...and I am angry about it.
6pm walking on established pathway in a small copse that borders extremely popular dog walking area of fields and disused railway. There were easily 20 dogs in the vicinity on the fields etc, within 500 yards.
I rounded a bend on the path and saw a couple with a large, muscular bull breed dog. I instantly knew we were in trouble by their reaction. They panicked and started calling their dog back and trying to grab it. My dog was off lead, snuffling in the undergrowth just off the path. He is only a puppy, just 11 months old. He looked up and saw the dog; he is usually a social guy but my dog ran towards me, only 6 feet or so. He's a tallish cavalier so not tiny but 1/4 the size of the other dog and not a nasty bone in his body.
The other dog spotted him and launched at him soundlessly, like my dog chased a squirrel. She caught him between my legs and attacked him, he was squealing and crying. The owner ran over and they grabbed their dog, he managed to pull his off, I picked mine up. The owners were very apologetic and were asking if my dog was ok and said their dog is muzzled which I looked and saw it had like a lead type muzzle (not a full box type one) and thankfully the muzzle must have stopped her biting my dog properly as he was wet around the scruff and shoulders but not torn open or bleeding.
I have never seen a dog silently attack like that before. This dog wasn't reactive; my dog went nowhere near it. It (the owner said "she" so I assume a female) ran at him for the purpose of attack. It wasn't interested in me it went for my dog. And the owners obviously have had this before judging by their panic when they spotted me and the fact that they muzzle their dog for walks.
I have two questions: first, if you know your dog is dog aggressive (not just reactive but downright attacking) why walk it at peak time in a hugely popular dog walk area?
And if you know your dog is aggressive to the extent that you muzzle it, AND it doesn't respond to you when you call it when it is in attack mode, why the fuck would you let the dog be off lead in a public space?
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BwanaMakubwa · 05/08/2020 08:56
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