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Originally Posted by
Sarah27
That is absolutely horrific.
If the story gets into the national press it'll probably totally undo all the work people have been doing to save Bruce in NI.
I know I've banged on about this before, but it's probably not to do with the culture that they're scared. That'll just be the family. You know how it is when a mother is frightened of dogs and passes it to her children. Hindus/muslims see dogs as 'unclean' so they don't touch them. It's not they are frightened of them. Obviously this awful awful attack will have made them all so much more frightened as well.
I hope the little girl is ok, and massive kudos to you and your partner for saving that little girl's life.
I am not sure how far etc they are taking it....papers maybe!!! they ran over after the attack and took photo's of the dog, I foster as you know, and we have had Muslim training (just incase we took a Muslim) but they wouldn't come to us as we have dogs, in some cases they say this and say that if the dog comes near them/touch they have to wash in a special way afterwards...whether that is how next doors see them I don't know
Originally Posted by
wufflehoond
OMG Steph. Well done to you, Pat and your foster son for tinking so quickly. What a shame it has happened at all. What a traumatic experience for all involved.
xx
Very sad indeed, I feel sorry for all (except the idiot who owned it) concerned.
Originally Posted by
buzzie
I think you all were so brave and because of it certainly saved this childs life.
An owners test would be wonderful. I see this happening all too often even with Pits who have lived in loving homes since a pup. I don't know what should be done.
That poor dear child.. and yes the dog is in a better place.
Thank you, a owners test would be good, but would it cover those that buy from ''indesirable places'' and don't let on they have the dog....
Originally Posted by
Helena54
Hats off to you lot, especially FS for remembering what you taught him. This is quite unbelievable, such a horrific scene will probably live with you forever now Steph
I hope the girl will be ok now that she's been treated, but of course, mentally, she will be scarred for life I would have thought.
The worrying thing for me is.............. will he be getting another one?????!!!
Drunk???? Oh dear, it doesn't look good
from where I'm sitting. There must have been a reason he got this type of dog in the first place, so there's no reason to think he won't be getting another one when all this has died down. Hopefully I'm wrong, very wrong
I wouldn't be surprised if this doesn't make the news by the time the police have filled in all their forms either. I have nothing to say about the dog, I've watched an attack filmed on that Sky channel (Reality tv?) and even that's stuck in my mind forever, let alone witnessing one first hand like you did! My God you kept your cool didn't you, I'd have gone headless chicken with all that going on, I don't think I could have been as brave and straighthinking as you all were that's for sure, you have my utmost admiration for that.
This is the second attack I have witnessed/unlatched, the first being a Rotti in kennels, which managed to bite me too, this time I tried to remember what mistakes I made 1st time and not repeat them again, although a much different breed to the Rotti. Still say though this dog was in the wrong hands, as for the Rotti, that was brought in as a stray, so who knows what life that had beforehand
Originally Posted by
Tupacs2legs
omg just caught this thread
well done,defo hero of the day
an incident like this happened up the road to me a couple of months ago.
i walk to work every morning,through a heavily populated muslim area,my two dogs i take,yes are large(csv and sibe)they walk perfectly to heel and do not show interest in strangers,but every morn i get screaming running children(one women put her own child INFRONT of herself?????) now my csv is a pup and wants to join in with the children,but luckily hes a calm fellow and doesnt try for long,i explain to the parents that thats not what to do,they just smile and continue on till the next morning it starts again(on a nice note,there is about 3 children that make sure they get a cuddle before school,the parents tell me its coz of them thet they get to school on time.lol.)also,it is not actualy true about them being 'unclean' i have talked to many a dog owning client of different religons this very question,most have said to me,its because in their home countries dogs are treated differently(in most cases) and are either guards or semi feral,as in pretty much left to their own devices.
at work my dogs have cured many a phobic childs fears,but it only extends to these two dogs
and sadly in my area the main dog you will see in the highstreet we walk down are off lead,sbt's their crosses and the odd pit.
what do you do
poor dog,poor child.so sad.
It is sad, because once the dogs adrenalin had subsided he became almost managable, apart from the tugging on the lead when he got interested in my neighbours dog the other side of the gate. However the bad news apart from killing thier friends dog, we now believe it has killed 3 cats too, which isn't helping the mood of our neighbours, who seem to be crying ''revenge''