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I’d have been terrified, my horse hated dogs. I can’t understand why owners aren’t muzzling.Police probe into reported ‘bully dog’ attack on woman and horse
Police investigate reports of woman and horse being attacked by ‘bully-type dog’
POLICE are investigating reports that a woman and her horse were attacked by a ‘bully-type dog’.www.warringtonguardian.co.uk
POLICE are investigating reports that a woman and her horse were attacked by a ‘bully-type dog’.
It is said that the dog tried to bite the horse and bit the woman’s foot, before chasing them into a nearby farm, leaving the rider ‘absolutely terrified’.
It was described as being black with its ears cropped, and it was a ‘no doubt a stereotypical bully dog’, with its head ‘twice the sound of a football’.
The woman who reported the incident said: “We go walking up a private lane, and alongside the lane is a public footpath with trees and hedges.
“At around 5pm on Wednesday evening, a dog came running and the owner told me not to worry as he is really friendly.
“I said be careful, as if he comes near my horse he will probably get kicked. The dog has gone to bite my horse’s leg so mine has walloped it.
“Then it was circling around him, jumping up to try and get hold of his throat. Then it got hold of my foot, but luckily not latched on.
“I galloped off and it came chasing me back to the farm, where it tried to attack another horse in a stable.
“I tried to shoo the dog off, luckily it hasn’t got me, it just squared up to me. The owner came walking around and said he had never done anything like this before.”
She said that she was lucky to be on her horse at the time, as if she had not, she ‘dreads to think what would have happened’.
“If that was a child on a smaller horse, there would’ve been a dead horse and a very injured human,” she added.
“It was horrific. I’m absolutely terrified. Horses are my hobby and keep me sane, and I’m terrified to go about my daily hobby after a stressful day at work.
“There should be nowhere safer than a private lane.
“My horse has to go back to the vets for a check-up because he's in rehabilitation for a ligament injury, but for him to have to gallop on concrete has probably done damage to that leg.”
Saw my first xl for ages yesterday driving home, unmuzzled, allowed to pull the owner so it could sniff someone’s leg. I think I’d cross the road to avoid these days, definitely if I had the boys with me.
