United Kingdom: A Border Terrier type dog attacked and bit another dog and its owner outside a Barrow supermarket.

UNITED KINGDOM -- A Border Terrier type dog attacked and bit another dog and its owner outside a Barrow supermarket (grocery store).

The incident happened at around 12.20pm on Friday outside the Co-op in Oxford Street.

Police say the border terrier type dog was not on a lead or with its owner at the time.

Witnesses as well as the dog's owner are asked to come forward to help the investigation.

Anyone with information should ring police on 101, asking to speak to PC Winter.

(NW Evening Mail - Nov 6, 2016)

United Kingdom: Man and his Border Terrier mauled by Pit Bull while at park

UNITED KINGDOM --A dogwalker was taken to hospital after a 'pitbull-type' dog savaged him and his pet in a horrific park attack.

Sam Lawton, 27, was walking his border terrier, Beth, when the pair came under attack in Heywood, Greater Manchester.

"PIT AND RUN" - OWNER FLED WITH VICIOUS DOG AFTER ATTACK
He claims the out-of-control dog's owner swore at him and told him not to call the police before running off.

Sam, a Subway manager, told the Manchester Evening News: "I took Beth for a walk and this dog came bounding down the hill.

"I didn't know if it was friendly or not so I picked up my dog and it bit her on the leg first.

"Then it bit my leg two or three times. I told the owner to call the police.

"He just said his dog wouldn't have bitten if I hadn't picked up my dog, but I didn't want her being shredded to pieces.

 

"Everything just happened so fast, I think it was just the adrenaline and shock that kept me going."

Sam managed to stumble home despite his leg bleeding heavily.

He was treated by paramedics at his home in Heywood, who also took a look at the dog, and was then taken to nearby Fairfield hospital.

His partner, Adam Robb, 28, said Sam and Beth were both 'extremely shaken up'.

Sam and his partner Adam

He said: "Beth has become quite subdued, she has to go back to the vets for follow up treatment.

"There was a lot of blood coming from the wounds in Sam's leg."

Sam added: "I don't want anyone else to go through what I did. It could have been a child.

"There are lots of dog walkers on the field usually, and it could have been a lot worse. If I’d have been pulled to the floor it could've had my face."

A Greater Manchester Police spokesman said: "A man was walking his dog near Mutual Mills. Another dog ran over to them and the man then picked up his dog.

"The other dog then bit him in the leg and another person approached. The victim then called the police [after the Pit Bull owner fled with his dog]."

Anybody with information should contact police on 0161 856 9908, 101 or the independent charity Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.

(Mirror UK - October 14, 2015)

Couple speak out after ‘horrendous’ Colne dog attack

UNITED KINGDOM -- Distressed animal lovers have relived the terrifying moment that their pet cat was left injured in a “horrendous” dog attack.

By speaking out, Tom Sharples and his partner Sue Bryant-Lauder are hopeful that they will stop others from going through a similar ordeal and highlight a wider problem that is happening in Colne.

They are also calling for tougher laws on dog attacks on cats, and believe that owners should be made to keep their pet on a lead in a public place. They identified a “problem spot” as being the river footpath at the bottom of Wood Street, where they both live.

A border terrier forced its way into the garden of the couple’s home on Friday evening, and within seconds had cornered their cat Tara (5).

While attempting to separate the pair, Tom said he was bitten by the dog, who had hold of Tara’s right back leg.

Both Tom and Sue, who have been left with an initial pet’s bill of £400.62, were also scratched by their pet, who was trying to defend herself. Among other injuries, Tara suffered a complete tarsometatarsal luxation.

Sue, a part-time carer, said: “The attack was horrendous. The dog’s razor sharp teeth were right in Tara’s bone. She was left shaken, swollen and scratched. We want to highlight this, so it doesn’t happen to anyone else.”

Coun. Tony Greaves has this week agreed that the issue of dog attacks is becoming a “major matter” that needs to be “completely stamped out”.

At the latest Colne Area Committee meeting, it was said that there are a number of young men in Colne who are hunting rabbits, hares, deer and foxes. Two lambs being killed at a Foulridge farm this month was also referred to.

Responding, Coun. Ann Kerrigan said: “This has been going on for some time and it is getting worse.”

Police said that it is currently the owner’s responsibility to keep their dog under control. If a cat is harmed or killed, then the owner could face prosecution.

Sgt Kim De Curtis, neighbourhood community sergeant for Colne, stated that police are aware of the Wood Street incident and are investigating the report. It has been highlighted to the RSPCA.

She added that police are working with the RSPCA, Police Wildlife Crime Department and other agencies to carry out an investigation into the dog situation in Colne.

David Walker, waste services manager at Pendle Council, added: “We do have a protocol for working in partnership with the police and continue to offer support to them where necessary.”

On Friday, May 10th, two dogs were seized from Hawley Street and on Tuesday morning two more were seized from a house in Duke Street.

