rottweiler attack - police useless........

vax2002

Another good point is, get a camera, any camera, even one from the pound shop, photograph the injuries, photograph the fence, make sure the girl has gone to hospital and had the much needed tetanus, then armed with the evidence, you know these been injured adverts on telly ?
Watch that wipe the grin of their faces

stressedofthecentury

I have just read your post and I am quite shocked at how little was done. I was actually bitten by a rottweiler when I was 10 it was an unprovoked attack I was just playing with my friend. I had to go to the hospital and get a tetanus and the incident was reported in the local paper.

I am still scared of dogs to this day. The police actually made the owners put the dog down as it bit me and their reasoning was it was dangerous and it could happen again. I think the owners actually got into trouble as well for being irresponsible. I don't know if there are different rules now but this was in the 80's.

stressedofthecentury

Also when I went to the hospital the police took photos of all my injuries as evidence.

showmethemoneyuk

yes im sure photographs of any injury, no matter how minimal, would be a good idea to do, to build up a case against the neighbours pet, but im sure very few would think of doing this since they dread the thought of it ever happening again

Skint_but_Optimistic

ANY dog has the potential to bite. Terriers while often being small and sweet looking, were bred to shake rats to death.

Collies and shepherds have a tendancy to nip ankles and hold arms. This holding while often playful could hurt a small child.

I never leave my child to play unsupervised with my own dogs. I also constantly try to educate him about treating the animals properly, and not screeching near them or harrassing them. I also have cats, and he needs to be nice - or risks being scratched!

They play with him and he throws a ball for them etc, but this is supervised.


I have 2 dogs and a toddler. My dogs are a german shepherd b*tch and a retriever b*tch. They are elderly ladies but dont act it. However. It is my responsibility to ensure my dogs cannot escape my garden. I have an 8 foot fence all the way round.

I have a responsibility to my pets other people and my children.

Dog owners have a responsibility to ensure their dog is under control. This is where the system has let people down.

The dog owners should pay for the required fencing to control their dog.


That poor child, its unfair that for the rest of her life she will be scared of dogs as a result of an irresponsible neighbour.

showmethemoneyuk

Humphrey10 wrote: »

Four adults who are close relations to the child were mentioned in the OP's post, I would hope that between them they can afford a fence.

Anyway the neighbour should pay if the fence is needed to keep his dog in, you never know they might agree to pay if asked. I don't know if there is any way to force them to pay.

agreed-if the owner wasnt shocked enough by the attack to want to pay for, or at least contribute towards paying for a better fence, then that might give an indication of both their current attitude towards their neighbour and level of pet care but thats probably still not enough. If it was a council house and the neighbour didnt want to contribute, then I would probably be talking to the council to see if they could help in any way, regardless of the severity of the attack, or perhaps even reporting the attack to the local police department number and mentioning the lack of safety/asking them what can be done if the owner isnt willing to help out.

Quote of the day (accident helpline/random council website):- :cool:
You should always report a dog bite or dog attack to the police. You may be the first, or possibly one of many attack victims of that particular dog. By notifying the police you are forcing awareness of the potentially dangerous animal, ensuring appropriate safety measures can be taken to keep the public and preventing further dog attacks. A dog owner (or person in charge of a dog) commits an offence under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 if their dog is out of control in a public place, or a place where that dog is are not permitted to be. Furthermore, if their dog is out of control and injures any person in a public place - or in a place where the dogs are not permitted to be - the owner (or person in charge of that dog) is guilty of an aggravated offence.

donnap83

shaun_from_Africa wrote: »

If there was a proven vicious, unrestrained dog in the garden next door, and it could easily get to your kids, what would you do?
You can't possibly watch them every single moment that they are outside.

Buy a shot gun, should history repeat itself?!

donnap83

pulliptears wrote: »

When I was a child I was viciously attacked by a poodle.

There is no such thing as a bad dog, merely a bad owner.

Oh, no!

I have poodles, mine has never bitten anyone yet...well, she 'play bites' kind of thing, but not hard, and she knows its play. She does have a proper set of gnashers though, so she could probably inflict a right bite.

*Edit*

I lie, she did bite someone once. I took her for a walk one night when i was about 18/19. A bloke walking past me in the other direction suddenly grabbed my arm, and thats when she jumped up and bit him on the leg. And she bit him hard. He ran off thank god. I hate to think what might have happened if she hadn't have been with me.

dizziblonde

I've got scratches and bruises on my arm at the moment from a dog argy bargying up to mine while on the lead trying to start a kerfuffle.

Dog in question - not one of the "usual suspects" labelled indiscriminately as dangerous by various idiots (oh and ginger eyebrows do not a rottweiler make - had that one thrown at my own dog before - a collie/german shepherd/terrier cross)... a border collie - actually owned by someone who runs dog training classes for a living (make of that what you will).

I have more bother with badly trained and out of control labradors and jack russells than anything else - the rotties I know are utter utter softies whose owners are so aware of the unjustified reputation their breed has that they make sure they're well trained.

I just get to walk to the sound of idiots mouthing off about my other own devil dog in hysterical panic because it wears a muzzle. The ex racing greyhound who wears a muzzle in a park full of squirrels and bunnies - might be a small hint that it's not on there because of the humans around. Doesn't half make my walks fun hearing some idiot with a gob rant about my dangerous dog that should be put down. That REALLY grinds you down over time.

Please return to your scheduled breed-bashing now - the problem's generally on the opposite end of the lead to the one you're blaming.

kazzah60

I too am a poodle owner - we are on our second one - it is a standard poodle ( the largest size)
he has always been gentle and non- aggressive

HOWEVER
I never forget that he is an ANIMAL and as such will be prone to attack/fight if he is put in a stressful situation

I never leave him alone with my young neices and nephews and make sure that he is locked away if having work done in the house by strangers - it is so much better to be safe than sorry.