Horse attacked by dog. Police appeal for information

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'These dog attacks are happening more and more... things have to change'

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[misst]

Horrific for everyone.

 

[Errin Paddywack]

That is horrendous, doesn't sound like it was a large dog either. Ratting terrier suggested. Poor horse, what an ordeal to go through, hope she makes a full recovery.

 

[Birker2020]

It reminds me of when my horse was attacked by a staffie (I have nothing against this breed otherwise) and the dog kept trying to jump up at my horses jugular and belly. It was a very frightening attack and the dog owner had absolutely no control over the dog. Luckily the dog couldn't quite manage to latch onto the horses flesh, but the horse did have bites along his flank as a result. In the end my lovely patient horse had enough and kicked the dog and broke his jaw. The owner threatened to sue me and report me to the police. One of the householders whose house backed onto the wasteground ran over with a spade to hit the dog with to try to get it off my poor boy but it wasn't necessary. It was very frightening, luckily the horse suffered no after affects (physical or mental) and I even got our story published in Gallop magazine!! I don't know what happened to the dog but I reported it to the police station and they said I was within my rights to be riding there and if I saw the dog again I was to dial 999 and they would come and sieze it.

If my horse had been a toddler it would have been ripped apart without a doubt. The way the dog kept trying to latch on it was almost as if it had been trained for fighting.

 

[CorvusCorax]

That is horrendous, doesn't sound like it was a large dog either. Ratting terrier suggested. Poor horse, what an ordeal to go through, hope she makes a full recovery.

Looks like a Patterdale type from the photographs.

 

[I'm Dun]

If my horse had been a toddler it would have been ripped apart without a doubt. The way the dog kept trying to latch on it was almost as if it had been trained for fighting.

Its instinct and breeding not training. Attacking animals isn't the same as attacking people. You cant assume a dog chasing a horse will then rip a toddler apart.

 

[CorvusCorax]

Its instinct and breeding not training. Attacking animals isn't the same as attacking people. You cant assume a dog chasing a horse will then rip a toddler apart.

There are hundreds if not thousands of years of genetics which mean that even Little Fluffy who has Never Done That Before will instinctively know to go straight to the neck or soft underbelly to quickly subdue a prey animal.

 

[Jenko109]

What annoys me about that story, is the Police surely could have easily found out whose dog that was.

They would only need to ring round the local vets and find out which one had had a Staffy brought in with a broken jaw.