Agressive Dogs

[Lisa S]

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Hi I wonder if anyone has any advice on this. OH and my 1 year old whippet were confronted by an agressive lurcher this morning - the lurcher ran from his owner and when she shouted it ignored her and it stood approx 10 yards from from OH and as soon as she got within grabbing distance of the lurcher it ran to attack our dog. OH picked up our dog but not before the lurcher gave my poor little dog a bite on his back. OH managed to fend off the lurcher until the owner grabbed it.

I am furious :rant: as this dog has tried the same thing before and the stupid women continues to let it off his lead where there are always other dogs walking. It would be OK if she could control it but she obviously cannot.

Does anyone have any advice on how they handle agressive dogs that are going to attack their dogs?

The bite is not too bad or I would of taken him straight to the vets but the area is very red and sore - is it OK to use our antiseptic on dogs or do you just leave it to heal naturally?

Thanks

 

[~elizabeth~]

Hi I wonder if anyone has any advice on this. OH and my 1 year old whippet were confronted by an agressive lurcher this morning - the lurcher ran from his owner and when she shouted it ignored her and it stood approx 10 yards from from OH and as soon as she got within grabbing distance of the lurcher it ran to attack our dog. OH picked up our dog but not before the lurcher gave my poor little dog a bite on his back. OH managed to fend off the lurcher until the owner grabbed it.

When I've been in this situation myself, I've gathered the dogs behind my legs so that eye contact is broken between them and the aggressor, then used my voice ( with loud 'NOs') to stop the aggressive dog approaching until the owner has collected the dog.

Hope your dog is okay, and that the bite was not serious :luck: :huggles:

 

[FoxyDog]

If I'm going to a park where there are other dogs I usually take a spay bottle with water in it. Sometimes spaying the other dog with water will interupt the behaviour and give you or the other owner enough time to intervine.

On the whole, I try to aviod parks and trails were other dogs are off leash unless my dogs and I know them. It's just safer. I also have no issue telling someone else to put their dog on a leash when I see them coming and I do the same untill they leave the area. If they say their dog is freindly I tell them that mine are not. Even though my guys are good with other dogs, I don't trust other owners to control their dogs. When everyone is leashed it's the safest way to pass others and their furry friends. Once we are further apart and out of the way I let my guys off again.

FoxyDog

 

[jayp]

If the skin is broken then you really need antibiotics as there is so much bacteria on a dogs teeth. :luck: Jan

 

[alfyn]

Sorry to here of yet another dog being attacked i hope he's ok :thumbsup:

I would put a couple of drops of neat Lavender oil on the area,it's anti bacterial & very soothing.

 

[zilloot]

:angry: These people who KNOW their dogs behave like this should muzzle them and keep them on a lead. I think you should report this woman to the police now.

I agree with Alfyn, lavendar oil works wonders - I use it myself when I shorten my fingers on a regular basis while chopping veg or grate my skin into the cheese... :x

 

[parker ink]

My older dog is very nervous of other dogs. He particularly fears thos big, strutting, entire male labs. I put him on a lead when we meet other dogs but the other owner doesnt always get the message and lets thier dog wander up and sniff my dogs privates etc, even when he is clearly cringing away. Then they act all angry and suprised when Milo finally snarls.

Is v annoying.

 

[Lisa S]

Thanks for the replies - he seems OK but I will try the lavendar oil. I am going to report her as I have just been speaking to another dog walker this morning and it tried the same thing with their dog and the lurcher actually pulled the owner over but she managed to hang onto it so she was lucky!

It's frightening, as if it saw a small dog or god fobid a small child then I shudder to think of the potential outcome and of course it's the dog who would be pts and the stupid owner blames it on the dog :rant:

I am going to watch out for her to suggest that she muzzle the dog as I am not sure whether that has crossed her mind and then the dog could have a nice run safely.

 

[stormydog]

im going to be serious here. you should kick the bloody thing till its squealing....then itll let go of your dog ! bring a fukn big stick with a nail on the end of it the next time your in that area. have to say theres nothing as bad as an aggressive dog !

doenst matter how many races or shows its won....ITS NO USE IF IT CANT SOCIALISE ! ive said before i only know of 2 lurchers like this..unfortunately youve found another one.

john

 

[Gill Andrew]

After one of my boys was savaged by a GSP - he wasn't quite quick enough running away and the GSP had him down ripping chunks out of his hind leg - if I see ANY dog I am not sure about, I stick all of mine on their leads and ask the owner to call their dog back and totally ignore their comments of "oh, he/she is fine with other dogs" or just make a comment that their's may be but mine are not. Also, get your dog(s) behind your legs and SCREAM at the other dog to back off.

A proper walkers stick is also damn useful to carry - type with a sharp spike at the end. After all, you are only using that to prevent slipping on the mud!!

If all else fails and a dog does have a go, inform the owner that you intend reporting them under the Dangerous Dogs Act as clearly their animal is dangerously out of control in a public place. I did this to the owner of a stroppy cocker spaniel who had been known to bite when it tried to have a go at a puppy. If the owner catches sight of me know, he runs off in the other direction!!!

