My OH had to go to work really early so instead of walking in I took my two around the local park. It was about 6:30am so dark and on our second circle - in the rain and dark a greyhound came flying out of the dark and went for Whistler (cocker). He fled pen & inking all over the field with me and the owner trying to call them back. She had two more greyhounds and they (all 3 ) were muzzled. It took about 5 minutes to catch them and I ended up with a wet and muddy cocker sat on my foot and the damn dog was still going for him (good job he was muzzled).

I think both owners were really shook and apologising as we both had them off lead in the dark. Jake BC b---ered off and left us to it!! my hero.

Whistler has been clingy all day and the mud has dried off but it was really scarey - I think next time I will have a tourch - got to work filthy, covered in mud and hoping OH isnt off early again until its light in the mornings.

thank goodness the dog was muzzled, cant wait for the lighter mornings and evenings, :) x

Poor Whistler, hope he's feeling more himself soon. I suppose the other owners thought it was safe to let the dog off lead as nobody else would be out at that time, that's when I walk my lot, when it's light enough, although I walk mine way off the beaten track and up a hill.

Greyhounds are taught to chase small, running things... and often they are also undersocialised to other breeds of dog, as growing up in racing kennels, they only meet other greyhounds.  :(

Thats what I thought he probably thought Whis was a large black rabbit!! I need to trim his ears a bit. It was scarey as it was a fine drizzle and nearly pitch black - I was an idiot not to take a torch!!

Good thing he was muzzeled, but even so an attack by a muzzeled dogs is still very scary, they such of had him on the lead.

Glad he's ok and unharmed. 

Poor you and your poor dog,how awful.I don't think I would have been so gracious and forgiving as you in the circumstances.If the dog was aggressive it shouldn't have been running around off lead in the dark,sounds like an accident waiting to happen.This is why I'm too nervous to walk my dogs in the dark,you just never know whats going to come round the corner at you.

My husband had exactly the same thing happen the other day when he was out training one of our cockers - it was a muzzled lurcher-type dog, in this case.  He said it was really scarey, and the dog looked like he wanted to kill Barney.  Good thing it was muzzled, and that it wasn't our other cocker - she wouldn't have sat there looking worried and pathetic, she'd have had a go back.

Incidentally, I've just started using a headtorch for walking the dogs when it's dark and am wondering how I managed without it for all these years.

Poor Whistler & you....so pleased he was o.k. Thank goodness the greyhound was at least muzzled.
We had a similar(ish) thing happen with one of my cockers & a greyhound.  This dog wasn't muzzled though & it did get very scary. It was trying to goad her to run & i thank god she didn't.  I really think the greyhound thought she was a rabbit & dread to think what may have happened.  When the owner eventually arrived several mins later, they didn't even apologise or ask if my girl was alright.  My girl had already had a scary experience with 3 bouncy labs & then this....she sadly has never been right since this.

I used to walk my dogs at 3 30 am and would still"bump" into other dog walkers occasionally!there were loads of scarey types on saturday mornings,coming back from a friday night out!Was i glad to finish work!Its never too early to meet others,ive found out so ive always got my third eye open(its the one you develope when you have an antisocial dog!)

I hope i dont meet you with your headtorch!my collies always go mad for them!ordinary torches,flashing bike lights,sigh!

I have a friend whose Westie almost died after being savaged by an ex-racing greyhound. 

It's all very well rehoming them with unsuspecting members of the public, but new owners need to be forewarned about all this....  They are so placid and docile towards people and around the home that I think they take new owners by surprise with this sudden predatory instinct.

glad he is ok, happened to me last night walking my rottie and spitz and out of no where with a woman clinging onto the dogs head and harness and she is on her knees being dragged across the grass then road to get to my dogs, mine where in front of me at the time and i said heel and thank god they both dropped back to my side and i managed to walk away very quickly and as calmly as i could because i did not want my rottie to think anything was wrong.

i never stopped to ask the woman if she was ok, as she was screaming at the dog to stop and they both could of been killed the way he dragged her across the road, she lives in my street and i was thinking of maybe dropping info in about a headcollar and behaviourist through the letter box .

We have a lot of greyhounds round our way, and loads that get walked in the industrial estate I work in.  Can honestly say I have never seen them being walked off lead.  After speaking to some of the owners they all say they can't be let off because if the see something small and furry they'd be off.

Thank goodness it was muzzled and I hope Whistler is ok x

We have a chap who has 2 retired G/hounds and walks in my park. They are now muzzled and never allowed off lead after killing a JRT while chasing. Never been a problem for me as my girls a) don't race around and b) are way to big to be compared to prey!! But in the past I have seen these 2 chasing but never seen them attack. The man who ownes them was understandable devastated when they did this and has been vey resposible since, just a pity it came to this conclusion at all. However this morning there was a lady with 3 G/hound/lurcher types and they were running free chasing one another about but the only other dogs about were mine so not a problem. Not sure if they would pose a threat to any small dogs though. It must be worrying for those of you with tinies to walk.
Aileen

Slightly on the other side of the coin, this reminds me of the 3 GSDs that used to be in my old park, they did chase my spaniels a few times though not too seriously. But the greyhound talk reminded me of the time I was walking mine and heard shouting and looked over to see these 3 chasing another chap's Italian Greyhounds - good thing they were so fast, being greyhounds though tiny, as I'm sure they would have shaken or killed them if they'd been able to catch them. The poor chap was livid!!