Gemma Atkinson Instagram – Knowing im a dog lover & the charity work I do with dogs, Lots of ppl have asked my opinion about the XL bully ban… This is Jackson. He was a sharpie bull mastiff cross and for 14 years lived with my sister and her 3 children showing them nothing but love & loyalty. Muscular and large, he was always referred to as the gentle giant. I’ve heard recently that the government is offering £200 compensation for families to have their bull breed euthanised. The attacks some of these dogs have done to humans is horrendous. I cannot think of anything worse than whitenessing such horrors and my heart goes out to the families who have suffered 😞 I always say a dog, just like a human is a product of its environment & regardless of breed & size they can all be taught to attack & all turn when they feel threatened. My mate was attacked by a corgi on his paper round when we were kids. All a dog wants to do is please it’s owner. Even the owners that aren’t responsible enough to have them. I’ll use Manchester as an example because I’m from there. If you take our wonderful city and & over the course of the next month 9 people from Manchester commit awful crimes they absolutely should be punished. 100% ! It doesn’t mean though that all the other Mancunians should be punished with them. It’ doesn’t mean every Mancunian is the same. The media has portrayed this breed badly for ages. It used to be Dóbermans then Rottweilers but never their humans. Why? Something has to be done to stop these attacks. Lots of dog trainers & experts believe there are ways to tackle the issue which doesn’t involve simply just destroying all current bull breeds who live in loving family’s across the UK. I’ve had families send me pictures of their dogs begging for them not to be taken or judged. Ive also been sent stories of attacks from other dog breeds. Looking at it as a mother, would I leave my kids with them? No. But I wouldn’t leave them with any breed. Not just bully’s. I don’t even leave them alone with Norman & Ollie because regardless of size or breed, you never know & part of being a responsible owner is never taking that chance. I’m interested to respectfully know what you think of the ban…