$100,000 coverage is what you need to pay if you are an owner of Rottweiler.
The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) told The New Paper that new rules were being considered following reports of vicious attacks by rottweilers on people and other dogs locally and in other countries.
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One such attack happened on 26 Nov last year, when Madam Satpal Kaur's five rottweilers attacked a smaller terrier in Lengkong Tiga, Kembangan.
She was fined $6,000 for letting her dogs out unleashed and unmuzzled, and had compensated the other dog's owner.
The AVA had said it was thinking of creating a new category of dangerous dogs, with the rottweiler and its cross-breeds being included in this group.
Owners of such dogs would have to take up a $100,000 insurance policy and a banker's guarantee of $2,000.
The guarantee would be forfeited if the dog strays, bites someone or is reported lost.
Newly licensed dogs must also undergo obedience training.
Why kick a fuss? If you can own a Rotty, you most probably live in a land estate, can’t you afford a small premium for your dog’s insurance?
Rotty’s owners always claim that their dogs are friendly, well train, non-aggressive even their kids play with the dogs. But! This is one family: the dogs, the kids, the owners, the dogs don’t attack them but what happen if the dogs go out in the public where everyone out there is a total stranger to the dogs?
Don’t dog owners realise that?
I like Rotties, they look masculine and tough but I don’t have a big apartment to house them, at the same time, I think they are potentially dangerous is un-train and un-man. Owners should take out a insurance to cover any potential damages Rotties may caused. I don’t think it’s unfair, there are other breed in the watch list too.
I will pay for the insurance if I own a Rotty.
