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My dog was just attacked. And I know how people like to make it sound like their dog was totally a victim, and did no wrong, but will honestly tell my story.
My dad, sister and I are walking our three dogs, Indigo, Veigo and Game. We're rounding the whole house block thing, in a big circle to get back to my house. We're doing just fine, and my dad says hi to this guy he knows, who's wiping down his car. And about 30 seconds after my dad says hi, a white dog is speeding from his house, coming directly to my dogs. My first instinct, of course, is to control Indigo, the one I'm walking, and scare the dog away. The sole reason I'm trying to scare the dog away is because I know my dog will bite. He is extremely protective of my family, and our other dogs. My dad is turning in circles, mainly focusing on Veigo, our biggest dog and most aggressive, and keeping himself between the dogs. The dogs gets close enough, and barely bites Veigo. Veigo is in "Protective Destroyer 3000" mode, and grips the dog around the neck. I know that's a bad sign, because when he bites, HE DOES NOT LET GO. The dog's owner, is standing two feet away from both dogs, looking like he wants to do something, but is too stupid to move. So my dad says "grab your dog!" and he finally moves, and his wife or whatever, comes out, yelling, obviously TRYING to get them separated. I'm holding Indigo away from the fight, knowing with certainty that she will back Veigo up. The lady asks if she can hold game, the puppy, and my dad hands him to her, getting a better grip on Veigo's leash. He is able to push Veigo's head down, parallel with the street, and Veigo lets go. The guy grabs his dog, and the lady hands Game back. We straighten things out, but it's 8:30 at night, the sun is completely gone, and with only street lights as reference, we can only see so much. So we walk home, and after further inspection, we see Veigo has some minor puncture wounds. About three and some scratches.
But the weirdest part is, only Veigo's left eye is dilated. His right is the normal size. The dilated one is returning to normal as I type, but still, anyone know about that? I've got him in the house, thankfully the other two dogs didn't get injured.
And maybe I'm over reacting about the attack. All of my dogs are full blooded pit bull terriers, I'm sure they can hold their own, I mean, Veigo is 95 pounds of muscle, I doubt he would've gotten seriously hurt, but still. The other dog looked like a pit bull, and by the way Veigo had a grip on it, I'm sure it had worse injuries than Veigo, but I can't help but feel so bad for the both of them. My dad talked to the owners, they'll be paying for Veigo's Vet bill.
Should we contact animal control? I read that we should, and yeah, I guess the dog can be a threat to other dogs, but, my dog will bite another dog too. We take all precautions to make sure my dogs are secured on a leash or chain, but is it wrong if my dog will bite another if he has the chance to?
My dad, sister and I are walking our three dogs, Indigo, Veigo and Game. We're rounding the whole house block thing, in a big circle to get back to my house. We're doing just fine, and my dad says hi to this guy he knows, who's wiping down his car. And about 30 seconds after my dad says hi, a white dog is speeding from his house, coming directly to my dogs. My first instinct, of course, is to control Indigo, the one I'm walking, and scare the dog away. The sole reason I'm trying to scare the dog away is because I know my dog will bite. He is extremely protective of my family, and our other dogs. My dad is turning in circles, mainly focusing on Veigo, our biggest dog and most aggressive, and keeping himself between the dogs. The dogs gets close enough, and barely bites Veigo. Veigo is in "Protective Destroyer 3000" mode, and grips the dog around the neck. I know that's a bad sign, because when he bites, HE DOES NOT LET GO. The dog's owner, is standing two feet away from both dogs, looking like he wants to do something, but is too stupid to move. So my dad says "grab your dog!" and he finally moves, and his wife or whatever, comes out, yelling, obviously TRYING to get them separated. I'm holding Indigo away from the fight, knowing with certainty that she will back Veigo up. The lady asks if she can hold game, the puppy, and my dad hands him to her, getting a better grip on Veigo's leash. He is able to push Veigo's head down, parallel with the street, and Veigo lets go. The guy grabs his dog, and the lady hands Game back. We straighten things out, but it's 8:30 at night, the sun is completely gone, and with only street lights as reference, we can only see so much. So we walk home, and after further inspection, we see Veigo has some minor puncture wounds. About three and some scratches.
But the weirdest part is, only Veigo's left eye is dilated. His right is the normal size. The dilated one is returning to normal as I type, but still, anyone know about that? I've got him in the house, thankfully the other two dogs didn't get injured.
And maybe I'm over reacting about the attack. All of my dogs are full blooded pit bull terriers, I'm sure they can hold their own, I mean, Veigo is 95 pounds of muscle, I doubt he would've gotten seriously hurt, but still. The other dog looked like a pit bull, and by the way Veigo had a grip on it, I'm sure it had worse injuries than Veigo, but I can't help but feel so bad for the both of them. My dad talked to the owners, they'll be paying for Veigo's Vet bill.
Should we contact animal control? I read that we should, and yeah, I guess the dog can be a threat to other dogs, but, my dog will bite another dog too. We take all precautions to make sure my dogs are secured on a leash or chain, but is it wrong if my dog will bite another if he has the chance to?