Not sure if anyone else has seen this but we went along after going to a dog show. Not far from me but i thought its an afternoon out. Cut it short Parade of the dogs needing home and a Rottweiller CROSS must put cross (breed has a bad enough rep) attacked and severely injured a spectators dog. Both dogs have been PTS, little dog was a large papillion very large so i doubt it was (13yrs old). From the information i have gathered Paps owner wasnt present and the dog was tied to the ringpost, jumping into ring being abit nasty and the large dog attacked her. Pap was rushed to the vets and vets said she would recover from her injuries but the owner who didnt go to the vets told them to PTS because of her age and arthritis. Large dog PTS. Was a very warm day, lots of children, other dogs bouncy castle and loud speaker. WHY in any sane mind would people parade troubled dogs in this scenario? Dog was known not to be great with ALL other dogs and even had two leads (no headcollar) was a big boy and very strong. http://www.facebook.com/notes/rspca-lancashire-east/open-day-update/149694311778071 abit more info

terrible. can't say as I am supprised though. RSPCA round here seems to have some funny ideas about which dogs are suitable for adoption. and a complete lack of basic dog understanding in some circumstances
the little dog sounded in a very bad way as they stated she needed cpr enroute to the vets . poor creature.

Ah well but as long as no dogs are judged on LOOKS, it's all alright, isn't it........... :rolleyes:
Awful. Can I suggest you contact the dog papers and give them the story?

Parading dogs round strikes me as a very odd thing to do at a re-homing centre, is that normal ? any open days for the SSPCA or the Cat & Dog home in Edinburgh have been quite happy to leave the dogs in their kennels, I can't see any point in having the dogs out in what would be a stressful situation for some of them.

I had Ben at a local shelter open day on Sunday, there were a few dogs there that really should have been taken home, one woman had a Malamute in the show ring and the dog was going for every dog that came close enough, beats me why she wasn't asked to remove the dog from the ring. Some eejit had also decided to invite the local radio which was happily blaring out disco music, it was uncomfortable to my ears, hell knows what it was like for the dogs, some people just don't seem to be able to think from a dog perspective.

It was a huge display for irresponsible dog ownership! Several dog aggressive dogs and one even wearing a muzzle went for a doberman bitch and she was very well behaved considering and her mum defused the situation. A justin bieber lookalike had hold of the dog and just got dragged around on the floor.

The dog show before hand (not at the rspca) we got 2nd PD avnsc and the bulldog that beat us flew at us in the line up just after receiving his first! Then was trying to get to Pablo from where they were sat, when his mum told him off he bit her too! If it had come and closer to us in that manner it would have had an even shorter nose from me giving it a boot.

I realise the RSPCA do a huge amount of good work whilst also overstepping their remit on what seems like a daily basis but I find the responses on the FB page laughable. The one person to criticise the RSPCA is threatened by somebody and the fact that a mistake was made seems beyond the comprehension of the others posting. EVERYBODY makes mistakes, the trick is to learn from them - time will tell!
Jeff.

Some of the FB comments are outrageous, one poster who appears to be directly involved with the centre even says " watch what you are saying pal " in response to the person who dared criticize the RSPCA, if I was the manager of that centre I'd be having some serious words with my staff and volunteers.

and he couldn't even spell his threat properly!

I'm actually more shocked by the way that the people who seem to be members of staff there have reacted to what the person who saw the incident has said.  In many ways he was still supporting the RSPCA and bythe sounds of it has done a lot for them.  Bet he won't after these replies.

> In many ways he was still supporting the RSPCA

Very much so.  It's crazy to treat a sponsor in this way and as for the ludicrous comment accusing him of being 12 ft away rather than 6ft. How petty, his view would still have been perfectly good!
Accident do happen but if he is correct and this dog had behaved dangerously shortly before the attack then the RSPCAs duty of care has to come into question.

My dog club has had three dogs rehomed by the local RSPCA and both were dangerous. Two very dog aggressive dogs (one we think it had rage syndrome) and the third dog was dog and person aggressive, the family ended up being scared to death of the dog unsurprisingly.

I witnessed something very similar at a NCDL (now Dogs Trust) exemption show a few years ago. 
And the steward struggled to keep the peace and the dogs apart in the class for rescued dogs, who were fighting while the owners were discussing mating them together before they were neutered!  It was a nightmare! :(

Many rescue centres do have a 'parade' of dogs looking for new homes. Our local independent rescue centre has done it for many years with no issues. I would say though that the dogs are 'paraded' well away from the ringside, to protect them from stress as much as safety of the visiting public and their dogs.

What a sad thing to happen, does no good for the reputation of rescue dogs, many of which do not have issues.

As the RSPCA admit to putting 1000s of dogs down every year why are they letting the aggressive ones live and, one suspects, putting down the elderly, surly those with aggression problems should be the first to go if some sadly have to.

I agree with you Nova. The RSPCA put many, many dogs to sleep. I have on another thread stated that IMO they are very quick to *kill*.  I too question decisions to put elderly (but very homeable) dogs down, whilst rehoming many others which clearly do have issues that your average dog owner cannot or does not want to deal with.