A canine proprietor mentioned it was “outrageous” that her pet was wrongly reported to the police as an “unmuzzled XL Bully”.
Eleisha Serbest, from Bushey, Hertfordshire, claims that her canine Bluey, a pocket bully, was mistakenly reported to the council as a prohibited canine.
Eleisha Serbest has mentioned that Blue is a Pocket Bully, not an XL
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According to the letter, somebody had reported that the canine was “being walked on a lead without a muzzle”.
If she was discovered responsible of breaking the legislation, she was cautioned that she would face an infinite nice, a jail sentence and her pet could possibly be put down.
However, Serbest disputed the claims, stating that Blue, her beloved three-year-old canine, is a Pocket Bully, the smallest sort within the American Bully household.
Specifically, the canine is a cross of the American Bully and Patterdale terrier, which suggests it’s excused from new restrictions.
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XL bullies have been added to the Dangerous Dogs Act on October 31, 2023
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Sunak introduced a ban in England and Wales following a spate of assaults which resulted in a variety of deaths and accidents.
She additionally mentioned that she at all times retains her canine on the lead and locations a muzzle on it when out in public.
Describing her pet, which she named after the youngsters’s present Blue’s Clues, Serbest mentioned: “She’s like another family member. I used to call her the nanny because she would watch the children all day.
“I let them go outside in the garden and she would be on and off the trampoline with them.
“People look at her and think she’s vicious, that she’s going to bite you.
XL Bullys (not pictured) must be kept on a lead and in a muzzled whilst in public
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“Blue is so playful and would never harm other dogs.”
XL bullies have been added to the Dangerous Dogs Act on October 31, 2023.
Owners in England and Wales got two months to arrange for restrictions.
As effectively as maintaining them on a lead and in a muzzle while in public, promoting, breeding, abandoning or giving them away is now unlawful.
Owners have till January 31 to use for an exemption certificates to maintain their canine.
They may even have to have it neutered, microchipped and insured.
Those in England and Wales with out an exemption must euthanise their canine or face a attainable legal report and nice.
