Dog attacked by another dog - advice please
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Dear PH,
My girlfriend was out running this morning with her border collie, and while on the way back, running along the pavement on a public road, heard a dog barking while passing a house and upon turning around a little while later found that she was being pursued by a Staffordshire Bull Terrier.
The collie was on a lead and the Staffie had escaped from its garden/house.
The Staffie then attacked the collie, biting its ear and worrying it - a situation which continued until the person living in the same house as the Staffie arrived after about half a minute and got the dog to release its grip by applying boot to head.
The vet's bill is about £200.
The person living in the house with the Staffie was extremely apologetic, claimed the dog was his Aunt's and said (before any cost was mentioned) that they/she would pay the bill. He put my G/F in touch with his Aunt, who claimed, that she's not his aunt, the dog has never done anything like this before, doesn't have the money among a number of other things that makes my worry that the money will never be forthcoming.
The Vet suggested reporting this to the Council (open again on Monday) as the police will only be interested if the dog has bitten a person.
Any suggestions about possible recourse/next courses of action gratefully received.
Many thanks,
Tom
My girlfriend was out running this morning with her border collie, and while on the way back, running along the pavement on a public road, heard a dog barking while passing a house and upon turning around a little while later found that she was being pursued by a Staffordshire Bull Terrier.
The collie was on a lead and the Staffie had escaped from its garden/house.
The Staffie then attacked the collie, biting its ear and worrying it - a situation which continued until the person living in the same house as the Staffie arrived after about half a minute and got the dog to release its grip by applying boot to head.
The vet's bill is about £200.
The person living in the house with the Staffie was extremely apologetic, claimed the dog was his Aunt's and said (before any cost was mentioned) that they/she would pay the bill. He put my G/F in touch with his Aunt, who claimed, that she's not his aunt, the dog has never done anything like this before, doesn't have the money among a number of other things that makes my worry that the money will never be forthcoming.
The Vet suggested reporting this to the Council (open again on Monday) as the police will only be interested if the dog has bitten a person.
Any suggestions about possible recourse/next courses of action gratefully received.
Many thanks,
Tom
TBH Tom, its hard but I'd put it down to experience, If the owner applied boot to the dogs head, lied about the owners details, it just sounds like its not worth it for 200 quid.
That's not to come across as condescending, but I have had some big Vet bill this year and 200 ponuds isn't one, 200 pounds is alot of money but how much for the hassle of chasing some knobber through court to get 5 pounds a week.
That's not to come across as condescending, but I have had some big Vet bill this year and 200 ponuds isn't one, 200 pounds is alot of money but how much for the hassle of chasing some knobber through court to get 5 pounds a week.
OP sorry to here about your dog, some people are scum bags and you'll probably get nothing from this"aunt" i had some one allow there dog to chase my cat, he was scraped up quite bad and required a visit to the vet which ended up costing me £50 i think. The owner of the dog refused to pay even though i had a witness say that she saw the dogs owner drop the lead to attack the cat, i was fking fuming.
OP sorry to here about your dog, some people are scum bags and you'll probably get nothing from this"aunt" i had some one allow there dog to chase my cat, he was scraped up quite bad and required a visit to the vet which ended up costing me £50 i think. The owner of the dog refused to pay even though i had a witness say that she saw the dogs owner drop the lead to attack the cat, i was fking fuming.
dirkgently said:
velocefica said:
How Staff aren't a banned breed is ridiculous. At least 90% of dog attacks on other dogs or children/adults involves a Staffie.
A quick check with Google would suggest Staffies don't even make the top ten.Gassing Station | Speed, Plod & the Law | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff