Kendal Shepherd on Jordan Shelley's Wags Lyrical podcast, talking about Breed Specific Legislation, The Dangerous Dogs Acts, and her new book, Demystifying Dog Behaviour for the Veterinarian. Recorded on January 27th 2021.
Why can we not see the need to routinely investigate dog 'attack' incidents, including fatalities, in a thorough behavioural and social manner? This viewpoint was originally published in 2013, in response to a fatal dog bite in the UK. The assumption, in this most recent dog-related fatality as well as those before them, is that there is already enough information to know why it happened: five large dogs in a small house who killed a child must have had an irresponsible owner, and that is...