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Are little Teya has been attacked today by a Jack Russell x Staffie.

My wife was picking up our son from school and seen this dog with the owner and like most dogs they like to go and say hello as my wife was walking towards her she told the women Teya wanted to say hello with that she said it was fine then it just locked on to her front leg and ragged it, the owner failed to get it to let go so my wife gave it a kick it soon let go with our little girl in agony the owner said this had never happened before and all my wife was bothered about was our little girl bleeding there was a lot of blood loss so she picked her up and ran home and took her to the vets they have given her an injection and wrapped it up but she is going to back to the vets tomorrow at 08.30 for surgery.

We are not sure were the owner lives but have been told of a possible address which i shall be looking into tomorrow also there were witnesses there so we will be asking around tomorrow on the school run.
 
Poor Taya :(

good luck for tomorrow and a speedy recovery :luck:

Definatly get round to see the owners of this dog :rant: :rant: :rant:

Julie
 
Ooh that sounds nasty. :( I hope she's ok and :luck: :luck: for tomorrow. :huggles: for Teya. :huggles:
 
Wishing your little one a speedy recovery, some b****y owners need shooting, hope you find out who they are & atleast get the vet bill paid by them, its the leasst they can do. :rant:

Lots of luck :luck:

Nina
 
Poor Teya :( :( :( :( :( :(

Hope that she is better soon :luck: :luck: :luck: :luck: :luck:
 
Any luck tracing the owner? Was it another parent on the school run? If so it may be easier to track tem down.

Hope Teya is ok.
 
sorry to hear about your girl Teya :( Like someone else said..its most likely to be someone on the school run too so hopefully you should be able to trace them!

Cant believe they didnt give your wife their phone number or offer to help! :angry:

Hope Teya makes full and quick recovery :huggles:
 
Poor little thing :( good luck for toady and get well soon :luck:

My 2 (on their leads) got scared by 2 off lead staffie crosses the other day. Luckily the owner had them sort of under control and I think they were friendly (but they came hurtling over - my heart was in my mouth). The owner certainly wasn't friendly though, judging by the language what came out when I told him to keep them on a lead :rant: I didn't hang around for a slanging match though
 
Really sorry to hear this, a similar thing happened to us at Christmas - a black lab suddenly turned and grabbed ours by the throat, leaving quite a nasty tear that needed immediate stitching. He recovered quite well, and although he now dislikes trips to the vets much less than before, it doesn't seem to have made him afraid of other dogs. Hopefully Teya will make just as good a recovery :luck: :huggles:

I've been thinking about this a lot since then, as I really don't want a repeat of this ( if the bite had been and inch or two lower down, it might have hit a major blood vessel killed him). The problem seems to be mainly with territorial, dominant and guarding breeds that have what is called an 'active defense reflex', where the owners are naive about dog behaviour and lax on allowing dominance to develop in the home. Here is the relevant section in Think Dog by John Fisher:

"Up to the age.. of four months, the critical periods of development are much the sam for every breed...Following that, there are variations...The onset of full maturity spreads between 1 to 4 yrs depending on the breed and size of the dog.

The oset of full maturity heralds the onset of a second seniority period. During this time the dog will try to stamp it identity within the pack once and for all. During this time if the og ahs been able to attain a high rank during [12-16 weeks], then, depending on the breed and temperament of the dog, any challenge for pack leadership...becomes aggressive. Whether this will happen or not depends on the type of dog... and on what the owner does.

Some dogs have what is know as active defense reflexes. Some have passive defense reflexes. A dog with active reflexes, when challenged, will meet that challenge with aggression. A dog with passive reflexes... will meet that challenge with a display of total submission.

If you have allowed your dog, especially one of the guarding breeds, to attain a high rank within your human/dog pack, then it is quite likely you will encourage an aggresive reaction...The way your dog reacts when it reaches full maturity is basically a culmination of what it has been allowed to get away with during the critical periods of development."

Every time we have had an aggressive incident, it has always been with a breed of this type (including dominant, male labs), usually on the cusp of maturity. It barges up with tail in raised aggressive mode (assuming it has a tail, not something you can judge with rotties and boxers), while the owner says 'don't worry, he's a big softy'. Then there is a sudden snarl, and the owner exclaims that they are surprised, this has never happened before (which is what happened to us at xmas). They may well be telling the truth, but they have not prepared themselves, or their dog, by adequate reading about dog behaviour or training, and do not recognise the signs or know the remedy for dealing with this 'active defense'.

