Bitten by dog today - anything i can do??

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I was bitten by a German Shepherd this afternoon whilst walking my 2 dogs through a local park. The dog was loose and i know this is prejudice and irrational but i'm always nervous around this particular breed of dog because i've been bitten by one before as a child. My dogs were off ahead, i was about to call them back to get them away from this dog but it just ran straight past them and over to me... i panicked a bit, shouted at the woman to get her dog, then backed up and ended up tripping over a tree root and landing on my arse - dog came over, growling and lunged and bit me where my neck joins my shoulder (if that makes sense!). I was kicking and punching at it but it made no difference :o :o

The woman with the dog was busy trying to get her other GS under control (it was trying to get at my dogs by this point who were running over to find out why their Mum was sat on the floor!!). She shouted the dog and it immediately went back to her and she just shouted sorry a few times, got the dog on a lead and hurried off. She never shouted for it when it was running at me or attacking me?!?!?! Luckily a nice man in the car park helped me clean up my neck which was bleeding quite a bit. I went to the Doctor and got another tetanus just in case.


Is there anything i can do seeing as i didn't get the woman's name and i didn't recognise her?? What if this had been a child, or if the dog had bitten a bit harder? It was practically at my neck!


Sorry, just wanted to get it out :( I'm not looking forward to work tomorrow, it's very sore.
 
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How horrible, hope you're OK x

This woman and her dogs need to be located and reported, that should never, ever be allowed to happen again and I am very angry to read that story.

I am so sorry idiots like this give the breed a bad name.
It's easy to say 'you should do this, you should do that,' when a dog comes at you but it is hard when you are in that circumstance, I would have probably punched the fecker too.

Wish you could come and meet my two and see they are not all bad.
 
I know i'm sorry i really don't want to generalise about the breed, i've met plenty who were fine! Just coincidence that both times ive been bitten have been this breed.


Do you know who i report too?
 
That is horrific! Poor you! I just can't believe that woman had the dog unmuzzled and off the lead AND she did not stop to help you.

This sounds like a seriously dangerous dog. I would go to the police and report the incident, they may have some ideas on how to identify her. Do you visit this part often? She may be a local and well known by other people who might be able to identify her.
 
Dog warden and police and make a stink, if that was my dog I would have a) stuck round to check you were actually Ok and b) apologised massively and bought you flowers and chocolates and begged for you not to tell the authorities about my dog!!
 
I was in a park near my parents place. Its where i grew up and my Mum still regularly walks her dogs and mine there so she's obviously on the rampage and is theatening to go and sit in the carpark there all week to spot the woman! The man who helped me in the carpark is a bird-watcher (twitcher?) who goes a lot and he said he didn't recognise her which is a shame. Will the police be interested?
 
Tell me about it Kitsune - the worst my dog's done is steal some food off someone and i still felt mortified and replaced their whole picnic!! She looked terrified and just bungled the dogs off through the woods... She didn't look overly surprised though which makes me think..! :(
 
Police first, then dog warden.

Kitty I hate to say but if any of mine had ever behaved like that, a potentially very serious bite on a person lying on the ground without provocation, then, well :( and off my own bat.
 
i dont think that it matters that you dont know her you must report it to the police. they may not be able to do anything if they dont know who it was but they certainly cant do anything if they dont know. at least you got your tetanus sorted quickly.
 
Well I didn't want to say that, but maybe (well clearly) the dog has issues and would be better off with a handler who could work with those issues and not someone who'll let it off the lead at large!
 
Thanks i guess i'l ring the local station tomorrow and at least report it. I'll try and find out if the park has a warden or anything too. I just hope the woman sees sense and muzzles the dog and keeps it on a lead :eek: (and thats a lot less than i was saying at the time :o )
 
JDChaser said:
Tell me about it Kitsune - the worst my dog's done is steal some food off someone and i still felt mortified and replaced their whole picnic!! She looked terrified and just bungled the dogs off through the woods... She didn't look overly surprised though which makes me think..! :(
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Gosh you're a lot better than me in that case - when Henry has perpetrated picnic raids I tend to apologise and leave at high speed:o:D

Speak to the dog warden, it may be that this person is already known to them anyway. I hope you feel better soon.
 
The police won't do anything. Your best to contact the local dog warden which the council will give you details they should then patrol that area to try and talk to her.

As the owners dog was off lead and not muzzled and she was not in control she should be held responsible and be fined and the dogs will have to wear a muzzle in public.

Unfortunatly I see far too many of all shapes and sizes off lead that are aggressive. I so wish that attending dog obedience for a year with their dogs was compulsery to dog ownership!!!
 
Spudlet said:
Gosh you're a lot better than me in that case - when Henry has perpetrated picnic raids I tend to apologise and leave at high speed:o:D

Speak to the dog warden, it may be that this person is already known to them anyway. I hope you feel better soon.
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What i didn't tell you is that the dog burrowed through their picnic basket, scattering food everywhere, and knocked their child's sausage roll out of his hand in the process, proceeded to eat it very quickly and was promptly sick on the blanket.

Oh the joys of Jack Rusells.. :mad::cool: :o
 
JDChaser said:
What i didn't tell you is that the dog burrowed through their picnic basket, scattering food everywhere, and knocked their child's sausage roll out of his hand in the process, proceeded to eat it very quickly and was promptly sick on the blanket.

