After talking our medium size dog for a walk, He was set upon by a terrier and a BIG Alsation which were roaming free.

I am now waiting for our lass to come home from work so we can get him to the vets as he is bleeding from bite marks.

Irrisponsible owners, Wish i knew them :mad: :mad:

Update:

Been to the vets (£25 but not bothered)
Next time I see these dogs, they will be wearing a cricket bat around their heads :mad:

Look at some of my dogs bite marks HERE (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v689/viking99/forums/dogbitten1.jpg)

That is terrible. I think you ought to disclose the area this happened in. I have dogs myself, but it could just have easily been a child, or yourself if you tried to split them.

We live in Dinnington, The alsation has lost the plot, next time it could be a child.
It is on the junior school's "Walking bus" route as well.

It always amazes me that idiots allow their dogs to roam about unattended.

Such behaviour should be punished with a lifetime ban on their even keeping a dog.:mad:

I hope your dog's on the mend Viking.

Hope your dogs OK Viking. Our Dog Perry, a golden retriever, hates Alsations and German Shepperds. He's never been attacked by one to my knowledge but he seems to have a 6th sense.

It's about time licences were brought back. Here you have to pay tax, €80 for us! If we had another we would have to pay double. On top of that, anyone owning a dog which is over 20kg must get a certificate which shows that you are a responsible owner. The test is taken by a vet. You don't find any dogs roaming around here!

Originally posted by Carmine
It always amazes me that idiots allow their dogs to roam about unattended.

Such behaviour should be punished with a lifetime ban on their even keeping a dog.:mad:

I hope your dog's on the mend Viking.

I agree totally. Does it make sense to report it to the dog warden service (If one exists)?

This is why I have a fear of dogs!!!!

Some of them are bloody nasty things....

You should report it Viking, it could happen again and who knows the consequences. It could be some elderly person's dog and the owner could have a heart attack etc. Its not always the dog.

Originally posted by viking
I agree totally. Does it make sense to report it to the dog warden service (If one exists)?
I'd certainly consider it if the dog is still out there or roams about the place all the time.

If the vicious b*gger goes for another dog without provocation and is unsupervised then it's a danger to anyone that happens to get in its way.

Originally posted by BoppinBruce
You should report it Viking, it could happen again and who knows the consequences. It could be some elderly person's dog and the owner could have a heart attack etc. Its not always the dog.

I nearly had a chuffin Heart attack mi sen .

I had to really leg it down the road!

This may be wrong, although I have known it happen some years ago. A dog worrying sheep can be shot by the farmer, why not a dog worrying the community?

BTW: If you're looking for a place to contact the dog warden then you'd probably be best calling the council switchboard...who's number I do not have to hand.

Originally posted by BoppinBruce
This may be wrong, although I have known it happen some years ago. A dog worrying sheep can be shot by the farmer, why not a dog worrying the community?
Possibly because you might injure yourself or a passerby...and if you don't kill or incapacitate the dog then it's going to be very agitated by the noise and possibly injured by the shot...in those circumstances it'd almost certainly go for someone.:(

Originally posted by BoppinBruce
This may be wrong, although I have known it happen some years ago. A dog worrying sheep can be shot by the farmer, why not a dog worrying the community?

Tempting. I have a shotgun as well, An Italian "Baretta".
That would give it a headache:hihi: (NOTE, I only do clay, would not harm wildlife)

try this number 2037410 or 2037411

Cheers Bruce, will do :thumbsup:

Originally posted by BoppinBruce
try this number 2037410 or 2037411

Numbers not in use

I just called the Council Helpline and they gaveme the dog warden number as 2037410. Wonder whats up with it then?

Sheffield Council Contact Centre for all info is 272 6444 if that helps.

Hope the doggy feels better soon.:(

strange, taken from their web page

http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/environment/how-we-work/environmental-serv/contact-the-service

dont know how to get it so you can click on it, sorry, yes I do, it works

Originally posted by msbehavin
I just called the Council Helpline and they gaveme the dog warden number as 2037410. Wonder whats up with it then?

Sheffield Council Contact Centre for all info is 272 6444 if that helps.

