goodness what an awful thing to happen to this man and his dog. I hope the owners of this dog are repremanded sufficiantly!!

And I hope the staffie is re-homed with people that will ensure it never Does this again to another poor Dog

my Heart goes out to that poor Dog and Owner

What a shame, I know what it feels like to be attacked this way by another dog, only I was lucky Suki passed out and the dog stopped attacking...poor man this will be on his mind for a long time...

This sort of thing really infuriates me. It ruins things for us all in the long run. Me, I'm for instant fines if you're found to be the owner of a wandering dog, period. No questions and no excuses. All the better if the money collected in fines could be shared between local rescue centres who invariably end up having to take these dogs in!

How awful... It is so upsetting, my heart goes out to this poor man...

I hope the dog gets caught and irresponsible owners sued and punished!

Is therea link to this story Ian?

OMG how awful, poor man, what a terrible thing to happen.

Hi,

No there isn't a link, it actually happened in my village the dog was caught by the dog warden and they do know who's it was.

Ian

That is so sad I am not sure I could be held responsible for my actions against the owners of the staffy if it had killed one of my dogs.

Irresponsible owners that just let their animals roam make me so MAD!!!
What a horrible thing to happen. I do hope the owners of the staffy are brought to justice over their actions and the resulting death.

How terrible for that poor man and dog, my heartfelt thoughts are with him.

Unfortunatly in many areas Staffys are always on the loose because they are the "In Dog" for the young irresposible men.
Where I live I cannot walk my big girl out because of this problem. If they are not out loose without thier owners they are off lead along roads with them and are praised for being aggresive and attacking. Also round here they are now crossing them with Akitas and other similar types to see who can breed the most aggresive dog.
It has unfortunatly left me terrified of meeting a Staffy out on a walk anywhere.
I do walk my JRT out round here but have my eyes all around me and at the first sight of one pick him up.
I lost the sleeve out of my jacket a few weeks ago outside Tesco when an off lead one flew for my JRT but instead of him he got the sleeve of my jacket as I bent down to scoop him away from its jaws, and took that instead. The owners thought it hilarious and said I should put my dog down to see how many pieces thier dog could make out of him.