By the way you could also try asking local dog owners-they may know the dog's name and address. This is how I found out the Rottweiller's details that attacked Cherry, other dog walkers I saw knew about this dog and knew its name and that it was unpredictable with other dogs and had bitten before. One of the regular dog walkers I meet gave me their address and I was able to reoprt it to the police and dog warden.

I do agree with SB that you should do as much as possible in cases like this. After all, if this dog has been in fights before (as seems likely from their conversation), if other victims had pursued it the dog may not have been free to attack yours.

Am so sorry to read this, hope Diesel is better soon and there are no lasting effects for any of you. Irresponsible, thoughtless people have no consideration for the consequences their disregard and arrogance(in many cases) brings including their own dog/s.
Thinking of you all
H.

Poor Diesel, glad he's feeling perky apart despite his injuries. Its disgusting that they didn't at least try to help to get their dog off and then just leave endangering Honey too, no doubt to get out of trouble. They perhaps live local to the park and maybe someone will recognise them/the dog & be able to give more info.

All I can think of after I read that.

http://www.dogsey.com/showthread.php?t=144943&page=4



Sorry your dog was attacked, hope there's no permanent damage.

I've now got a number to ring, and meeting two different people about this aswell, I spoke to someone who knows of two dogs, a staffie and a staffie cross, one of the is brown and white, but she said that if it was them they'd be together, but now I'm wondering whether the owners have started walking them separetly if they have been having problems with them or something like that.

Thank you, Diesel is better today, and I'm so pleased that since this has happened hes been fine with other dogs, I'm also talking to the town clerk asap too, as there have been problems of dogs being attacked in that area, so they are involved as well as police already, so I'm hopeful.

Poor Cherry, and I'll be looking out for one of them alarms, they sound great, so thank you.

Thanks, I'll go off and have a look now and will probally order one if I can.

Thanks, I've got a few people to meet about this, but fingers crossed something will be done about these owners.

I will do, both things, poor old Diesel is a lovely boy, I was speaking to the people in the nursery who have met him, and even they couldn't believe it, but they are based in the area where it happened, so they will be looking out for a brown and white staffy for me.

I already know that the lock jaws a myth, but at that point in time I wasn't really ready to argue with anyone about the stupidity that just come out of their mouth

I'm doing all I can right now, and I'm really hoping that something will come out of it.

I must admit I do feel for the Staff, as I do feel that it may become the scapegoat in all of this, I've already had people telling me that I should of laid into it, and everything, but I'm thinking that even if I was like that, that would probally put Diesel in more danger, but some say that they would of carried on after they got it off, I do hope that the people who know whats happened do know whose really to blame though.

I do wonder if they do, as the way that they left leads into some of the roads away from the town, and where there isn't really any parking, so I would of thought that unless their being clever they way that they started disapearing probally leads to where they live, but at that time once they started dispearing I was going to the fastest way to the vets with poor Diesel.

Thanks, Diesel's is doing better, and the great thing is that I've managed to make him think that his tablets are treats, and even have to give Honey a treat after, as their both sitting down straight away and Honey's trying to give me her paw whenever I have to give them to Diesel bless them.

I'm not sure how well this shows, but I found this Saturday, the vet did mention finding a red area, but I didn't think much of it, its hidden right under his armpit, theres also another wound, and I'm pretty sure that thats from the attack, and maybe what caused the air in his chest area.


SDC11325 by Charlie Jade., on Flickr

I also spoke to the guy who works in the park, who knows most of the dogs, and as he works for the council, and there is I found out a bye-law, that allows any out of control dogs to be fined £50, he's giving the owners of the dog a warning, and after now everytime the dog manages to attack another dog, thus being out of control, they will be faced with the fine, and police action if the owners want too. So he's telling them to keep the dog on the lead, and also informing them about how Staffords don't have lock jaw, so it seems right now that I wont be getting my money back, but maybe the threat of a fine and everything might make the owners think twice about letting their aggressive dog off lead, also I'm hoping that as the meadows I walk are owned by the council if the people ever bother going there that the same rules apply there too, as that area is great, and I don't want them moving from one area I walk straight to an even better one. But now I am a bit happier that maybe they will take notice and other dogs will be safer now.

Well at least something is being done about this dog, and any others that are allowed to attack others.

Did you have any luck with the details I gave you?

Hope Diesel is recovering well xx

Yeah I did, thank you, I contacted the numbers I was given, and had a house visit yesterday, and its been reported, but I don't think much will come out of that, I think though that as they have it on record they are looking into whether the descriptions are the same, and are gonna try and get in contact with the owners, but I don't know where they live, so I think that the best bet now is the guy who works for the council.

Must say though, all the dog walkers I've spoken too are now on the lookout for the dog and owners, so if they go to the park again they will be seen, and hopefully someone will be able to get more info from them.

I'm glad that they took it seriously enough to come and visit you, a lot of people aren't even being given that sadly.

Hopefully, as you say, more and more people are on the look out and it may be that the information needed is obtained.

It all sounds a lot more positive than it did

Well I was told by your friend to make sure that I rang up and requested one, so I made sure that I got one lol, I don't know what will come out of the police visit, but I know the guy who works in the park is a good one, he's the one who always gives out treats, and the love that him and every dog in the park has for each other is mutual, as he likes Diesel, so is really wanting to meet these people .