Omg! I am so sorry! That is scary. I never had anything happen to me. If a dog came towards us, Shane would actually welcome the challenge, but Chevy stayed cool. I'm sure if wanted to he could have hurt that bull dog! I'm glad you called Animal Control, I am willing to bet this is not the first time this bulldog attacked! Give Chevy a big hug! Poor guy. Don't stop walking him, just maybe walk in another area.
Attacked While Walking Today
I was out walking Chevy this morning like we do every day. We went down the street that is a block behind us and I heard dogs barking inside houses (like always). I had Chevy sit at the corner before we crossed the street. As soon as we crossed, I hear some commotion from behind and a bulldog comes barreling across the street towards us! I tried to pull Chevy back from this dog but it jumped right on him barking and snarling and I heard Chevy yelp. It happened so fast I didn't know what to do. The owner then yelled for the dog and it went back home. I checked over Chevy because he was kind of holding up his paw. No bite marks and no blood which was good but he seemed shakend up. I don't even think he knew the dog was coming until it was right up on him. So the owner walks over and tells me he's sorry and someone must have left the door open and asked if Chevy was ok. I was still in shock and just said he was fine. I just wanted to go home. I got home, now in tears, and checked him over real good again and there are no marks and he is walking fine. I took him outside to play for a bit too to see if he acted any different which he didn't.
I called Animal Control and left a message for them to call me back. They're only in the office during certain times so I don't expect a call back until later this afternoon. I'm not even sure if they can do anything since there are no visible marks on Chevy. Anyone have any expierence with something like this? We've never had a problem with a dog attacking ours. We've had dogs run up to ours and we continue walking without incident. This makes me not even want to go for walks anymore
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I called Animal Control and left a message for them to call me back. They're only in the office during certain times so I don't expect a call back until later this afternoon. I'm not even sure if they can do anything since there are no visible marks on Chevy. Anyone have any expierence with something like this? We've never had a problem with a dog attacking ours. We've had dogs run up to ours and we continue walking without incident. This makes me not even want to go for walks anymore
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I'm sorry this happened. It does sound like an accident and as long as your dog is ok, there is no need to get ACO involved. It sounds like the owner handled it responsibly.
I've had this happen so many times I couldn't even begin to count. Only once was a dog of mine bitten and that's when my roommate was walking her. A young female german shepherd came barreling out of her driveway and knocked my dog down and bit her and put a nice puncture wound in her leg. I think the whole thing was more traumatic for my roommate (and me, later) than for my dog, thankfully.
Each incident was always so scary though, it seemed like I was shaking for a long time afterwards.
Since then I've developed my alpha demon who scares away loose dogs who charge us.
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I've had this happen so many times I couldn't even begin to count. Only once was a dog of mine bitten and that's when my roommate was walking her. A young female german shepherd came barreling out of her driveway and knocked my dog down and bit her and put a nice puncture wound in her leg. I think the whole thing was more traumatic for my roommate (and me, later) than for my dog, thankfully.
Each incident was always so scary though, it seemed like I was shaking for a long time afterwards.
Since then I've developed my alpha demon who scares away loose dogs who charge us.
Thanks everyone
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Animal Control did call me back this afternoon. I explained to the officer what all had happened. She looked up the address and told me both the dogs that live there are registered with the city and are up to date on their rabies vaccinations which is really good to know. I am glad that they are able to tell this information. The officer told me that she hasn't had any issues with that particular house before but they would be making a stop by there tomorrow morning just to check out everything and to talk with the owners.
I do realize that accidents do happen and dogs do get out but it was scary none-the-less, especially since nothing like this has ever happened to me or any of the dogs I have owned. Just because she didn't send someone to a vet or hospital, doesn't mean it wasn't an attack.
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The officer also told me to watch Chevy later tonight and tomorrow to see if he is acting any differently, that just because I can't see an injury, doesn't mean there isn't one (such as a bruise or small puncture that would be hard to find). If so, to take him to the vet to get checked out and then follow up with them (AC) again. I think I'll give him yet another look-over tonight.
She highly recommended carrying pepper-spray because there are sooo many dogs in our neighborhood and there are many of them that do get out of their yards. We've had a couple other encounters with dogs while walking Chevy but none ever came ready to attack, usually just dog sniffing each other and we continue walking. And I'm the kind of person who, when I see a stray dog or one that has gotten out of the yard, I'll try to get it back home if I know where it's from, or if theres an address on the tags. Otherwise, I do call AC to report it.
Anyways, I won't be walking that route until I get a can of pepper spray this weekend, then I'll start going that way again. We'll just go in the opposite direction for the next couple days
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Animal Control did call me back this afternoon. I explained to the officer what all had happened. She looked up the address and told me both the dogs that live there are registered with the city and are up to date on their rabies vaccinations which is really good to know. I am glad that they are able to tell this information. The officer told me that she hasn't had any issues with that particular house before but they would be making a stop by there tomorrow morning just to check out everything and to talk with the owners.
I do realize that accidents do happen and dogs do get out but it was scary none-the-less, especially since nothing like this has ever happened to me or any of the dogs I have owned. Just because she didn't send someone to a vet or hospital, doesn't mean it wasn't an attack.
The officer also told me to watch Chevy later tonight and tomorrow to see if he is acting any differently, that just because I can't see an injury, doesn't mean there isn't one (such as a bruise or small puncture that would be hard to find). If so, to take him to the vet to get checked out and then follow up with them (AC) again. I think I'll give him yet another look-over tonight.
She highly recommended carrying pepper-spray because there are sooo many dogs in our neighborhood and there are many of them that do get out of their yards. We've had a couple other encounters with dogs while walking Chevy but none ever came ready to attack, usually just dog sniffing each other and we continue walking. And I'm the kind of person who, when I see a stray dog or one that has gotten out of the yard, I'll try to get it back home if I know where it's from, or if theres an address on the tags. Otherwise, I do call AC to report it.
Anyways, I won't be walking that route until I get a can of pepper spray this weekend, then I'll start going that way again. We'll just go in the opposite direction for the next couple days
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