[alaskayorkie]

Originally Posted by windwalker

Sorry for your dog injury. Whenever there is an attack or even fear of attack, call 911, PD can call animal control after. Most Officers would have a different read on this then a "Dog Catcher". We have loose dogs here all the time, or uncontrolled on and off leash, aggressive with dumb owners. I carry a collapsible baton and sometimes a 5' hickory stick to protect my mutt.

Thanks, everybody. I did call the police, not 911, and they referred me to animal control.

I honestly don't know how to protect my dogs. I've stopped walking three of them at a time. They are perfectly behaved on a leash, but I don't have the ability to protect all three of them if we're under attack.

I've carried pepper spray, but there's no guarantee that's going to work, and there's no guarantee the wind is going to be favorable.

I don't want to beat another dog, but I do want to keep it away from mine. I'm thinking now of carrying a long stick, maybe 6 feet, to keep the dog away from mine.

I'm so disappointed with animal control.