There are a LOT of dogs with agressive genes - who is going to determine which ones will require special training, insurance, handling, fences, etc?

We can't screen each individual dog either- and any dog can be aggresive and dominant - which is another part of the problem. You CAN have a non agressive dog with dominance issues which will create dangerous situations.

All dogs require training, as far as I'm concerned, whether or not they seem large enough to cause serious damage to humans or other pets.

Take Chihuahuas and Pomeranians. Some of THE most agressive and dominant dogs. Nobody writes about them in the paper though. But yopu can be walking your shepard or PB down the street with no problem, and some little yapper snarls, and you have a fight - who is gonna get blamed? The big dog, and you know it.

ALL pets need to be under the owner's control at ALL times. And that means -
Never running loose, ever.

On leash, you should be able to keep that dog where you want him, not able to bite or jump on anyone, not even able to sniff anyone or pee on things he's not allowed to pee on.

If he is walking you, you have not trained him.

I don't so much believe we need to restrict one breed or the top three biting breeds - back a few years, most bites were from cocker Spaniels. Imagine needing insurance to own one of those.

I think what we need is for people to require training before the own a dog, and to be fined stiffly for violating leash laws.

I love all animals, but keep yours on your own lawn, keep him safe if you care about him.

Seriously, the reason I don't want my dogs to bite people is because I don;t want them to hurt anyone, but also, I don't want to lose my dogs. People are pretty stupid if they're not thinking their dog could do something like that.