Video: Calls for 'compulsory dog muzzling' around young children "My campaign is to raise pet awareness, to let people know that these family pets do just turn the way they do and it's not just about breed, or just the dogs on the dangerous dogs list," she said. The Government are putting some steps in place ... but we can't just rely on the Government - parents and adults have to take steps too. Dog trainer Ryan O'Meara called for greater education of owners, saying dogs could not be muzzled all the time and restricting dogs could increase aggression. He said all dogs could be potentially dangerous and added that the 1991 Dangerous Dogs Act - which he described as "knee-jerk legislation" - had given the impression that some breeds were not dangerous. "Unfortunately I think a lot of the problem is that people don't understand that all dogs are capable of biting," he said. "A dog can't wear a muzzle all the time and if you restrict a dog in any way you can actually increase aggression," he added. I would say to the Government that has had the Dangerous Dogs Act, you need to focus on compulsory education of all dog owners because we can avoid tragedies like this.