next door staffie ran after my mum

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Person_one the OP really doesn't need this now.

spacey2012

This thread will be hijacked by the pro "staffy" brigade.
It will be your mums fault 100%, the dog is far less dangerous than a Yorkshire terrier and they will want to know if the dog is alight....

Person_one

spacey2012 wrote: »

This thread will be hijacked by the pro "staffy" brigade.
It will be your mums fault 100%, the dog is far less dangerous than a Yorkshire terrier and they will want to know if the dog is alight....

What will happen is that the thread will descend into two entrenched camps getting more and more irate and OTT.

Anybody who's ever read a dog related thread on here (as the OP clearly has) would know that before even clicking on it.

elsien

Was it in the front garden? If it were me, i wouldnt be leaving the dog in an area where someone could leave the gate open by mistake - not because the dog is aggressive but because i don't want him ending up on the road. Plus when you do have a dog that had a certain perception by tbe public you do need to be more careful even when the dog is as soft as putty as even playful behaviour can be so easily misinterpreted. (Not saying your mum misinterpreted anything, just a general statement)
I have the usual catch and an additional bolt on my gate since the window cleaner forgot and the dog ended up next door. Less easy though if people such as the postie need to get in.
Can you ask your neighbours to be more specific about what they plan to do? If they're sensible people they'll get it sorted, for the dogs sake as much as anything.

pebbles88

nodiscount wrote: »

And bit her bag. She is crying and having panic attack . Don't know what to do..

I would just focus on being with your mum, maybe try take her mind off it so she doesn't get too upset.

The posts on here won't go anywhere, they'll keep, just give her hugs rather than posting On here. X

margaretclare

spacey2012 wrote: »

This thread will be hijacked by the pro "staffy" brigade.
It will be your mums fault 100%, the dog is far less dangerous than a Yorkshire terrier and they will want to know if the dog is alight....

A Yorkshire terrier would behave exactly the same. We used to breed YTs, in another life, in my first marriage.

My late husband once had one of the pups in his pocket - it was that small. It attempted to get out to have a go at a passing Rottweiler! The thing about small dogs is that they don't know they're small.

Vikipollard

nodiscount wrote: »

The said they have had it for a while but it is jumpy because of a new area (they moved in three weeks ago).

So, new neighbours then with a dog who's possibly had quite a challenging life to date. It may well be feeling quite threatened by everything while it adjusts to (another) new home, but the owners need to be helping it to settle.


It also perhaps explains your earlier comment about not knowing whether they left the gate open on purpose as you can't have got to know them in such a short period of time.


Would your Mum normally be comfortable round dogs? Just wondered as they are very perceptive to emotion/anxiety.

starrystarry

nodiscount wrote: »

You know what? I knew you would come and say something like that (I've seen your views on dogs before).
My mum rang me having a panic attack. I was passanger in car while my partner drove me to my mums. I used my phone in the car to post.
Once there I spoke to the neighbours and then rang 101. Is that enough for you or do you want the reference number as well?

So your mum had just been "attacked" by a dog and your partner was driving you over there because she was in the middle of a panic attack. And in the middle of this crisis you thought...I know what I'll do...I'll start a thread on MSE.

Not...I'll talk to my mum, try to keep her calm until I get there.

Not...I'll ring the police for her.

Not...I'll ring the dog warden.

Doesn't ring true to me. If it is true, I can't help wondering how we all coped in a crisis before MSE came along.

spacey2012

Just phone the police OP, before it gets hold of someone's kid.

Nicki

A snappy dog should not be out of its garden unless on a lead to be honest whether it is a rescue dog or a staffie or not. It is 100% the neighbours fault if they allowed this to happen.

In terms of balance the OP's mum, as a vulnerable person with anxiety issues far far outweigh the dog's interests whatever horrible past the dog has had.

I think it is clear: the neighbours either make sure they keep their dog confined to their garden or on a lead at all times, or they rehome the dog, or they take the consequences if OP's mother chooses not to be snapped at when she goes to and from her own home and if that ends up with an order being made for the dog to be destroyed that is their fault and not the OP or her mum's responsibility to make allowances for an out of control dog.