jocare Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 At about 1 o'clock today whilst my husband was out walking our 2 Yorkshire Terrier dogs on Frechville playing fields, a black and white Husky type dog attacked our dogs. The dog was off lead and was with a young lad of about 14. My husband says the dog came at them and completely ignored the lads attempts at calling it away. It clamped it's jaws around our 12 year old Yorkshire Terriers upper back and ragged him all over. The yound lad was apparently in tears and kept apologizing! My husband tried repeatedly to boot the dog off our dog, eventually it let go and got old of our 1 year old Yorkshire Terrier at which point a bloke turned up and called the dog off. My husband at this point was attending to our older dog who was having a fit. The bloke, yound lad and dog had all disappeared by the time my husband attended to our dogs. Our dogs seem ok at the moment the little one fortunately seems to have suffered no physical injuries. Although he is a very nervous dog anyway (we rescued him from the RSPCA), so god only knows what sort of affect this will have on him. Our older dog has puncture wounds on his back and this has obviously frightened him to the point of having a fit. At the moment his seems ok, but I am absolutely furious that this dangerous dog is still out there. It is only a matter of time before it claims it's next victim. It could be a child next time. Does anyone know of a dog like this in the S12 area ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
becky_s Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 I don't but I really hope you find out who did it, that sort of dog should be put down, they're obviously dangerous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swordfish1 Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 I don't but I really hope you find out who did it, that sort of dog should be put down, they're obviously dangerous. We had a dog that detested all other dogs and would have attacked them. It died when it was 17 and I was about 13. This dog never hurt a soul and was great with kids. We never let it go after other dogs and was on a lead if not in our garden. So, I don't automatically think it should be put down. I'm sorry for the yorkshire terriers obviously but don't agree with the knee jerk reaction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teeny Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 i hope you have reported it to the police? dogs like that need to be properly controlled, and not in the hands of children , i do hope your dogs feel better soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swordfish1 Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 i hope you have reported it to the police? dogs like that need to be properly controlled, and not in the hands of children , i do hope your dogs feel better soon This I agree with!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jocare Posted September 10, 2006 Author Share Posted September 10, 2006 swordfish1 - This animal was not on a lead and was with a yound lad who could obviously not control it. At the very least it should have been on a lead and with a responsible adult who could control it. I have no sympathy for anyone who owns a dog like this. I am only grateful that my children weren't there at the time because I dread to think what might have happened. The fact that the owner made a quick escape just makes you think that it's not the first time it's happened and it probably won't be the last! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnomi Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 That is terrible. I really hope your dogs are ok? It sounds a bit like an akita to me.Ialso hope the young lad will be ok-it sounds like he was really scared and upset-the older man should have stopped.im disgusted that he did a runner in this way.. God,it must make you want to walk/drive around untill you see them again so that he can be reported-its making me feel like that just thinking about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swordfish1 Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 Not disagreeing with you jo. It should be on a lead and not just looked after by a child. What I'm saying is I don't believe it should automatically be destroyed as in Becky's post. The owners should be punished and maybe even the dog taken off them if they are too irresponsible to look after it. Hope your dogs are ok by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claire1979 Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 It sounds a bit like an akita to me. Now why because it looks like a husky and it attacked two innocent dogs does it have to be an Akita??? There are several breeds that look like that not to mention X breeds, Please dont assume that an Akita was to blame. (unless it turns out to be one then i wil apologise) I agree though the dog should have been under control. I hope your two YT's are ok! I would take them to the vets as bite wounds can become infected very quickly. Also from a behaviour point of view, take them out where there are other dogs soon, they need to learn not all dogs are like this, you need to reduce the fear! Good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tess667 Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 I don't but I really hope you find out who did it, that sort of dog should be put down, they're obviously dangerous. Thats the sort of dog that gives dogs a bad name Such dogs should be controlled properly, not by 14 year old kids Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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