In the second assault in a week by one of the giant German beasts, one-and-a-half-stone Ruby was mauled by a dog named Ross.
Matthew Williams was walking on Newport Road with his pet when it was bitten on the back left leg, having been pinned to the ground by the Rottweiler.
The 37-year-old said: “It ran across the traffic after her and then it bit her.
“It grabbed the back of her leg and Ruby was trying to get away.
“She had her pinned on the floor.”
Ross’ owner Keith Fish ran across the road and pulled his dog off and tied it to a fence.
Mr Williams, of Orchard Park, St Mellons, claimed Ross was snarling at Ruby but Keith contested this.
Mr Williams’ girlfriend, Julia Wilkins, was concerned “it could attack a child next time”.
“Ruby was petrified that night,” the 25-year-old said.
“We had to take her up to the vets. She has got this big cone on her head because we had to stop her licking her wounds in case they got infected. She is such a sweet dog – she is basically like a puppy. She is now constantly turning around now when she walks because the attack came from behind.”
Mr Fish, who has a “beware of the Rottweiler” sign in his doorway, insisted he was sorry for the incident with the Beagle, which is not yet two.
Mr Fish, who lives in Sanderling Drive, St Mellons, Cardiff, said: “I apologised at the time. I’ve had the dog for five years and it has never attacked anyone before. It was just a normal type of thing where two dogs came together. For some reason my dog does not like the Beagle.”
A South Wales Police spokeswoman said: “At around 7.30pm on Wednesday, April 27, a woman reported that her beagle dog had been injured by a Rottweiler on Newport Road, St Mellons, Cardiff. Inquiries are continuing.
“Under the Dangerous Dogs Act it can be an offence for any dog to be dangerously out of control in a public place.”
Last week a two-year-old Shih Tzu named Lady died after being crushed in the jaws of a Rottweiler named Dfor.
Owner Frank Wills, 78, of Trowbridge, Cardiff, said at the time: “She stood no chance at all.”
(Wales Online - May 5, 2011)
