[News] Elderly Yorkie Attacked by Gang

[MeganS]

that is so sad, although i don't think the owner should be criticised. they could have come out of no where with out him knowing it. anyway, i hope they catch these terriable people!!! how could they beat up a poor innocent dog and an elderly man?? they should go to jail for a long long time!!!

[i_love_my_yorki]

OMG thats sick,poor BaBy thats just awful

Someone should get them & string them up & beat the heck outa them

poor lil mite couldnt defent itself,couldnt speak out for themselves & look to us for comfort & guidance

[i_love_my_yorki]

Originally Posted by Ilovebaby

I agree 100%....it was his job to keep his dog safe.

Just think of the owner he was terrified himself,he has no blame..

Britain is awful for teens beating up the elderly

Actually worldwide its the same,after beating the poor elderly man,they may have killed him,some Elderly folk wont go out of their homes for fear,so to speak for them,they are Prisoners in their own homes

[yorkiemomiee]

WOW what a terrible thing, the owner looks so old it sounds like he was terrified and probably not thinking straight in his panic I can imagine that poor old sweety probably went right after that maniac that was after her beloved owner and he beat her while she was trying to protect him. It makes me sick to my stomach! I am very happy there was an update with a photo and that she is doing much better!

[yorkiemomiee]

If I think about it though, me..I woulda got beaten to a pulp before I left my precious behind I would have either picked him up and ran or been screaming my head off and looking for something to defend us with. I guess you never can tell circumstances until your in the throws of the situation and for that I say God forbid any of us ever have to go through such things.

[MeganS]

Originally Posted by Junebug

Why didn't the owner pick the dog up or why wasn't the dog on a leash? Somethinig doesn't add up, here. I don't care if Satan himself is chasing me. I would NEVER leave Otis behind.

i don't know if you were ever in the situation or not, so if you were i'm not criticising you, but i have been in one similar. a man sicked his dog on my dog rusty while i was taking him for a walk. you may think, i would jump in the way or, i would scream for help, but when its actually happening its a different story. you can't think, at all. after its over you can think and you can say why didn't i do that, but you can't change it. its like if you're being attacked by a shark people say don't panic and don't swim. you can't think, you're most likely going to swim and going to panic. this man shouldn't be told that he should have done something to protect his baby, its different when its happening, then if you are thinking about it. just my 2 cents here.

[yorkiemomiee]

Now that you bring it up I had a pack of stray dogs gather around my silky terrier and try to attack us when I was on a walk with him about fifteen years ago. They bit him on his back and bit me on my shin (it bruised but didn't bleed because I was wearing thick jeans). I had him on a harness and leash and I tried to pick him up and run but my silkie was in fight and protect mode and was barking showing teeth and flailing around making it almost impossible to hold him. I had to hold him (if you could call it that) by his harness, it looked more like I was holding the tazmainian devil by a belt strap. I climbed up on the top of a car and screamed my head of for help. They tried to follow me up the hood of the car but I kept kicking and screaming. It all happened in no more than 2 or three minutes and my father came out with a bat and a few other men and chased them away. My dad called the police and they supposedly caught the pack of 3 dogs. I never saw them again anyway. My point is things can happen in a split second and sometimes with the shock there is a delay to react and sometimes fast thinking changes things too. If my dog would have been say a Lab or something big things coulda turned out totally different. I might have had to leave my dog and run to safety.
So like if we think of this old man and after hearing the aditional info on the follow up story about his age I think it's easier to see it wasn't his fault. I too questioned why the owner didn't just pick her up and run or why not try to save his old friend but then it was revealed that he was an elderly man and the dog was possibly not on a leash (I'm assuming anyway) and it made more sense.
I personally think I'll be like the old lady in an earlier story using my purse or cane to kick some booty!

