happy this will not cover scotland at 1st

Im sorry but ...... WTF !!!!!!!!!!!!!

This aint gonna help.. all this does is target folks who genuinley care...... It is always the folks who love their dogs who will go through all this and spend a fortune....argh !!!!!!!!!!

This wont stop idiots.....

What will happen to anyone who fails the test? will they take all these dogs off people, the rescues can't cope now, they will be putting thousands of lovely dogs to sleep.

Have any of these people on the government who support this ever met the General Public?
You can sit them down to as many tests as you like - but it won`t stop cruelty, or stupidity, or greed.
The only thing that will fight that is, to make the Police prosecute animal abuse.
The Test is a middle class idea to make people feel they are in control
(it wouldn't of been in the Daily Mail recently otherwise).
The Underclass will ignore it. The criminals will exploit it.
All it will do is to limit dog ownership - according to the whim of whatever is vote-grabblingly exciting at the time.
Ban more than 2 dogs? Ban dogs in towns? ban bigger dogs? Ban people
renting with dogs? Ban off-lead dogs? These are all very real
possibilities with this proposal.
I think the competence test is a stupid idea...it will cost money to
set up and we, the responsible owners will pay for it. Then the
government will see it as another source of revenue and the cost to us
will be even higher.
Microchipping and third party OK! but how that stops dog attacks or irresponsible owners god only knows!
Without a load of people to check every dog, it won't work.

this is madness... if your a ''chav with a dangerous dog'' youre not going to bother about all that!!... its people like us who will suffer