My dog attacked by another dog

warehouse

lipsthefish wrote: »

It's not unbelievable at all, I had a dog who was very dog aggressive but she would let the bairns ride round on her back, being aggressive towards dogs in no way means it will be aggressive towards people.

Your dog's behaviour has no bearing on another dog.

krlyr

dawnie1972 wrote: »

Also regardless of whether the Rottie attacked the op or not it was still dangerously out of control in a public place - whats the point of having dog legislation if its not enforced.

Then why doesn't OP persue it this way? Why does it have to be on the basis of a situation that might never even occur? It's like saying that a cat that kills a mouse should be euthanised because it might kill a baby, or a kid that steals a bar of chocolate from the local newsagent should be jailed because they might go on to mug an old lady and nick her handbag.

krlyr

warehouse wrote: »

It wasn't a sausage dog, it was an aggressive rottweiler, (or should I say rottie to fluff it up). Please let me know how you know it won't go for a child next?

Please let me know how you know it will. Infact, how can you guarantee OP's JRT wouldn't bite a young child's face and scar it for life? Or the local Labrador playing in the park by the children's area. That the cute, longhaired St Bernard in town that kids always want to cuddle won't turn and savage their faces?
A Rottweiler is just another breed of dog. A bigger, stronger one, but a Labrador is big and strong. A St Bernard. A Great Dane, a Golden Retriever, a Standard Poodle! You get the idea.

warehouse

krlyr wrote: »

Then why doesn't OP persue it this way? Why does it have to be on the basis of a situation that might never even occur? It's like saying that a cat that kills a mouse should be euthanised because it might kill a baby, or a kid that steals a bar of chocolate from the local newsagent should be jailed because they might go on to mug an old lady and nick her handbag.

It
was
a
rottweiller.

Peterward2008

Didn't mean to cause an argument. The Rottweiler would not have bitten me I think and I do understand the difference between dog and dog violence and dog v human violence. I think I was lucky the rott did not decide to turn on me.

warehouse

krlyr wrote: »

Please let me know how you know it will.

I don't, but I'd rather not have my own children walk past a house where a ROTTWEILLER has been attacking other dogs and is free to escape the house.

krlyr

Presumably you don't walk your children past any houses with dogs bigger than a Chihuahua in then? (actually, I've been bitten by a sausage dog before - or rather, my shoes were, and I'm glad I had steel toecapped boots on because that little critter had some real intent in its biting!)

VitaK

The OP should not have any out of pocket expences because someones dog attacked his dog. If police or dog warden cant help, do take it to small claims court. Take pictures.

Peterward2008

Thanks for the advice.

The words on attacking a child next were ill chosen but came mainly out of shock.

Sooz00

Peterward2008 wrote: »

Didn't mean to cause an argument. The Rottweiler would not have bitten me I think and I do understand the difference between dog and dog violence and dog v human violence. I think I was lucky the rott did not decide to turn on me.

I'm sure you didn't mean to cause an argument. Sadly though, some people don't understand dog behaviour as well as others and this is an open forum. Hopefully some of the responses have been good ones and Krlyr's suggestion to set up some situations where your dog can start to make some positive associations with other dogs is a really good one.

I do think the owner of the other dog was irresponsible but sadly, there is no law stopping irresponsible people from owning dogs and even if there was, I'm sure that wouldn't stop them but that's another debate.

The breed of the other dog isn't relevant imho. I've known of cute tiny fluffy dogs baring teeth and lunging at dogs/people and because the dog is cute and tiny, these situations are often laughed off and not addressed until the dog does something, despite the fact that the owners had ample opportunity to address and correct the behaviour. Large dogs get a bad reputation far too easily.

I hope your dog recovers well and both of you can move on from this.