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Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 2,099
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Im pretty sure it was a pit bull but if it wasn’t it was one hell of a HUGE staffy. Ive never seen any staffy so big before. Im lucky that both dogs didn’t get too stressed about this, after he went we put them back on the field and off they went playing again. I would hate for this to happen to someone else and will prob make a report to the police. But as ive said before ive never seen him take it off the lead. I didn’t even get to talk to him after to ask questions or even try to introduce the dogs to see if he was being an overly excited dog or if he was trying to harm the pups. Like people have pointed out, the bites may have just been nips which i know can hurt as ive had a few off excited dogs, i really just don’t know what to do about telling the police. I think before i do anything ill speak to some of the other dog walkers and see if they have had any problems with this dog.
Ive seen this dog about 4 times in total, and last night i seen his 10-13 year old son walking it. As i said before it headed straight for my dog, totally taking the little boy off his feet, he got dragged along the field with the dog until he got a grip into the grass with his feet. I just shrugged this off as i thought the dog may have just wanted to play with Pepsi. The boy then kicked his own dog and hurried off the field when i was out of view. I will always give a dog a chance, as i know most just want to play but i also have a good sense of when a dog may be aggressive.
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Schuh im sorry to hear what happened to your friends father. Its amazing how dogs can just turn sometimes, with no reason at all.
Greyhound – we did not show him my auntys arm as we wernt sure if there was any real damage until he left. Ive also found out i have 2 bruises on my leg from what i can only gather was when he was jumping up on me.
Inkliveea / lotsforus – as ive said before im not really scared of dogs no matter how big or small. But you have a 6th sense about these things and if you have seen the dog snapping at other dogs before, and that the owner cant even control him on the lead when passing dogs. i would have not risked the life of my puppy just to see what the dog ‘would’ have done. It totally wasn’t worth it. If he came over and said ‘ oh he is just friendly and loves to play’ i would have no objection in putting my puppy to the ground as she loves to play with other dogs. But as none of this happened i certainly wouldn’t have risked it. My uncle has had staffys all his life and they are lovely dogs, there just the same as any other dog. If you don’t bring them up right, then god knows how they will react with their surroundings. Its a dog that im not afraid of, and infact my little pup plays brilliant with about 5 staffys on the field so i don’t think its a fear that i had when i picked her up. It was the way the dog had behaved in the past.
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