Contact the Colne Neighbourhood Policing Team on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

(Pendle Today - May 18, 2013)

Terrier has its ear ripped off by three Staffies in attack described by vet as worst he had ever seen

UNITED KINGDOM -- A border terrier is recovering after having her ear ripped off by three Staffordshire terriers.

The attack on four-year-old Sally left her lucky to be alive, according to her vet.
 

Her left ear was torn off, veins in her neck were exposed and she suffered multiple wounds after being set upon in a park in Leeds on January 15.

Owner Christine Graham, 70, has spent £3000 on veterinary bills so far, which could rise to £5000.

Vet Simon Bate said: 'We have seen a number of these types of cases but this is probably the worst I've dealt with.'

Sally was being walked by Sheila Hodgson, a friend of Mrs Graham, in Roundhay Park when Mrs Hodgson began to chat to the woman walking the Staffies.

The trio then pounced on the smaller dog - and another dog walker had to intervene to stop the ordeal.

Mrs Hodgson said: 'Two of them had Sally by the ears and one was at her behind.

'We both tried to get them off her but couldn't. It was horrendous.'

Mrs Graham was on holiday at the time of the attack.

She said: 'I couldn't believe it when I found out what happened. She's a really friendly dog and wouldn't hurt a fly. It's a wonder they didn't kill her instantly.

'She was more dead than alive a week later.'

Mrs Graham called for the Dangerous Dogs Act, where an owner can be prosecuted for allowing their animal to be out of control in public, to be tightened as prosecutions are rare.

(Daily Mail - Feb 7, 2013)

Willington family distraught after dog savaged to death

 

UNITED KINGDOM -- A family has been left devastated after their beloved pet was savaged to death during a 10-minute attack by another dog.

Dorothy and Charles Wayman were walking their nine-year-old Border Terrier, Blue, in a field near their Willington home on Friday night (January 18) when he was attacked.

The other dog, believed to have been a boxer type dog, ran up to Blue, who was on a lead, and latched its teeth onto his throat.

The couple and their children have been left traumatised after failing to get the dog, which was shaking and dragging Blue around the field, to release him.

When the dog finally let go, the family rushed Blue home and called for a pet ambulance but it was already too late.

The other dog had ripped through Blue’s windpipe and smashed most of the vertebrae in his spine.

Mrs Wayman said: “It was horrific, there was blood everywhere, the snow in the field was stained red. The other dog was five or six times bigger than Blue and had a lot of power, my husband was pulled across the field by this dog as he tried to get it off Blue.

“I’m not sure what breed the attacker was but it was the type that is bred for fighting.

“Blue was gorgeous, always happy and making us laugh, everyone who met him loved him instantly. He was a big part of our family and we are traumatised by what happened to him.”

The attack occurred at about 11.30pm and Mrs Wayman said they often walked Blue late at night.

The attacking dog was one of four being walked by a woman in the same field, known as Armoury Field.

She gave her details to the Waymans but upon investigation, the police found them to be false.

Mrs Wayman said: “If my dog attacked another dog I would be heartbroken. She did not seem that bothered and for her to give false details just shows there must have been something not quite right.

“We are very angry.”

PC Phil Stainthorpe based at Bishop Auckland Police Station appealed for anyone who knows the owner of the attacking dog to contact him on 101.

(Northern Echo - Jan 23, 2013)

Border Terrier and owner attacked by German Shepherds

UNITED KINGDOM -- A traumatized dog owner has told of the terrifying moment two Alsatians savaged her pet while running loose at a Burton beauty spot.

Claire Bell, of Postern Road, Tatenhill, said her border terrier, Bertie, was mauled by the German shepherds as she walked him on the lead along the Trent and Mersey Canal towpath.

“I was walking towards Shobnall footbridge and the next thing a German shepherd came from the rear and straddled my dog,” she said.

“I was worried because I thought ‘this is trouble’. I know dogs and I know threatening behaviour. This was a dog running loose.”

When the Alsatian attacked her nine-year-old dog, the retired senior medical secretary started screaming.

“Another German shepherd appeared, knocked me to the ground to get to my dog and then both German shepherds started dragging my dog,” Mrs Bell said.

“They grabbed hold of him and tried to tear him apart. It was absolutely horrifying.

“They then pinned him to the ground and went in for the kill. I was screaming. I remember kicking at the dogs. I was terrified.

“Then the owner appeared and he eventually got them off. My dog was just lying there. I thought he was lifeless.

“It was a very traumatic experience.”

Mrs Bell, whose pet was attacked at 1.15pm on Monday, said the Alsatians’ owner, who had shouted one of his dogs, grabbed his animals and ran off towards Shobnall.

Mrs Bell took Bertie to Springwood Veterinary Surgery, in Spring Terrace Road, Stapenhill, where a vet said the animal, who suffered injuries to his chest, stomach and genital area, was ‘lucky’ to survive.

The dog, who underwent a triple pelvic fracture after a road accident six years ago, is now on medication and recovering at home.

Mrs Bell, who suffered bites to a finger and one of her hands, which required a tetanus injection, remains shaken.

