“Rehabilitated dog” bit my dog

[Fedupmum21]

Good evening! I will keep details to a minimum as to not be too outing, however I was looking for some advice please. My dog was bit, with no warning, by another dog- he was clamped on for ten minutes while it’s owner tried to pry its jaws apart. He eventually let go. My dog had to have surgery to fix the mess. The dog was new to them from a rescue, and I have since found out that it was rehomed from a shelter that had spent lots of money on rehab for the dog after it had bitten other dogs and handlers- which clearly hasn’t helped. Do I report this to the charity/shelter? Thanks

You let the rescue know - and you report it to the police!

Yes, report to anyone who will listen, was it off lead? It’s very worrying especially as it previously bit a handler.

I would report to the shelter and to the police - however if it was "just" a dog-on-dog attack, you sadly need to be prepared for nothing to be done about it, especially if it was a while ago (which is how it reads from your post).

Unfortunately dog-on-dog attacks aren't taken very seriously in the UK, even less so if both dogs were off the lead at the time (I know you didn't say either way).

No point in reporting to the police it is not a crime a dog on dog attack.

If your area has a dog warden report to them and if you know the shelter you can report for them for information but they will not be able to do anything.

Are the owners of the dog paying for the veterinary care?

OP, I'm sorry that this has happened to you and your dog. I hope the rescue that rehomed the attacking dog are coughing up - unless the new owners were in breach of a rehoming requirement. As PP have said, dog warden, and try to inform the shelter the dog came from.

I've been glancing through the dog rescues recently and there are a lot of dogs up for rehoming who have to be kept on-lead or muzzled or need a rural home 'where they can stay away from other dogs as they find them over-stimulating' (or similar). It struck me that rehoming dogs which still have complex issues was going to end in tears, particularly as most people who have had a dog with issues (us, for example) are not keen to repeat the experience. This mean that a lot of the people taking on a 'difficult' dog will have had little or no experience of managing one.