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Originally Posted by Table 5
I'm going to post my suggestion that I say every time this comes up: Make dogs over a certain height have to wear a muzzle whenever in public. Anything over a certain weight or height (ie, dogs that you cant kick like a football) has to wear one, no exceptions unless they are service dogs.
You don't have to ban anything and cops and Bylaw officers can easily who's breaking the law. And the dogs can bark and hump all they want, but won't do any real damage.
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I would be ok with this anywhere off my property if the city were to decide that it's the law (probably a soft nylon muzzle as opposed to those cage things though). It would be a pain in the ass to constantly put a muzzle on though (especially on dogs who aren't accustomed to it). Also, 95+% of the dogs out there aren't biters. It would be a solution to a problem that, by and large, isn't there.
I would hope that owners recognize when their dogs have problems and are proactive in using muzzles but that doesn't really happen. The best solution is training but sadly, as a lot of people find out, is really time consuming and they aren't ready/able to do it.