Beryl Smith, who lives in Axe Close on the Bournville estate, was left ‘broken-hearted’ after her dog Tiny was attacked while out for a walk in Selworthy Road.
The west highland terrier was bitten on the face and received a puncture wound behind the ear.
In the following days and weeks after the injury, the dog experienced several bleeds behind the eye and a stroke.
The pensioner had to pay hundreds of pounds for treatment but still eventually had to put the animal to sleep last week after he slipped into a coma.
Her 60-year-old son-in-law David James was walking Tiny when the attack happened on December 8.
Tiny was 15 years old but was still very active and had two walks a day, but was left ‘lifeless’ after the shock of the incident and had to be fed through a syringe.
Mr James said he was walking home when two dogs, a Jack Russell and a Staffordshire bull terrier, appeared.
It was the Staffordshire terrier which picked up Tiny and ‘shook him like a rag doll’, according to Mr James.
A passer-by stopped and helped Mr James, who said he was ‘really shaken up.’
Mrs Smith said: “The dog was quite happy before he went out that day, quite fit and well. These dogs came from nowhere. When Tiny was brought back he was lifeless.
“We took him to the vets and he got injections. But in the following weeks he became so ill we had to take him to the emergency vets, where we were told there was nothing they could do.
“He had gone into a coma and had to be put to sleep. I have lost my little dog and quite honestly it has broken my heart.
“I miss him terribly.”
A spokesman for North Somerset Council said: “We have investigated the matter, spoken to the parties involved and given advice. However, due to the lack of evidence available from the parties involved we are unable to take further action.”
(Weston & Somerset Mercury - Jan 11, 2014)
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