Hope the doggy feels better soon.:(

i was calling on mobile so did not put 0114 in front.
Sorted now will phone them :thumbsup:

Years ago a dog attack one of my ducks, Grabbed it by the neck and was pulling it round.

So My dad run out kicked the dog and chained it to a fence. When the RSPCA came they took the dog and when they foud the owner they had to pay the Vet bills.

Its was a very upsetting time as we didnt know if our duck would make it.

When you next go down there, take a BB gun with you and shoot the hell out of the dogs
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It's not really the dogs fault. Take a B+B gun and shoot the owner more like.

I phoned the council dog warden who do not deal with Dangerous dogs :confused: :confused: .
They said phone the police which i did.

They said a car will drive around the area to see if the dogs are still there. Thats it really

were they wearing hoodies, if not the police wont pick them up

I think there was a thread on a similar problem a while back..... I'm fairly sure that Crowefan's dog got attacked albeit in a different area. I'll have a look and see if I can find any info on it.

Originally posted by Swan_Vesta
I think there was a thread on a similar problem a while back..... I'm fairly sure that Crowefan's dog got attacked albeit in a different area. I'll have a look and see if I can find any info on it.

Think it was Shiregreen, or Longley

Got it .........

http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=23696&highlight=dog

Originally posted by viking

I phoned the council dog warden who do not deal with Dangerous dogs :confused: :confused: .


Sounds like a jobsworth not wanting to do anything.
The wardens are required to deal with strays.
A stray is defined as a dog that is unaccompanied and uncontrolled in public areas or in private places without permission.


("Dangerous Dogs" that they don't deal with are those described under the "Dangerous Dogs Act" and being complained about by neighbours etc.)


http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/environment/how-we-work/environmental-serv/animal-warden-control/stray-dogs

Originally posted by jamielad
you lot are gay :loopy: :loopy: :loopy: :loopy: :rant: :rant: :rant:

Always nice to see a sensible, constructive comment on a serious topic :loopy:

Can someone make an announcement over the tannoy please?
"We have a lost child on the forum, could his parents claim him from the public information desk"

This is a very interesting thread. I posted on a similar one about dogs not on leads and got verbally attacked for my comments. It's interesting to see these people are very quiet.

Here's the thread:

http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=42637&highlight=on+a+lead

Originally posted by alchresearch
This is a very interesting thread. I posted on a similar one about dogs not on leads and got verbally attacked for my comments. It's interesting to see these people are very quiet.

Here's the thread:

http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=42637&highlight=on+a+lead

No that was completely different, the dog in that case did not attack anyone just barked. So I dont think the two can be linked as such.

Viking: Sorry to hear about your dog I would recommend reporting this to the dog warden as if this animal is potentially dangerous and not owned by anyone it should be taken into kennels. Any dog who does not have an owner with it should be taken by the warden and placed in a suitable accommodation. GSD's are known for their temper thats why they are used for protection purposes, nuf said!.

Mate, sorry to hear about your pooch, hope you both are OK now?

Bloody hell I bet your heckles were up weren't they?

I remember a time ages ago when a doberman was coming after my old, nearly blind mongrel - that was in Dinnington too.

I had been rummaging round the school skip - always something good in there :wink: - and had a lidless casseroll pan in my hand.
Pan was ok, would have been useful in my new council flat at the time :clap:

It was OK that is until I let the Doberman have it!
Annoyingly I missed the bugger but it turned tail & fled.

My heart was in my throat.

Bloomin eck Viking, hope you and dog are ok now. I've got a lovely Golden Retriever, and he's as soft as a brush (and scared of the moon):loopy:

I've socialised him with other dogs as much as possible and he's extremely friendly but has had to learn that some other dogs are not quite as friendly. He's never been bitten or attacked (thank God) but the odd growl and bark have taught him to be more careful.

I don't know what I would do though if we were out and he was attacked by such a vicious dog as yours was, scream and kick probably. Where I walk my dog there's very, very rarely any other dogs without their owners thank goodness.

