What a horrible and traumatic ending. You can never be too careful when out for a walk. One of my little ones was attacked last year and we were very fortunate he was not killed. But in my case the aggressive dog was actually a Corgi, not the most aggressive bread and only in the 30 lb range (much larger than my Yorkies, though)... Now I am EXTRA vigilant to look for any dog running towards us, even a mid size or small breed and I pick my guys up and face away from the threat. I say that because we had a neighbor who's dachshund was attacked by a German Shepard several years ago, and she had actually picked her dog up and was holding it and the G.S. actually jumped up and bit into her little one! In this case, the Dachshund survived but he was a mess for weeks and we didn't go anywhere near that aggressive dog's house until they moved away. Animal COntrol in my area will not even put a dog on the dangerous dog registry unless they either bite a human or KILL another dog, just nearly killing is not enough.
