog he should be punished just like you or I.

By: Brandon J. Van Every

Brandon J. Van Every — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:11:09 +0000

Before condemning people for how they attempt to break up a dogfight, publish your own methods for how to do it safely. Bearing in mind that your primary responsibility is to YOU and YOUR DOG, not the dangerous !@#!@#!@@# dog that is attacking one or more of you. Sure there are hind leg wheel barrel techniques for separating two dogs, if you have TWO *COMPETENT* *FEARLESS* people around to handle it. That will never happen in the real world of a dog park, or worse, on the street. Frankly a gun might be the necessary way to stop a dog fight in some instances, against some pit bull that’s going to kill your pet. But again, publish your own *SAFE* methods for ending dog fights before criticizing how others attempt to handle it.

I won’t speak to the issue of whether the Prince actually was breaking up a dogfight. It is an unknown.

By: patricia

patricia — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:02:54 +0000

yes prince Edward should be reported
if i was seen doing to my dog what he did to that dog id be reported , in my daily express sunday and monday it showed him hitting the dog on the head after the fight had broke up so that was twice the dog was cowering who does he think he is.