This morning on our normal walk, my pup Goose got jumped by two small pit mixes. He's currently at the vet, sedated, and receiving a stitch or two in his rectum, where one bit him.
Now my dog is also a pit. He's an American Staffordshire Terrier. He's never attacked another dog. In fact, he's super friendly with both people and dogs. Still, I keep him on a leash like a responsible dog owner should. But this woman was walking her dogs, off-leash, and the moment they saw him they ran at him. I tried to get in between them, but it's hard to fend off two attacking dogs and hold my own. Their owner obviously did basically nothing.
Eventually I was able to get them off of Goose, meanwhile screaming at the lady. "You need to keep your fucking dogs on a leash! Do they have their shots?" She said yes, but who knows. In my city, especially the area where I live, I doubt the dogs have even been to a vet. Goose is up to date on his vaccinations, though, so he'll be fine in that regard.
I took him straight to the vet. He had superficial cuts on his ear, face and leg, and he was bleeding pretty bad from his rectum. The vet said she wanted to keep him for a couple of hours to sedate, and then stitch him up. We'll have to alter his diet to soften his stool for a week or so while it heals.
People, keep your dogs on a leash. I don't care how cute they are. I don't care how nice you think they are. I don't give a shit how cold it is outside. Keep your dogs on a leash or let a responsible person take your dogs for a walk.
And before you ask, no, I didn't get the woman's information, because she definitely doesn't have any money, and it isn't worth the bullshit of trying to locate her for compensation. I'll bite the bullet and pay the couple hundred it's gonna cost to make sure Goose is okay. But if I see her walking those dogs off-leash again I'm going to really unload on her.
Here's a pic of Goose before the incident
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