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A breeder has lost his bid to overturn a five-year ban on keeping dogs after police branded his canine training methods 'cruel' and 'horrendous'. Alex Johnson, 29, of Abbey Hulton, Staffordshire, was banned from keeping dogs after a canine he was looking after lunged at a passer-by and bit her on the arm, leaving her with puncture wounds. The incident led to Staffordshire Police recovering video clips from the 29-year-old's home, which had been created using a Go Pro camera. Among the horrors found on the footage a bully-type dog chained to a treadmill to build up dog training qualifications its muscles and a man using a whip to agitate a dog in a public street. Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court also heard how footage showed a dog being encouraged to jump a garden fence and a dog tied to a fence as a whip was cracked in front of it. Johnson, who previously worked as a dog trainer and photographer, pleaded guilty earlier this year to being in charge of a dog dangerously out of control. He was handed the disqualification and told to carry out 40 hours' unpaid work by magistrates at North Staffordshire Justice Centre.

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