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Scully here - I have a new red collar which you can barely discern in this photo. MY humans don't make me wear a collar but I don't object to sporting one. And F has discovered that although I have run free on our walks round our bay for over two months, I am also perfectly behaved when attached to a string.
Why now you might ask? Well… there is a very badly behaved German Shepherd in our bay and it's owners don't or can't control it. They let it run around loose. It has viciously attacked me 3 times in the last week. It tries to bite me across the spine. I'm not scared of it. I give as good as I get and try to tear its face off. When F says "Scully come" I go with F but that nasty dog chases us. Even if we see it coming from a distance and turn around we can hear it charging up behind us snarling and slathering, hackles raised, and it's humans shouting uselessly behind it.
"We don't understand it" they say. "She just wants to play".
F has muttered a lot of stuff to me about some people not being fit to own dogs and can't read dog body language. Hackles don't go up on playful dogs.
Anyway, my collar.... if we are going to have to walk in places outside our bay, I'll need to be attached to a human and I've shown I'm up for that.
I get the impression F isn't scared of that dog either. We both just wish it wouldn't consistently spoil our enjoyment of our walks.
F - I actually scooped Scully up after the last encounter and her wee heart was doing 1000s rpm. I'll give her dues she's not submissive and even in a snarling biting match is prepared to respond to being called off but is consistently re-attacked by this horrible dog. Some would say that scooping her up was to risk being biten myself. I've been the victim of an unprovoked dog attack before - while out running years ago.
"Go on then bite me - you will be dead before day end."
And if its owners had any love for it they would muzzle it in public to avoid the risk that someone WILL apply to have it put down for attacking another animal (or human).
We have encountered other dog walkers around here who go long distances out of their own way to avoid risking any encounter with the dangerous dog, so it's not just Scully that provokes her wrath.
That is so sad to hear and so unnecessary. A reactive dog can be trained not to react but it takes time and patience., but it sounds as if that dog has more serious problems, poor creature.
ReplyDeletePoor Scully. She's a terrier, so not easily frightened.
I do feel sorry for that dog actually and feel that it has been failed. It exhibits serious anxiety - anyone passing its fence (which adjoins a public walking track) riding in the ute or on their quad bike it is like a siten announcing their progress. It cannot be enjoying its life. Scully is a tough wee baggage. Her owners now tell me she had taken a lump out of the big dog when it chased her onto her own property - so there is background it seems.
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ReplyDeleteOMD, Scully mate... I am so glad you and F have a good rapport and can watch each others' backs... hugs and wags, YAM-aunty xxx
(F - I would have no hesitation in reporting this dog to the relevant office; if the owners have not learned already that they need to contain it, they need an official warning - if not confiscation of the animal. So sad for the dog that it has been failed... Yxx)
I'm new here. The dogowners are established and have friends. I'm treading lightly as regards legal recourse. Besides, Scully is hardly a saint and by the definition of dangerous in the NZ Dogs Act she too is dangerous because she has attacked protected wildlife. The Act provides for no distinction between attacks on humans or animals, domestic pets, farmed livestock or protected wildlife. Some people around here know her record too.
Delete...tricky stuff and have faced that sort of 'community' issue myself in the past (only with feral humans rather than animals...) It took three years to get a (re)solution... Yxx
DeleteTake a shotgun with you next time 🤨
ReplyDeleteI was thinking stock whip. (Less likely to set the neighbourhood 'alight'.)
DeleteThat dog needs a good squirt of ammonia in its face- I used to carry a spray bottle of it while biking through a dodgy neighborhood. of feral tyre biters. It was enough . The humans of that poorly trained dog are pretty ignorant and will likely find themselves in court, paying for vet bills. There are jackets for small dogs that have spikes on them on the outside- - looks badass , can not speak to the comfort of said jacket. Picking up little dog and using your boot to kick other dog has been effective for me as well. Depending on size of course.
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