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Dog attacked my dog and drew blood
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I was taking my dog a walk and a woman was outsite her gate and all of a sudden this little dog just shot out of the gate and came up to my dog. At first she wanted to play but suddenly turned nasty and was really going for my dog. She was chasing after her and biting her everywhere. Eventually a man came running out and had to pull the dog off and unlock it's jaw from the scruff of my dogs neck. Now she's bleeding from round her bum area. The people were really apologetic and asked to let them know if she needs to go to the vets. But the dogs drawn blood and its near her bum and where she wees so she might get an infection. Should we report it?
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I wouldn't bother reporting it, it was probably a one off and if the dog was all nice and sweet to begin with then I'm sure it didn't intend any harm. Nothing much would be done about it anyway I doubt.
As for the dog, I'd take it to the vets to have a look. Though they charge a fortune. If it's a bad cut then they'll stitch it, apply dressing and give her some antibiotics (probably that you need to mix in her food). They may want to keep her in for observation to see if there are any irregular changes in her behaviour but animals are animals and hopefully she'll be quite hardy.
If you don't want to take her to the vets, have a look at the cut and give it a good wash with disinfectant to make sure it's clean. Might want to get someone to hold the dog whilst you do this so you don't get bit lol
My dog was like this, is it anything like it?
That's good then she'll be alright, just try and stop her from licking it for the time being.
Just because a dog attacks another dog does not automatically make it dangerous to people. My mate used to have some rescued fighting dogs and they soft as shite with people. They can make the distinction between people and their own kind.
This is an accident and a case of dogs being dogs as far as I can see. I can't see what would be gained by reporting it, especially with the RSPCA being a bunch of cunts.
If the women has offered to pay for vet bills then I think that's where you shoudl leave it.
That's what I thought. I've fussed it before though and it's been lovely. They said she's fine with dogs but just not bitches. It's just the fact that it turned so nasty and punctured her twice that's worrying.
But there's a difference between playing and being vicious. It had to have it's jaws prized off. If there hadn't been someone to pull it off i dunno what would have happened. She probably would have had alot more injuries. It's a bit more than playful dog behaviour. I'm not going to report it but it's still worrying.
Indeed. Both of my dogs used to fight with each other, but never did anything like that with adults.
Which in all likelyhood is the truth. There's no evidence at all that it would be a threat to people.
All dogs have the capability to do that.
If the owner was being blatently irresponsible then it would be worth reporting but from what you say it wa accident on the owners part. It would be a shame to punish both the owner and the dog for that.
If the RSPCA get involved they can make peoples lives hell. Is it worth that?
so they were already aware their dog had a temper, yet it wasnt muzzled.
Tbh, id take your dog to the vets and forward the bill to the other dogs owners.
Dogs do fight sometimes and that cant be helped, but if a dog is prone to just attacking another dog and the owners are aware and dont muzzle it, then thats bad.
To be fair she said it ran out of the gate and so seems to be a lapse of concentration on the owners part. I wouldn't expect the dog to be muzzled in it's own garden.
It seems like an accident to me and being that accidents do happen I would leave it at the promise of vet bill payment.
Well they were aware she didn't like bitches because she was attacked by one but she'd never been this nasty before. We'll give them the bill and ask them to muzzle it. I've never seen it out for a walk though but its always on the garden. They only have a low gate though.
The best thing to do is just monitor her and keep an eye on her tonight until you get to the vets tomorrow.
But you can't really blame the dog, it's more the owners you have to be annyed with for not keeping a better eye on it.
In fairness to the owners of the other dog, though, they did pay all of my pups vet bills (v steep), and every time we've seen it since it has been muzzled.
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One of our old dogs used to get attacked by a dog and my dad ended up sending it flying with his foot because the guy wouldn't do anything. Plus he's concerned about little kids.