Thinking About Dogs With The Grown-Ups

Thinking About Dogs With The Grown-Ups

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The making of a public image for "status dogs"

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Emma Lee
May 09, 2024
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One of the most interesting chapters in Mills & Westgarth’s book Dog Bites is from criminologist and gang expert Dr Simon Harding, talking about public image.

Trying to pin down something so effusive as classism and racism when it relates to dog policy is tough. If I say breed-specific legislation is exclusionary and designed as a lever for cultural heg…

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