Mauled by a Mastif

[NickF 50]

Out walking this morning, bumped quite ;literally into a cpouple walkiing an old mastif (Rhodesian?). My pup was quite content stood by it, it looked as though it was about to sniff her and did so and whallop, the f*****g thing flattens her to the ground and sinks its teeth into her haunch. It took 10 secs to drag the f*****g thing off.

 

My bitch pup Annabel is at the vets now. I am f*****g speachless. Im afraid of bone damage too, those batsrds are going to pay for the vet, the ostiopath the f*****g lot. Then, I shall start on the dangerous dog reports.

 

Shes been doing so well recently on the retrieve, stay, calling off dogs, silent returns the lot. f**k knows how she will behave in front of larger dogs/animals after this. nervouo8s days ahead, gutted and livid in equal amounts.

 

Wait to hear what the vet says, shes 8 months old ffs

[junior 267]

was your dog on a lead?or there dog on a lead?

[nat 8]

What did the owner do, probably not the first time it's done it ... Hope your pup recovers physically and mentally poor little thing atb

[NickF 50]

Nope neither was, it was pure chance meeting in a meadow

Edited September 23, 2011 by NickF

[junior 267]

Nope neither was

youll have to cover vet bills then im affraid,be classed as a accident,if your dog was undercontrol then it would have been down to them vica versa,my dogs are fine with other dogs but i make a habit of slipping there lead back on if another person/dogs are approaching

[AndrewEdwardDennis 9]

bet it wasnt the first time that dogs laid in to another dog. they must of known its tempriment. your pups probs gonna be wary of other dogs now. same thing happened to my collie when he was 8 months he got laid in to by a rotty - didnt even see it coming! he's never been right with others dogs since. make sure you send them the vet bill mate & I hope your pup recovers.

[AndrewEdwardDennis 9]

Nope neither was

youll have to cover vet bills then im affraid,be classed as a accident,if your dog was undercontrol then it would have been down to them vica versa,my dogs are fine with other dogs but i make a habit of slipping there lead back on if another person/dogs are approaching

 

I dont have any choice of putting him on a lead when passing other dogs because the same thing happened to me. not only that, my other dogs lead by example and they all started going for others when out walking

[pat cope 7]

Same thing happened to me with my whippet. Same cross dog too!!! I reported it to police who were not interested.

I insisted they came to see me as I wanted to lodge a complaint. They came and although sympathetic said there

was nothing they could do as it was 'dog on dog'. If I had been bitten then it would be a different story. The owner

continues to exercise this dog in the same place, off lead every day in the knowledge that no action will be taken

if it attacks another dog.

[Simoman 110]

Police will do nothing, and as junior says, they have no legal OBLIGATION to pay although they may do so on a moral one..............

[NickF 50]

Nope neither was

youll have to cover vet bills then im affraid,be classed as a accident,if your dog was undercontrol then it would have been down to them vica versa,my dogs are fine with other dogs but i make a habit of slipping there lead back on if another person/dogs are approaching

 

They've agreed to cover the vets bill and thats something, the dog should be muzzled, you wouldnt see an ex racing grey without one. If they know their dog is in anyway likely to cause harm it should be muzzled

[junior 267]

Nope neither was

youll have to cover vet bills then im affraid,be classed as a accident,if your dog was undercontrol then it would have been down to them vica versa,my dogs are fine with other dogs but i make a habit of slipping there lead back on if another person/dogs are approaching

 

They've agreed to cover the vets bill and thats something, the dog should be muzzled, you wouldnt see an ex racing grey without one. If they know their dog is in anyway likely to cause harm it should be muzzled

good outcome to a bad situation for you there fella,atb and hope the pup takes it in its stride

[AndrewEdwardDennis 9]

Nope neither was

youll have to cover vet bills then im affraid,be classed as a accident,if your dog was undercontrol then it would have been down to them vica versa,my dogs are fine with other dogs but i make a habit of slipping there lead back on if another person/dogs are approaching

 

They've agreed to cover the vets bill and thats something, the dog should be muzzled, you wouldnt see an ex racing grey without one. If they know their dog is in anyway likely to cause harm it should be muzzled

bit of light at the end of the tunnel then mate. keep us posted what the vet has to say.

[rob190364 2,594]

Police will do nothing, and as junior says, they have no legal OBLIGATION to pay although they may do so on a moral one..............

how come? surely if you have a large dog that attacks other dogs and you leave it loose you're obliged to cover costs of any damage it caused?

[NickF 50]

Just spoke to the vet nurse, they starting on her now, had to wait as shed eaten. Its the Herts Game and Country Fair tomorrow, if she is bearing up in the morning, I might go over and sit by the show field for a few hours and see how she takes it. No rush but as the weathers nice and she's by and large amongst friends it might be an idea to see if/how badly shes spooked or not

[ftm 3,357]

this sort of thing seems to happen quite often by the ammount of posts put up on forum .had a lurcher pup years back that got ragged about by grey hound bloke didnt give a toss so i threw him in the burn! he avoided me like the plague after that ,pup made full recovery and no worse for his ordeal