OMG .. my heart's been in my throat, reading this. The sound of attacking dogs just puts me into such verklempt-ness. What a horrible attack. I feel so badly for your JoAnn ... I LOVE dogs .. BIG dogs. First time in my life I don't have a dog.
I sure hope she's OK ... thank God you took her to the vet right away. That cocker was in kill mode if he could get that much of a chunk out of JoAnn to get that bleed.
Your neighbors have some nerve !!! I agree with PukinDog: not ONE conciliatory word to them, and don't relent from your assertively firm position of righteous anger. The damn liberals are looking for somebody else to pay their way everywhere, aren't they? To H*LL with them. I wish someone had had a video running.
Are there any witnesses? Both other dogs were OFF leash?
Prayers that you, JoAnn, your grandbaby and family can get over this upset soon. It's so traumatic. If they continue to hassle you, I'd definitely get a lawyer and send the cease and desist letter.
Well I'll end here cause I'm tired and you folks are prolly tired of me.
Well my 3-yr old granddaughter was a witness for what that's worth. Those people said to me, when they stopped and asked for money, that Jo-Ann attacked their dog on THEIR property!
I reminded them, gently, that she was attacked by their dog on a PUBLIC STREET! They're inventing the truth here, folks. It's the way of America today. No pride, no self-respect...just lie and try and get your way.
My granddaughter did tell my daughter about the dog attack and the big butcher knife....THAT scared the child silly, can you imagine?
MY dog was on a leash and in a harness both times we were attacked. She was attacked directly in front of each owner's home but IT WAS IN THE STREET! THE DOGS WERE LOOSE! It's not rocket science here.
Way I figger, and I've certainly been thinking about it, is that these dogs that attacked Jo-Ann likely think the street is actually part of their property. Dogs don't know such as streets and fences. Thus they wantonly attacked her as they THOUGHT she was on their property. I'm guessing here as I really don't know how dogs think. But it explains perhaps why they didn't think about their size compared to the dog they were attacking. Though I don't know if dogs even "think" about such things.
It's the audacity of those cocker owners that astounds me. I sit back and watch their shenanigans and I wonder at what point they'll be decent and honest. THEY know what the hell happened and they know they're lying. I'm happy to, heh, let sleeping dogs lie, you should smile. But THEY'RE greedy and they live in liberal America where the truth is simply what you can make it out to be.
It's been nice discussing this with y'all. This cocker incident happened on 12/18/06 and the pomeranian about a month before. Like I've said, I now walk my dog in the next community where there are no, as of now, houses. OR DOGS.
By the way, the state of Delaware puts all dogs on a 45-day probation if they get into a fight. Sooooo, yep, Jo-Ann is on a 45 day probation, not that there's justice or anything anymore in this country.
This "probation" thing simply means that there better not be any more dog fights with Jo-Ann or the SPCA will be looking at her closely. So I've got to be very careful to stay away from dogs cause, well you all read what happened, right? Jo-Ann's the big dog and SHE'LL get the bad rap.
Those cocker owners did the really stupid. I didn't call the SPCA, they did because they were mad because I wouldn't pay the Vet bill. Greed, pure and simple. Fairness has nothing to do with it.
But they'll get their day. I am not going to report their constantly loose dogs although the SPCA animal control officer said he wishes I would because of incidents like this. Soon enough one of their dogs will get loose again and someone will report it. They are not liked at all in this community but folks, I have been the kindest soul to them on the planet. I happen to LIKE their dogs although they keep them tied up and they get all wrapped up. At times we hear their dogs just barking all weekend.
I am in the right here and I'm just going to see how far this goes. Soon enough they're going to lose their dogs and hey, maybe for their dogs' sake, it will be for the best.