I heard this url=http://news.google.co.uk/news(/url]http://news.google.co.uk/news) on the radio news last night. How dreadful, that poor woman. :-(

Sorry I obviously still haven't mastered links. Anyway, a rottweiler brought in to rescue kennels attacked a woman worker who has now lost one arm and may lost the other. :-(

http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/mostpopular.var.1906846.mostviewed.kennel_worker_loses_arm_after_rottweiler_attack.php

Hopefully that'll work.  It must've been an absolutely horrific attack - and despicable of the old owner to abandon the dogif they did, as they must have known it was capable of such an attack.

Poor Poor women.
Unfortunatly how many more Rottweilers are going to now be abandoned as people only hear the bit about it just turned on her and hadnt shown any signs before. When they know where it came from and it had had 'issues' but that wasnt passed onto the kennels.
I do hope they can save the other arm.
Lea
( who has a very soft gentle Rottweiler that was picked up by the dog warden and we dont know the history of her, but hasnt an aggresive bone in her body!!)

I feel so sorry for the woman i really hope she is well soon. I think we need to know more about this story there seems to be conflicting stories one says she was walking it and the next says she was in the pen. This dog should surely of been muzzled, any dog in my opinion that comes into a rescue should be muzzled until you know about its background or its temprament. Any dog in the wrong hands no matter how big or small will be aggressive, its even worse when its a big dog. If your dedicated to dogs you don't just throw them out so the owner obviously hasn't trained it properly either. Its a shame that rotties hit the headlines all the time when I'm 100% sure other dogs do it aswell, a couple of yrs ago it was staffys/pitbulls the press seem to go thro stages of putting one paticular breed down. Such a shame on all sides.

I suppose the only thing to be thankful for in this story is that this dog's aggressive behaviour came to light in the kennels, albeit in the most horrendous way :-( It doesn't bear thinking about what might have happened if he'd been rehomed - perhaps to a family with children......sadly the outcome could have been even worse. :-(

yes but has anyone heard the woman that owns the kennels?

She has been on national radio sayin "rottweilers are notorious for being unreliable"  stupid woman!  Just wait for the backlash now for rotts, dobes etc. 

As mentioned by someone else, why wasnt the dog muzzled until it had been assessed.

A tragic thing to happen and now the breed will suffer again.

No, I hadn't heard that but I'd already got the impression from BBC news website that the kennels have a huge lack of knowledge. They assumed that because they'd not been told there were any issues that there wouldn't be any.

With abandonned/strays it is impossible to tell and when owners give them up they often hide the truth about any problems the dog has.

I know a few people who know these kennels and apparently she is unreliable in just taking the dogs in and they are calling for an inspection of the kennels. All dogs are unreliable when you don't know their background. I think everyone here is to blame, council for not carrying out checks, RSPCA for placing a ban on the previous owners and not checking, the kennels for not correctly muzzling this dog till they knew the temprament, and just because the police said it hadn't been agressive doesn't mean it isn't. So sorry this poor girl has had the brunt end of everyone elses irresponsibility and mistakes. I just hope it doesn't put her off something she loves and that is dogs.

Oh what a dreadful story, poor woman involved , poor dog too no future for him now, and do we know what sort of existance he led before appearing in rescue? Such a shame the press gets hold of these stories, thankfully these kind of attacks are rare but when they happen its all over the news etc.......
Biggest worry is for the breed obviously, like previous posters have said the ignoramouses of this world will be dumping their poor animals no doubt!
Can you believe a took a call at work a few weeks ago from a female (I work for the police) saying " err what it is right, Im pregnant and my family say Ill have to get my staffordshire bull terrier dog put to sleep as itll attack my baby and kill it"!  Seriously!  I was soooooooo angry, I told the female exactly what I thought about this comment but couldnt stop worrying for the safety of this poor dog!

A chap at our local rescue kennels also told me Manchester dogs home no longer takes Staffies or any type of bull breed!! Really! Well  we can guess what happens to these poor mites that turn up their in the dozens each day ! Absolutely dreadful.  These numbskulls breeding these poor dogs want bringing to task .

and please why does someone always have to make the comment " it could have been worse, could have been a child!" every single time a person or dog is attacked?  Im sorry what difference does it make? Its an attack full stop, awful whether it be dog, cat, adult or child! 

Karen,

You have just said what i was about to say on this. There was a huge lack of knowledge. I own a Rottweiler and the behaviourist who i train with said last night that perhaps if behaviourists did the assessments when new dogs come in (instead of dog wardens) then tragedies like this wouldn't happen.

"rottweilers are notorious for being unreliable"?? If i said what was really on my mind to that remark i'd get banned! LOL

It will create another argument to add the breed to the DD Act which would be criminal. I also own a Rottie and with the right breeding and being raised correctly, these are lovely dogs. However, I would be wary in taking a rescue rottie without proper checks done. Having experienced an aggressive dog in the past, it took me and him a long tim to get past that aggressiveness, but I had him muzzled on our walks. Had I have know that he was aggressive at the outset, I doubt that I would have taken him home, but once I noticed this behaviour, I went to a behaviouist for help and did not give up.

I think that a dog licences should be brought back so that there will be less unsavoury charachters owning dogs like these. I would have been happy to pay more for having my Rottie knowing that she is in a loving home (but then I found a decent breeder to begin with).

Sorry but did you assess the dog in the phone call? How can you say to someone in your professional capacity that a dog isn't dangerous (whatever its breed) if someone asks for advice you should refer them to an appropriate body not give them your personal view on the situation.
'Im sorry what difference does it make? Its an attack full stop, awful whether it be dog, cat, adult or child' but it deos make a difference! If it was a child,cat,dog that was attacked in this case the consequences would have been catastrophic.

Hi Anworth, of course I asked lots of questions, the dog had shown no signs of aggression ever! The caller was to put it politely "a dimwit" didnt know a thing about dogs and believed what her boyfriend had said, obviously because staffies are getting a lot of bad press at the moment.
She obviously had no feelings for the dog as if I d have said "oh yes youre right madam, your dog will devour your newborn" she would have been happy for it to be collected and destroyed (not that thats something the police would do anyway) .:rolleyes:

and please why does someone always have to make the comment " it could have been worse, could have been a child!" every single time a person or dog is attacked?  Im sorry what difference does it make? Its an attack full stop, awful whether it be dog, cat, adult or child!

I'm shocked. Of course it is always tragic but for a child who has no ability to escape, defend themselves or understand what is happening and relies 100% on adult care love and protection in order simply to stay safe and alive. To equate the safety of a child to that of a dog!

Internationally most deaths or very serious injuries caused by dog attacks are children under the age of 10 or the very elderly. Therefore attacks on these more vulnerable age ranges within our community are much more serious in possible consequences.