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Originally Posted by Franceen  In my area several Yoirkies have been attacked by other dogs while out on their walk, some fatally. The owners of these dogs are totally unrepentant and seem to always get away with it. I have spoken to so many Yorkie owners on my walks, whose dogs (and their owner, while trying to protect their Yorkie!) have been bitten by other dogs. I cannot keep Toots inside forever - how can I protect her - I feel so unsafe when I take her out each day. People refuse to keep their dogs on leads and always assure you that their dog would never attack another dog, but it happens all the time. I have had a big dog jump on me to try to get to Toots and the owner yelled and yelled until the dog left us alone, but they shouted that he would not have bitten !!??!! I was so shaken up as it was a pit bull . - a breed that is illegal over here but are owned, anyway. It is very scary for me, as I am disabled with arthritis and use a disability scooter. I wish I could take a cricket bat with me or something similiar to hit the attacking dog with, but this is illegal here. I feel so vulnerable. The council seem to be powerless to help, as they do not have the manpower to patrol these areas and enforce the law. There are signs up saying keep your dog on a lead, but people ignore it. We do not have 'dog parks' as such here, so we walk our dogs in local parks, beach, cliff tops etc. I try to chose times when the least amount of people will be walking their dogs which is usually a very inconvenient time! I grab Toots as soon as I see another dog, so she is up and down all the time. This alone won't save her from attack as the dog could easily jump on me to get to her, which has already happened. It is nerve racking. Anyone got any legal ideas which may be useful to prevent an attack? |
Here, I see some who walk with a golf club in hand...and when our fearless coyotes start to prowl in the evening...you can best believe these people won't hesitate to "golf".
On the other hand, after a recent incident & not of a vicious dog but, a stupid human...neighbor
who thought it was funny to let out a shrill whistle when he saw me walking all three of my girls scared the crap out of all of us!
Poor Abby doesn't do well with surprises or noises and such and then went into a skitzo-moment and started attacking Bella who was unfortunately joined with her on the same tandem leash.
When I lifted the leash up, Abby slipped out of her harness and that freed Bella. However, then Pheeb's reacted to Abby and came into shark infested waters thinking she was gonna calm Abby down and she got bit, too.
Of course, I reach down to pry Abby off of Pheebs and get a nice bite to my leg and finger and a scratch on my forehead (still haven't figured the forehead one out
).
All the while, my neighbor sat looking at the whole scene and not once did he say...sorry. Grrr...then is when I so wished I was carrying my golf club!
Since this episode, I've decided to only walk Abby solo now and Bella & Pheebs are perfect walking companions so, they're fine without Abby. Just means more walks...I guess my hips should be thankful!
