max has been attacked in the park

took max over the common this afternoon and it was all deserted and he was having a lovely time. i had max on his lunge as we still havent mastered not running on dogs. anyway all of a sudden i saw a dog racing across the common at us max at first went to run at it then ran back at me he obviousley knew it wasnt friendly if i could of picked him up i would of it got to us and at first i thought it was going to be ok and i could see a man running across the field shouting at it it tryed to sniff max and max flopped on the floor and it sniffed him again the man continued to shout at it and as he got up to it he whacked it with a chain lead 'i said oh dont do that' and as i spoke max got up quite quickly as i had started to move and as he got up the dog launched at him and got hold of him behind his ear and shook him! max was screaming i was screaming and the bloke started kicking his dog. i am still shaking the man got his dog off by the scruff of his neck and turned on his heel and went no apology or anything. i still havent stopped shaking. i took max to the vet and they cleaned up his wounds and said he is lucky as they are very small with not much blood and didnt need stitching they said the kind of dog it was could of done a lot more damage if it had really wanted to but it didnt make me feel much better. i am sooo angry and if i ever see that bloke again or if i knew where he lied i would report him. people like that shouldnt be allowed to own dogs i dont know why it attacked max he was only getting up and already had been lying in a submission position. i have never known max go back to the car and get in so quick. i cried my eyes out in the vet like a big baby i think i was just shocked.

Awwww Katy that's awful.

I'm glad Max isn't too badly hurt, poor thing

Poor Max and you
that sounds terrible
Dosent sound like the man was very nice if he was whacking the dog with a chain and just walking away after
The dog prob needs some training not beaten up
I hope you and Max feel better soon

Oh no poor Max

Hope he's okay both physically and mentally. POor baby.

Stupid dog and owner..... GRRRRRRR!!!!!!!

aww katy, thats awful glad Max is not too hurt

Katy hope you and Max are both ok after this

Give Max a big love from me xxxx

So sorry to hear about this Katy.

Oh Katy,

I hope that max will be ok.......and that the man gets his just desserts and his poor dog gets a better home!

Oh Katy! I hope Max will be ok. Give him a big hug from me

OMG Poor max!! And poor you, must have been awful!