Animal Shelters and Rescues ‘to blame’ for Rottweiler Attacks - Sensational Claim
A recent meeting between Rottweiler breed club representatives and the Kennel Club produced a sensational claim that it was re-homed Rottweilers, placed into unsuitable homes that had ’caused most of the problems’ in relation to the highly publicised Rottweiler attacks of the past few years.
Dave Parrish, of The Rottweiler Club went on to propose re-homed Rottweilers only be placed with families who have been assessed by a local dog warden as to their suitability to manage a rescue dog.
The Kennel Club’s Holly Lee, responding to the issue of re-homing dogs said: “this was not her area of work, but she agreed that it needed looking at further.”
K9 Magazine understands a complaint has been lodged with the Kennel Club by a prominent Rottweiler re-homing charity, unhappy at the claims made in the meeting.
The sensational claim about re-homed Rottweilers was not the only shock to come from the meeting.
Asked about whether it would be possible to tighten restrictions on poorly bred dogs being sold by refusing to accept registrations from bad breeders, Holly Lee revealed the Kennel Club could not deny registrations for ‘legal reasons’.
She went onto explain that it was the Kennel Club’s “intention to eventually” demand all health tests for a breed requirement of the KC accredited breeder scheme.
Margaret Yates, on behalf of the British Rottweiler Association, expressed concern about the KC accredited breeder scheme, suggesting that anyone who applied and paid a fee would be accepted, which would mislead the public into placing greater trust in accredited breeders over non accredited ones.
Despite the British Rottweiler Association’s concerns over loose regulation of the Kennel Club accredited breeder scheme, Leanne Lewis of the Rottweiler Club of Wales proposed only Rottweilers bred within the Kennel Club’s Accredited Breeder Scheme to be registered with the Kennel Club (at all).
John Hubble, of the South Western Rottweiler Association was more directly critical of the accredited breeder scheme though.
He said “the Accredited Breeder Scheme had been rushed into existence and a lot of people see it as a platform to sell puppies.”
Responding to Mr Hubble’s criticism, Dr Sampson - of the Kennel Club Breeder scheme - said it had been “necessary to get the scheme up and running quickly as there was a huge political agenda surrounding the welfare of pure bred dogs.”
