Attack, the aftermath.
April 23rd, 2008, 3:48 pm · Post a Comment · posted by Stephanie Manson
Once I determined my dog’s butt was in one piece, I carried him home.
It was a Sunday, so instead of calling animal control, I immediately called the police department. An officer responded quickly and took the situation seriously. He said that a report would be filed and the owner of the bulldog would be ticketed.
When I was able to take my time to examine him, I found Jakers did suffer a tooth puncture on the outside of one hind leg and a terrible bruise on the inside of the same leg. He had bloody claw (or tooth) scrapes on the other hind foot and both front feet. The next day, Monday, I called the vet and got antibiotics and painkiller for him. I also called animal control and told them the story.
Later in the week, I double-checked to see that a report had been filed by the officer. There was and I now have a complete copy of it to put with my dog’s records.
The best information I could find on what else I could do was on the Web site www.pawperouspets.com The Web site is operated by PawFriendly.com, a community Web site. There were all kinds of resources in the case of attacks on people, but precious little about when dogs attack other pets.
Neighborhood scuttlebutt has it that this is not the first time this bulldog had escaped its yard. Please people, if a dog in your neighborhood attacks your pet or is loose and seems threatening in any way, call animal control or the police department. You may not only save another pet from harm, but a child.
