Dog attacks on guide dogs show marked increase

[magical thyme]

10. enforce leash laws, crack down on dog fighting and hold owners responsible for their dog's behavior.

Breed specific legislation will not work, period. Irresponsible owners and breeders will simply pick another large breed to ruin.

Forcing obedience training doesn't seem likely to work for a number of reasons. Not all obedience trainers are necessarily good at what they do, and some people are simply unteachable. Requiring tougher licensing for breeding operations might be a better way to go, by reducing indiscriminate breeding and the homeless dog population.

As far as individual dog parks go, what worked at the dog park I used to take my dog to was social ostracism. If somebody showed up with an unsocialized dog and failed to restrain that dog and leave the moment it misbehaved, the rest of us simply packed up our own dogs and left.