At the end of the day, our dogs have so little protection if another one has a go - and we are the ones left taking our dogs to the vets for stitches and dealing with the trauma caused by other irresponsible pet owners.

Gill

 

[Jones]

There's two completely out of control Bull Mastiffs near to us at the moment their both from the same litter and aren't even a year old yet but are terrorising everyones dogs around the local beaches :angry:

They've chased a Yorkshire Terrier over a cliff edge he survived the fall but later died of heart failure and they've also pinned down a Ridgeback and ripped chunks out of him :angry:

They do muzzle them now whenever their out but they still pin dogs down and ruin the beaches for everyone :angry: spraying water and shouting works with a lot of dogs as does kicking them but if you've got a big dog who has no fear of people there's not a lot you can do to stop them doing what they want unfortunately :angry:

 

[~Helen~]

Sadly the police won't be interested - but your local dog warden WILL. Don't leave it (as I did) or next time your whippet could come off worse (as mine did). The dog warden will help and support you, and if the attacks happen in public places ie footpaths then they can push for a control order to MAKE this woman muzzle her dog in public.

Hope your poor whippet recovers quickly from the attack

 

[smiffie23]

i have 2 bullmasstifs , not the ones in the post by the way.mine are old coddgers now but are a bit keen with other dogs so i keep them on extender leads unless out in the open where i can see for miles .but the problem can also arise when people with plesant natured but out of control dogs bale over.even when you say can you get your dog as mine don,t like other dogs the answer is often .they will be ok with mine he likes other dogs i even once had a it,s what he needs to teach him not to run up to other dogs i usually take mine when others have been and have gone.next 1 will be a whippet as the kids want to be involved with taking them out but as a responsible person this is a def no no .

 

[whippet woman]

I have found the police utterly useless in my case. A neighbour has a very aggressive staffie that has attacked a friend's dog and decided to take on my 4 whippets when they were on the lead and could not escape and it riped the side open of my boy Philip, he had to have an emergency operation, physically he is ok, but psychologically has never really recovered from it, he can go mental on the lead if another loose dog starts pushing his luck and bugging him. I feel angry that I now have a dog I have to be careful with thanks to that stupid neighbour. :rant:

Despite being reported to the police by my friend and separately by me she still lets the dog run around with no lead or collar (which I understood to be illegal) in the children's playground (again I though this was out of bounds to dogs) so it can bolt out unnoticed and attack and is near impossible to catch. I gave up after telling them for the 3rd time that she was letting the dog out like this, and got a nice lot a verbal abuse from her for my troubles (so at least they did visit her and drop me in it), oh, and a £120 vets bill. :rant:

I will try the dog warden next time I see it out with no collar.

WW :rant:

 

[whippet woman]

Thanks for the replies    - he seems OK but I will try the lavendar oil. I am going to report her as I have just been speaking to another dog walker this morning and it tried the same thing with their dog and the lurcher actually pulled the owner over but she managed to hang onto it so she was lucky!
It's frightening, as if it saw a small dog or god fobid a small child then I shudder to think of the potential outcome and of course it's the dog who would be pts and the stupid owner blames it on the dog  :rant:

I am going to watch out for her to suggest that she muzzle the dog as I am not sure whether that has crossed her mind and then the dog could have a nice run safely.

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I agree with Helen, act now as this dog is dangerous to dogs and people, and seems to have a taste for attack which will only get worse, the more times it gets away with it, especially as the owner does not appear to have a responsible bone in her body or much grey matter in her noggin box. I too wondered if my neighbour with the aggressive staffie (which was happy to take on my 4 whippets, trapped on leads), might not have though of a muzzle when in fact she is pretty much devoid of any meaningful mental activity, even a lead and a collar were not considered to be the most basic of items her dog should be equiped with. This type of person does not respond to reason, or polite requests. It was my vet that was most adamant I should report it because she said it could escalate.

I hope your dog is ok and that crazy lurcher dog and owner are dealt with to stop any more attacks ever happening.

WW

 

[Lisa S]

Thanks for the replies - just to give you an update - I spotted this woman walking up our street and I didn't have my dog with me so decided to try and reason with her ......... when I said that it was dangerous to have her dog off the lead as it would attack other dogs she told me that "it doesn't like other dogs" and was actually smirking! I then asked her if she had thought of putting a muzzle on her dog so she could give it a safe run and she said that "she would put a muzzle on me". She simply cannot give a dam.

It's difficult to reason with this level of intelligence.

 

[Happy Humber]

Best thing is to say the dog went for you even if it didnt, then the warden/police will take more notice and she will have to prove it did not.

 

[wilfred]

Best thing is to say the dog went for you even if it didnt, then the warden/police will take more notice and she will have to prove it did not.

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We've had trouble round here with teenagers walking out-of-control staffy-cross dogs, a cairn terrier (amongst other dogs) had to be stitched back together at the vets.

Apparently it's considered to be "normal dog behaviour" if a dog goes for your dog. I am told that you need to say it either went for you, or you were terrified and believed it would attack you, before the authorities rev up a gear. Shame they don't give the same consideration to the safety of your dog.