“I want to warn other people,” she said. “If this man continues to exercise his German shepherds off the lead, they are likely to do it to someone else.

“They will kill a dog.” Sergeant Bob Champeau, based at Burton Police Station, said the Alsatians were similar to the breed of two dogs which had killed sheep earlier the same day in Anslow.

He said officers believed they had identified the dogs’ owner and had launched a criminal investigation with a view to possible prosecution.

“Where the public or other dogs are put in danger we will always try to identify the dogs’ owners and work with our partners at East Staffordshire Borough Council to try to take appropriate action wherever we can,” he said.

(Burton Mail - May 3, 2012)

United Kindgom: Dog walker's horror as pet is viciously savaged by two crazed pit bulls

UNITED KINGDOM -- A dog walker was left covered in blood after two Staffordshire bull terriers viciously attacked her border terrier.

Angela O’Connor was hysterical after the two dogs plunged their teeth into four-year-old Rocky last Sunday as she took him on a walk around Blagdon Lake in North Somerset.

The four-minute savaging was stopped by a combination of one owner punching an animal to release its jaws and Mrs O’Connor’s mother Mary Serle, 66, hitting it with a lead.

Afterwards the owners of the bull terriers, a man and a woman, just walked away without saying a word.

Rocky was rushed to an emergency vet and has had to undergo extensive veterinary treatment for bite wounds and had a broken tooth removed under anaesthetic.

Mrs O’Connor, who works for Bristol City Council, says the dogs should have been muzzled and is disappointed that their owners failed to check that she and her dog were OK.

The 37-year-old from Bishop Sutton said: “I was walking Rocky by Blagdon Lake at around 4pm when a black Staffordshire bull terrier slipped its lead and attacked him.

“The man was hitting his dog trying to get it to release its grip but as he did so the other ginger Staffordshire bull terrier which he had on a lead also started attacking Rocky.

“I think it was a combination of him hitting the dog and my mum hitting it with the lead that made it stop. I was crying and hysterical. My dog and I were both covered in blood and they just walked off without saying a single word or checking that we were OK.

“If it had not been for mum using the lead to get that dog off Rocky could have been killed. Rocky was covered in bite marks and has had to have extensive treatment including having to go under an anesthetic to have a cracked tooth removed.

“I am just concerned they could do it again.”

Miss O’Connor reported the incident to police but was told there was nothing they could (or would) do. She then reported it to the dog wardens at both Bath & North East Somerset and Bristol City Council.

The dog attack is the third such incident reported in Somerset this week.

(Bristol Evening Post - March 16, 2012)

Woman's fears for others after assault

UNITED KINGDOM -- A woman is warning dog owners after her puppy was viciously attacked by four other dogs.

Barbara Armstrong, of Poolstock Lane, was walking her 23-week-old Border Terrier, Tia on Tuesday, December 13, when it was set upon by four other dogs.

Mrs Armstrong is now warning others to keep an eye out in the Poolstock area following the attack.
She said: “I was walking along the canal, and there was a man with four bull-terrier type dogs. Before I knew what had happened, Tia was surrounded by them and she is covered in cuts and bruises. The vet said she is lucky to be alive.

“Since the attack, I have heard from other people in the area who said that his man and his dogs have done the same thing before. He didn’t even try to stop them and just walked off.

“The police or the council wardens have done nothing and I worry for others in the area. This man needs to be found and his dogs stopped from attacking more dogs.”

GMP confirmed they have been made aware of the incident, but say they are restricted under the Dangerous Dogs Act as to the powers they have to follow up such incidents.

The attack comes as law makers review sentencing guidelines for people convicted of dangerous dogs offences in England and Wales.

The Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 is one of the most controversial laws on the statute book.

Critics accused the then government of rushing it into law under media pressure, and that it has failed to achieve its aims.

A government consultation in 2010 revealed the public to be still sharply divided on the law.

But the Sentencing Council said its proposals would help magistrates who have to deal with the vast majority of cases brought before the courts.

The Blue Cross charity says the law is not working, and it is time to shift the emphasis away from certain types of dog and place responsibility on owners.

(Wigan Today - Dec 17, 2011)

Warning after dog attacked by bull terrier

UNITED KINGDOM -- A Scarborough man has asked dog walkers to be vigilant after his 11-year-old border terrier was attacked.

The man, who did not wish to be named, was walking his dog, Perry, along the old railway line not far from Sainsbury’s when the animal was set upon by a Staffordshire bull terrier.

He said: “The dog got Perry’s head in its jaws and wouldn’t let go. He was lucky not to lose his eye.

“The owner should have had his dog on a lead. I’ve seen some lovely Staffordshire terriers - it’s the minority of owners who are causing problems like this.”

Perry was treated for his injuries at Cundall and Duffy vets in Falsgrave and was given a course of antibiotics.

His owner said: “I would ask people to please keep their dogs on a lead. I’m not saying they’re all bad, its just a few.”

The incident has been reported to the dog warden.

(Scarborough Evening News - August 6, 2011)