...Central Park
Tilly was attacked by a Mastiff type Boxer cross Friday night in the park

it was a horrid viscous un-provoked attack and I didn´t know what to do it took me completely by surprise.

I saw the woman ahead of me with this huge dog on a lead I was walking on the path and she moved over with her dog to a grassy part, the dog was crouching behind a tree and I smiled and commented he was hiding from my dog..with that he dragged the woman across the grassy bit to the path, he was so strong he pulled her onto her back and she let go of him and he lunged straight for Tilly, she tried to fight him off but he put all his weight on top of her she was screaming her little head off, the woman grabbed the dogs tail and pulled and I kicked and kicked him eventually he let go of Tilly, I´m screaming at her that her dog should be muzzled, she said "I´m sorry he is unpredictable????" i´m swearing like a fecking docker at this point and yelling "if he´s unpredictable he should be f****** muzzled yer stupid f****** cow you can’t even control a dog that f******* size what the bleeding hell are you doing taking him out with no muzzle? and he´s not been neutered are you f******* thick. if he attacks a smaller dog his jaws will kill it in seconds are you completely f******* stupid".
"she kept shouting sorry! is HE ok" to me as I walked out of the park but I was too worried about my dog to answer her and besides that, I had no idea if SHE was ok or not.
I rang the vet and luckily, they were still there finishing off, she has 2 deep puncture wounds one in her chest the other in her side which just goes to show how big the jaws were on the Mastiff; and he absolutely meant to kill too .. the vet treated her for shock and gave me some pain killers and antibiotics for her wounds. she seems ok and has eaten and drank normally :´(
I have reported the incident to the police. the desk sergeant said it sounds like this will not be a one off incident and fears for any one walking with their dogs unknown of what could happen. I am also writing a letter to the editor of the globe and wirral news, so people are aware of this dog and maybe the dogs owner will see it and realise it has been reported and she will do something about training and muzzling her ´unpredictable´ dog, and also have him neutered.
Oh and I would like to thank the 4 Lads that turned up and stood and watched the whole thing and did absoloutly NOTHING!! to help.
p.s sorry I don´t normally swear (that bad) but if someone/thing is hurting my dogs I just go off on one..
her side bite

her Chest bite

wow, soz to hear it, I think it should be made law for dogs to be musled when out and about.

That must have been a horrid experience for you both. Sorry to hear that. Lets hope this irresponsible owner is found. Stupid Cow! Thanks for the warning.

Also, cant help but wonder if this is the same dog that plusone witnessed killing the King charles?

I agree with a law to Muzzle some dogs but not all dogs

Thanks Rude.
Yeh it was..I am glad I didn't have all 3 of them with me at the time.

I was thinking the same thing too

Was it white with bits of ginger on its head?

no it wasn't it was a Tan coloured dog the size of a Mastiff/Rottie a face like a Boxer with a dark greying Muzzle so not a young dog.

Jesus wept that's bad! Hope your dogs well Tilly

Thanks Ste.
she seems ok now just a bit sore and bruised.

Shotgun.....and the dog deserves sorting out too!!!!!

my feelings exactly

hope your dogs ok, if her dog was unpredictable it should of been muzzled.There should be a law made for people wanting these powerful dogs to go to training classes to handle them properly.

my dad and his king charles were attacked by a lurcher in ellesmere port,the dog max had very serious injurys to his leg but so far has managed to keep it with plates in his leg.Any dog who is unpredictable should be kept on a lead and muzzled at all times,fair enough the gentleman who owned the dog payed all the £3000 vets bills but doesnt that say to you that the owner was in the wrong? wishing your gorgeous dog a full recover,my parents reported this to the liverpool echo in a bid to raise awareness of these common incidents and to help in getting these unpredictable dogs muzzled in public places

Horrible experience for you both. The bad owners always give the good ones a bad name.

yep!

wow!! poor dog. I will be sending the bill to her if I find out where she lives. thanks

I love most dogs , and really upsets me to hear of family pets being attacked by these unpredictable beasts, but i would prefer all dogs to be muzzled in public.I dont think these idiots with these offensive weapons should be able to have any excuse , like the size of a dog or the breed of a dog , as an excuse for not muzzling.Btw, when i say idiots , i mean the type whom we all see in our parks and on our proms .

I know who you mean and there are a lot of them about, but say I muzzled my dog coz she don't like small dogs; how would she protect herself from being attacked by an unmuzzled dog that didn't like her. my dog has been attacked several times by small yappy ankle biters that owners think is funny when they run up to my big dog (on a lead) and start having a go, she has fought a few of them off and the owners have said; I have a viscous Alsatian and it should be muzzled because their dog is only small and wouldn't really hurt her!! if i let her off the lead she would do more than just snap at them. but I have her under control and that's the difference. but stupid irresponsible owners will always give a dog a bad name no matter what breed/cross/size it is.

Hi Summer thanks hun, she is healing physically ok, but mentally? I won't know until she is fit enough to go out again. you did well saving the old mans dog and taking on a Pitt-Bull yer mad woman lol! but yer don't think of the consequences when put in those situations do you? glad it turned out ok for you and the old man and his dog xxx

I muzzle tank coz ppl cross the road when we out and about. Dips and beach best place to take lively dogs. Im down there everyday rain or shine

Put pics in pics of dogs thread

Saw your letter to wirral globe!

they didn't print the full description of the dog and owner tho.
now people will probably avoid all the Mastiffs that go to the park now, and I didn't want that to happen, most Mastiffs are lovely dogs.

Get down to the dips nice dogs down there.

lol!by the time we get there I'm too knackered to run around like a loon and play with them, and then walk home. I go there some weekends tho.

The tank likes 2 chase dogs then u see the owners face all worried but he wont bite lol

I have never met an EBT that did tbh.