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Originally Posted by gracielove  Was anything ever done about the Dalmatian after the attack? I know some areas are quite slow to deal with dog attacks.
When my Shih Tzu and I were attacked by a dog all I had was my purse to whack the other dog on the head but I kicked at him as well. He had rushed out the owners door and was upon my baby before I knew what happened. We were living in town at the time. I had just come home from work and put his leash on him and never put down my purse as I usually did. It was a pretty good sized purse though since I used to work long hours and carried a ton of stuff. The owner came running out the door yelling at me for hitting his dog on the head as it was trying to eat my dog! They were mindless "people." Thankfully, my little guy was not as seriously hurt as your Jilly but I still carry the paranoia of another attack. My heart starts racing when I see a dog heading toward us. I almost stopped taking Gracie to the park that she loves so much because of my own paranoia. Can't say I am totally free of it but I feel we are much safer with the umbrella. |
I called 911 from the vet's office after Tibbe went back for treatment, since the dog was possibly a danger to the public - especially little kids, being loose like that and after he stalked us - and I needed him quarantined to be sure he didn't have rabies, etc. Animal Control and the police visited the people and he was quarantined and thankfully given a clean bill of health. They actually kept him at my vet's clinic where Jilly was that first night post-op B4 they let her come home! He stayed there another 9 days. I was there when he was picked up bringing Jilly back for post-op care. Animal Control issued a ticket of some type to the people - can't recall what it was. Thankfully, that house is blocks away from where we live - as our walk that day was farflung - and I just never walked in that direction again.
Glad you had that purse when your dog was attacked. Imagine that person getting mad for you hitting the dog trying to eat your baby!!!!!! A vicious dog attack will kind of mark you for life and makes you super sentient from then on. After that attack, any walks included an umbrella, even when no dog was along, and that was in 1998 or 1999, so I have used umbrellas for a whole lot of walks and a whole lot of dogs coming my way so far with 100% success. But these dogs got closer than any others and I really think it was they weren't privy to the intimidating opening up of the umbrella before their eyes and ears. That is something for me to remember for the next rainy day walk!