we have just got back from a trip to the park .
We were at the cafe having a coffee when a young lad around 16yrs was passing with a A bulldog puppy he was lovely very friendly and gave the girls lots of kisses we had a chat they had a little play then he went on his way.

We had earlier been watching a lady with 2 border collies playing ball we had spoken to her earlier as she approached us with a ball she had though belonged to us (the lady was deaf)

Suddenly one of the collies darted over to the puppy and jumped on him pinning him to the ground and attempting to bite and rag him it was horrendous....me being me ran over as the boy had to use his foot to get the collie off the pup the lad was hysterical ...I cuddled the pup and the girls gave him lots of kisses ...luckily the collie hadnt drew blood and the pup was saved in time ..the lady with the collies couldnt give recall to her dogs as she was deaf and waving her arms about to get thier attention ....amazingly she just walked away to carry on playing ball ...her dogs could have traumatised the pup it was scarry to watch...

I told the boy to socialise his pup with other dogs especially black and white ones in the hope that this shock wont affect him in the future..
I imagine that in a few months time the collies will think twice before attacking a A bulldog as they would definitely come off worse.

This also happened right next to the childrens swing playground which was packed with little ones ...I cannot believe she would let her dogs run free in the busiest part of the park on a Saturday afternoon they were really full on... as we had been watching her play ball with them earlier ..

We had our girls on thier leads in the cafe/childrens area and always do as I dont think its fair when there are young children running around or riding bikes .

We always play in the quiet part of the park as it is an enormous park with plenty of space..

Some people...

Roni

I wonder how effective waving your arms about is when your dog is heading for a road?

Most bizarre! Her dogs should be trained to a whistle.

It is difficult with the lady being deaf, but deaf or not, she should have immediately put that dog on a lead.  She should be teaching her dogs recall by whistle and certainly not just carried on playing ball with them.

I'm glad that you were there to help with the puppy and give the young lad advice on socialising again quickly. (Lucky you were there.)

If this is a lady who frequents the park with her dogs, perhaps a kindly worded typed letter in preperation could be done to explain all your worries and concerns, as I think most of us have realised, common sense does not come to a lot of dog owners and it is only once pointed out to them that they realise their mistakes and the consequences of their actions or lack of.

Sending telepathic ((hugs))) to the poor little puppy Bulldog. :-)

Im confused, she was deaf not dumb so why couldnt she call them back ?

My thoughts exactly Bowers.  Although her speech may be restricted, her dogs wouldn't notice anything like that and should respond appropriately to her.  There isn't really any excuse for what happened.

forgive me ...deaf and dumb using sign language ....

I was only dicussing the fact that I witnessed a 5m old friendly pup being viciously attacked by a border collie on a Saturday afternoon in my local park ...

what I do know... I will be giving her a wide berth with my girls if I see her in the future ...it was an unprovoked attack..
I will also have a word with the dog warden to make them aware of the situation.

Roni

If she couldnt call them back then they shouldnt have been off the lead. And to not SAY sorry.  Well some dog lover!

They is no excuse for poor behaviour.

Poor puppy.  I just hope that it hasnt scarred him for life and turned him nasty. 

I would speak to the warden without any doubt.

I will be giving her a wide berth with my girls if I see her in the future ...it was an unprovoked attack..
I will also have a word with the dog warden to make them aware of the situation.

Sounds sensible to me -have a word with the dog warden. This rang a bell with me as a very good friend of mine lost her elderly Cocker 2 years ago when she was attacked like this by 2 collies, and the owner just walked off and never even checked to see how the Cocker was. Well she had a broken spine and had to be put to sleep...... awful.

That is awfull thing to happen and witness, hugs to you Roni and the poor bulldog pup where ever he is :-(

I agree if you can't call the dogs back then they shouldn't be off the lead and I think it must have happened before otherwise the lady would have been so shocked she would have done something at least, the fact she just ignored it seems to indicate it has happened before :rolleyes: some people.

they definetly shouldnt be of a lead if she couldnt recall but there is always different ways to make sounds clickers air horns anything loud enough to get the dogs attention just because someone is deaf does not mean they shouldnt train their dogs there are so many different training methods she can use. I hoe the pup is ok have you seen the boy and his pup again ?

No havent seen them since .