[Junebug]

Originally Posted by MeganS

i don't know if you were ever in the situation or not, so if you were i'm not criticising you, but i have been in one similar. a man sicked his dog on my dog rusty while i was taking him for a walk. you may think, i would jump in the way or, i would scream for help, but when its actually happening its a different story. you can't think, at all. after its over you can think and you can say why didn't i do that, but you can't change it. its like if you're being attacked by a shark people say don't panic and don't swim. you can't think, you're most likely going to swim and going to panic. this man shouldn't be told that he should have done something to protect his baby, its different when its happening, then if you are thinking about it. just my 2 cents here.

I'm sorry to hear that Rusty was attacked. I hope he's okay.

One thing I noticed was the article never mentioned the owner using a leash. They keep alluding to "Kelly did not follow." She was off leash, which in my state, is illegal. Had she been on a leash, her owner could have kept a better eye out for her.

Second of all, since there were no other dogs to be mentioned, I don't think Kelly would have been in "attack mode"....just hoodlums who were yelling from across the streets. Speaking for myself, anytime I see a weird situation, I reach down and PICK OTIS UP, whether it's a big loud truck, a drunk bum, glass on the ground, a bigger dog...etc.

I'm not blaming the owner for what happened, but it certainly could have been prevented. You never know what situation you'll find yourself in, and it's always best to be prepared, i.e., keep your dog on a leash in the event that it just may not follow you.

Megan, you are right....you cannot change what happened. I know it is different when it is happening and a person might turn to panick mode. This is why it's best to be prepared so we can rely on things (in this case, a leash) when our senses fail us. At least we can all learn from this horrible experience to keep it happening to us. On a positive note, Kelly is still alive.

[MeganS]

Originally Posted by Junebug

I'm sorry to hear that Rusty was attacked. I hope he's okay.

One thing I noticed was the article never mentioned the owner using a leash. They keep alluding to "Kelly did not follow." She was off leash, which in my state, is illegal. Had she been on a leash, her owner could have kept a better eye out for her.

Second of all, since there were no other dogs to be mentioned, I don't think Kelly would have been in "attack mode"....just hoodlums who were yelling from across the streets. Speaking for myself, anytime I see a weird situation, I reach down and PICK OTIS UP, whether it's a big loud truck, a drunk bum, glass on the ground, a bigger dog...etc.

I'm not blaming the owner for what happened, but it certainly could have been prevented. You never know what situation you'll find yourself in, and it's always best to be prepared, i.e., keep your dog on a leash in the event that it just may not follow you.

Megan, you are right....you cannot change what happened. I know it is different when it is happening and a person might turn to panick mode. This is why it's best to be prepared so we can rely on things (in this case, a leash) when our senses fail us. At least we can all learn from this horrible experience to keep it happening to us. On a positive note, Kelly is still alive.

your right. i never thought about that. rusty is doing ok, thanks for asking. it sliced his throat and now he has 2 HUGE scars but thats all. it really is a miracle that kelly is alive. now thats a dog with 9 lives!!

[yorkiemomiee]

Originally Posted by Junebug

Second of all, since there were no other dogs to be mentioned, I don't think Kelly would have been in "attack mode"....just hoodlums who were yelling from across the streets. Speaking for myself, anytime I see a weird situation, I reach down and PICK OTIS UP, whether it's a big loud truck, a drunk bum, glass on the ground, a bigger dog...etc.

I have to disagree with you a little on the "attack mode" thing. If this man was yelling at him even from across the street frightening Kelly's owner, his dog would have picked up on this harassment and even if she did not the revised story states that

"One man started to chase him, and, while he managed to take cover in a close, Kelly did not follow and was badly beaten."

Which led me to believe that it was a possibilty that she had stayed behind to try and defend her owner and then was badly beaten by this evil man. JMO

[MeganS]

Originally Posted by yorkiemomiee

I have to disagree with you a little on the "attack mode" thing. If this man was yelling at him even from across the street frightening Kelly's owner, his dog would have picked up on this harassment and even if she did not the revised story states that

"One man started to chase him, and, while he managed to take cover in a close, Kelly did not follow and was badly beaten."

Which led me to believe that it was a possibilty that she had stayed behind to try and defend her owner and then was badly beaten by this evil man. JMO

i defenatly did not think of that. very good theory!