I know there are rotties, staffies, gsds etc that are fine and lovely dogs and belong to owners that know what they are doing, but the risk of meeting one of the many that are not is just too great, and I try to avoid all of them now (particularly at areas such as park gates which might trigger a territorial response; Gelert was bitten last year by a free running staffie just as we were exiting a park, he was on lead and had no chance to escape :rant: ).
 
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goodasgold said:
Are little Teya has been attacked today by a Jack Russell x Staffie.
         My wife was picking up our son from school and seen this dog with the owner and like most dogs they like to go and say hello as my wife was walking towards her she told the women Teya wanted to say hello with that she said it was fine then it just locked on to her front leg and ragged it, the owner failed to get it to let go so my wife gave it a kick it soon let go with our little girl in agony the owner said this had never happened before and all my wife was bothered about was our little girl bleeding there was a lot of blood loss so she picked her up and ran home and took her to the vets they have given her an injection and wrapped it up but she is going to back to the vets tomorrow at 08.30 for surgery.

                                        We are not sure were the owner lives but have been told of a possible address which i shall be looking into tomorrow also there were witnesses there so we will be asking around tomorrow on the school run.

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FIND OUT WHERE THE DOGS LIVE IF YOU CAN.....BASH THE OWNERS AND THEN BURN THEM OUT !! THAT OUTA DO IT !! IRRESPOSIBLE BARSTEWARDS!!
 
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Dean

When i take my dogs out i always have a large thick walking stick with me at all times. That way if any dogs do come running up to mine wanting a go i can swiftly put the dog and its owner in there place. I've done this several times in the past and i have no doubts i will have to do it again in the future.

I don't blame the dogs in any instance. If the owners know there dog is nasty then they should be walked on the lead in a public place and muzzled. IMO

Lets hope Teya's surgery goes well today and that she's back with dean & dawn tonight safe and well.
 
poor teya hope she makes a speedy recovery give her a hug from us all :wub: . how is your wife today it must have been terrifing for her hope she is ok. :wub:
 
Poor baby, hope she gets better soon. :luck: :wub: :*

My two have been approached by 4 staffies, on separate occasions. So far we have been lucky and they haven't attacked as such, but there has been a lot of snapping and snarling etc.

Last week in the park, 2 boxers (off lead) started circling my two (on lead) and lungeing at them and barking. They were acting as a pack and moving in a pince (sp) movement to get at my boys. :(
 
That's a really unfortunate incident. Sounds like both dogs were on the lead, but the action of one was quite unexpected (or so the owner led your wife to believe). How awful for you. The other owner may be feeling bad about it too. If your wife ran off to seek immediate help, then I don't suppose anyone had a chance to sort things out.

Good luck and I hope Teya comes out of this unscarred.

That's an interesting artcle Elizabeth. I've suddenly been hearing about this Think Dog by John Fisher....has he been around for a while do you know?
 
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That's an interesting artcle Elizabeth. I've suddenly been hearing about this Think Dog by John Fisher....has he been around for a while do you know?
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I saw a reference to it on here at some point, and I found one eventually on ebay. I would definitely recommend it, although I think many of the dog owners most in need of it will probably never read it. It doesn't excuse this sort of incident, but does help to explain why this sort of thing seems to happen week in, week out with certain breeds of similar ages.

It's also made me aware of the small manifestations of dominance in my own dog (mainly wanting top-ranking seating ie ours, and barging people going through doors), and addressing this DOES seem to be having a marked improvement on recall so far, (although this is still work in progress :- " )
 
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Poor Teya, hope she recovers soon and this awful incident doesn't make her scared of other dogs now. :huggles: :huggles: to her

Kirsty
 
Thank you all for your kind words, Teya came home tonight still very uneasy on her feet after the operation the good news there is no permanent damage and should make full recovery.

As to the owner know sight or sound but have been told this is not the first time and i am not going to let this lie as next time it could be a child or someone else's dog i think it is very irresponsible of this owner not to even try and contact us in any way, this has made me more eager to find them and give them a piece of my mind and hope they do the decent thing.

Teya will be going back to the vets on Saturday just to make sure things are fine thank you all again from myself and Dawn.
 
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