Oh the joys of Jack Rusells.. :mad::cool: :o
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That is very naughty indeed, I do not approve
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JDChaser said:
What i didn't tell you is that the dog burrowed through their picnic basket, scattering food everywhere, and knocked their child's sausage roll out of his hand in the process, proceeded to eat it very quickly and was promptly sick on the blanket.

Oh the joys of Jack Rusells.. :mad::cool: :o
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My young JRT X is very good at the 'fly by snatch' my 4 yr old nephew has fell victim to this several times....Bob is kept on the lead if anyone is having a picnic in eyesight or sniffing distance!
 
Dr's for an examination and take a pic of any wounds sustained, then police, lay it on thick and tell them if you had been more defencless god only knows what would have happened and you want her cautioned, I would return to the park and follow the silly b!tch and get her reg if she is driving, also as suggested dog warden.
I would have hoofed it back to her, that's if it survived getting past my pack to get to me, my rotti does not take to kind to anything coming near me when I shout "AYA":rolleyes::D
You are milder than me missus, I would have kicked off.
 
I am sure the police would do something in a case like this, the dog sounds like a complete liability. Def get pictures and see a doctor so you have proof of the injury, hopefully the police or dog warden should be able to identify her, the fact she has 2 GSDs should make her slightly more noticeable when walking them.
Its understandable that you are wary of the breed, but honestly the good ones far outweigh the bad, my girls are very good at converting people. I too have owned picnic raiders, and I had one bitch who was very adept at removing the ice cream from the cone as we passed small children:o
 
Hey everyone, thanks again for your replies. Thought i'd give a little update for anyone interested!

I rang the local police this morning and they came over during my lunch break. They took it a lot more seriously than i thought and took a statement, gave me a crime reference number and a private number for the police woman in case i see the woman+dogs again. They said they haven't had any other cases reported in the park before, so either its the first time the dogs attacked someone, or their first time in the park, nobodies reported it before... One police woman suggested that since the woman seemed unsurprised and ran off, perhaps this has happened before in another park and she's having to continually find new places to walk the dogs!

Haven't had a chance to ring the council about dog wardens yet as i've been at work all day. Which, by the way, has been chuffing agony!! Everything i do aggrevates my injury - right from mucking out/haynets/grooming to riding silly fresh thoroughbreds who seemed especially strong today :rolleyes: I ended up having to change my dressing after 2nd lot as it was soaked with blood. :o At this point my Boss sent me inside to help with the paperwork for the rest of the morning!!

Thanks again everyone, i can only hope i don't run into the dog again. ;)
 
Good news, thank goodness the cops are taking this seriously - my first thought when you said people/other walkers weren't aware of them was that she is being forced to go from place to place because of this dog's behaviour. God forbid he gets away with this again, grr, why can't people see what is staring them in the face :(

Here, don't be making your injuries worse, bites can tear and good on your boss! Take it easy!
 
Thanks you 2. CC I will certainly try too, luckily my friend helped me with my own horses this evening and my Mum's going to ride them tomorrow for me... i'm rather hoping i might get a long weekend off but i won't get my hopes up ;) :p
 
ummmmmm... look, im really really sorry this happened to you BUT ~I just cannot believe anyone in this situation would not phone 999, there and then?!?!?!?! as you said -it could have been a chilld! You had a responsibility imo to report it straight away and had you done so the owner and dogs might have been found:rolleyes:
 
NeverSayNever said:
ummmmmm... look, im really really sorry this happened to you BUT ~I just cannot believe anyone in this situation would not phone 999, there and then?!?!?!?! as you said -it could have been a chilld! You had a responsibility imo to report it straight away and had you done so the owner and dogs might have been found:rolleyes:
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Well obviously hindsight is a wonderful thing... I was lying on the floor for a good few minutes in total shock, the woman disappeared sharpish, i was trying to get my dogs on the lead and control them whilst shaking like a leaf.. :confused: Plus i wasn't even sure that the police would be interested in something like this. So thanks for your comment and of course you're entitled to your opinion but i HAVE reported it, albeit the next morning, so no need for the eye rolling maybe :o
 
JDChaser said:
Well obviously hindsight is a wonderful thing... I was lying on the floor for a good few minutes in total shock, the woman disappeared sharpish, i was trying to get my dogs on the lead and control them whilst shaking like a leaf.. :confused: Plus i wasn't even sure that the police would be interested in something like this. So thanks for your comment and of course you're entitled to your opinion but i HAVE reported it, albeit the next morning, so no need for the eye rolling maybe :o
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dont take offence - but i just canot believe anyone would think that perhaps the police 'wouldnt be interested in something like this':confused: so sorry, cant help roll my eyes! As you say - hindsight and all that. I really do hope you are feeling better soon though.
 
I've known people who've been bitten by dogs before and they've never called the police. If you got kicked or bitten by a horse at a show you wouldn't call the police afterall :confused: That's why i wrote this post, because i knew it was a serious incident but had no idea what the usual action to take is after a dog 'attack' or whatever you want to call it. I asked, i received very helpful and pleasant advice from the other members of this forum and i followed it. Next time i'll know to do it sooner and will advise others to do the same, believe me.
 
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