From October 1st the importing, breeding, selling and rehoming of XL bullies will be prohibited
hereHercules has been adopted once but it did not work out and he was returned after a few weeks; Bert and Hannah are more recent arrivals. The Newcastle shelter is looking for experienced dog owners, with no other pets and a large garden, to take each of them in, says assistant manager Emily Nash. Another failed placement would likely cost them their lives.
An Irish man in California: what I did first notice was how people talk about themselves. Compared to the typical older Irish manSome animal welfare organisations oppose the new regulations. The focus should be on irresponsible owners not specific dogs, they say. These “populist” measures will not increase public safety, they argue but will lead to hundreds of dogs being euthanised because of what they look like rather than how they act.
Exactly how XL bullies will be distinguished from other American bully breed types has not been clarified at the time of writing. However, regulations here are expected to follow UK criteria that includes descriptors such as “large dog with a muscular body and blocky head, suggesting great strength and power for its size”. The most definitive measure seems to be the minimum height at the withers of 51cm/48cm for adult males/females.
There is no place for dogs bred to fight and intimidate, says Dawn Divilly, director of operations at Mutts Anonymous Dog Rescue and Adoption in Galway, but by naming one hybrid, the wait begins for another to pop up, like “whack-a-mole”. It is so frustrating, she says, because resources being put into this takes away from tackling root causes of dangerous dogs and enforcement of existing legislation.
“A handful of dogs doesn’t describe all dogs or a whole breed.” He knows the XL bully called Bear that he shares with his wife, Alanna J McDermott, as “the giver of hugs and the champion of the common shrew, defending them from cats in the garden”.McDermott, a primary schoolteacher, took in Bear as a foster dog just after the schools closed for Covid in March 2020.
The new legislation will not change things for Bear and his owners other than them having to apply and pay for a certificate of exemption. Bear is already neutered and can spend the rest of his days with them but McDermott is angry that other dogs will be “euthanised needlessly”.Rowan Woodgates of Greystones, Co Wicklow, has had his three-year-old tricolour XL bully Goose since he was a puppy.
“The dog went for him,” she says. “It wasn’t just a warning bite, he was in full attack mode.” Both she and the owner rushed out, screaming at the dog, trying to distract it.
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