Hope your dog is ok Viking. I was just skitting through the messages on here and this thread happens to be relevant to what has happened to me today. I came home from a boiling hot day at work......opened my garden gate to find loads of my pots of little plants scattered all over the yard! PANIC.......cos I also have one of my tortoises wandering about the yard! Couldn't find him.......but found some of his caulifliower brekky up the steps and on the garden path! My tortoise garden is next to the path......and I found the enclosure smashed! Fortunately the other tortoise was still there and ok. Then I noticed the bale of "barley straw" used to eliminate algae in the pond, was torn into shreds on the lawn! My eyes then went to the pond and I saw that a huge clump of pond iris was smashed to bits in the pond and that half of the pond water had gone! This could be due to evaporation.........but I wont really know until tomorrow! I also noticed a lot of surrounding planting was smashed up! I did eventually find the other tortoise.......holed up in a corner that he would never normally use and luckily he was ok as well.
What caused this carnage????? A golden labrador puppy that lives along the road and is owned by assholes! The pup is lovely but totally uncontrolled probably because she is just tied up outside all day by totally irresponsible owners. These people change dogs like most of us change underwear!
I can't prove it was this dog........but I know it was because we have had visits from it on a regular basis over the past few months! There are no other dogs in the neighbourhood that could get into our garden anyhow. We are well fenced and gated and "visitors" can only enter from one source......and that is the hedge on one side of our enclosed back garden. Given that this dog is the only one on that side of the hedge it is more or less conclusive!
Confronting the owners of this dog would probably result in threats to burn down our house or something similar.......what do I do???? We have also got three cats.......2 or which are very old ladies now........they enjoy their own garden (cos they never go anywhere else) when I am at work. Also my torties have a free environment within to roam.......they are all at risk now while I am away at work.
It isn't fair........I do everything within my power to provide a safe and natural environment for my pets........and some irresponsible dog owner threatens all of this.
By the way.......we also own a dog........but he doesn't go rampaging through their garden! I feel very hissed off right now!

Just saw the picture looks nasty, hope your dogs ok. I'll be a bit more wary with my labrador now he goes up to dogs wanting to play hes only young. Would'nt want one top turn nasty on him. The owners of these vicious animals ought to be punished as it is them who trained the dogs incorrectly in the first place. If a dog misbehaves it is never the dogs fault but the owner, well thats my opinion:(

Different breeds of dogs act in different ways.

When we decided to get a dog we went through all the breeds we liked and considered the pro's and con's of each of them.

We decided on a Golden Retriever because

a) they are gentle natured, we have friends with kids and wanted to be sure any dog we have is going to be good with kids

b) they need slightly less exercise than a labrador, and we didn't want to have a dog we couldn't exercise enough

c) they are a 'big' dog but easy to train

IMHO people should not be allowed to have any dog/pet unless they can prove they have considered all the pro's and con's and have sufficient funds to pay for vets bills etc.

We only got a dog after I had finished work so someone would be in the house the majority of the time.

I feel so sorry for the dogs who have bad owners, someone mentioned in another thread about some woman leaving her dog in the car this afternoon with the windows closed - in this heat!!!! ???????

I think the number of 'good' owners vastly outweigh's the number of 'bad' owners but that really isn't good enough.

A lab pup tied up most of the day?! That's really not acceptible and should be reported. For one thing, in this heat it most likely cannot find any shade, plus puppies need attention and company otherwise it will not be socialised with people or other animals.

I really don't know what you can do, particularly if you're out most of the day and not there to protect your pets and garden. Maybe the cheapest way of limiting access is to get some wire fencing put up?

Thank you all for your thoughts.
Our dog is so placid and would not hurt anything. I dressed his wounds last night and cleaned them with Tea tree oil, He seems ok this morning just a little sad .

Yes he will be mate, he needs support too - his pride will be battered as well as his poor old back.

Go on treat him to a fish cake or something for his dinner :thumbsup:

poor old lad

Originally posted by Don_Kiddick
Yes he will be mate, he needs support too - his pride will be battered as well as his poor old back.

Go on treat him to a fish cake or something for his dinner :thumbsup:

poor old lad

I did yesterday, got him a sausage from the chippy.

Think i will get him a "Guard Squirrel" like this one HERE (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v689/viking99/forums/doorman.bmp)

Viking: Glad to hear hes bearing up, bless his cotton socks bet hes feeling sad.

I want one of the Squirrels :D

Rothschild: Have you considered putting on a solid gate with a lock so the poor pup or other persons, animals do interfere with your managery... just a thought.