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General Board for Big Dogs with Big Paws / Re: Need help from those who know the law on dog attacks!
« on: August 28, 2008, 05:55:03 pm »
I was actually thinking of calling the police the second they came up to the door. They're incredibly irresponsible people {not that I'm gossiping here}, they let their kids run wild and I'm certain they backyard breed Heelers.
I mean, out in public with an untrained dog that has no leash or collar! :o

I was worried they were coming over to hurt him, because they seem exactly like that type of people.

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General Board for Big Dogs with Big Paws / Re: Need help from those who know the law on dog attacks!
« on: August 28, 2008, 04:53:41 pm »
Yes, she loves Meatloaf. She was the one who picked him out from the shelter, and the previous owners had given him the name Wuzzles, but she said: "Him fat...like...M eatloaf!"
So he became MeatLoaf.

They haven't called back but they did come over last night and knocked on my door but I didn't answer in case they got physically violent and Meatloaf decided I was in trouble and defended me.

They never asked about the injuries, they concentrated on yelling about how they're going to get my 'monster' put down because he's 'violent' and a 'vicious killer'.

He's not the one who attacked a 5 year old child!

I don't think they have a hope of getting him put down. If they took the Heeler to the vet to write a report that it was a dog mauling that killed it, the vet could take scrapings from the teeth to match my daughter's blood, I guess. If it came to that, do you think I could request it?




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General Board for Big Dogs with Big Paws / Re: Need help from those who know the law on dog attacks!
« on: August 28, 2008, 04:34:45 pm »
Thanks everyone...I did go down to the police station and they talked to me and got all the details.

They said the owners of the Heeler have barely any case against me and don't have a chance of getting Meatloaf put down as medical evidence clearly shows that my child was attacked by a dog fitting the Heeler's dimensions.
They said if the Heeler was still alive it would die anyway, as the law requires that following a dog attack, the responsible dog will be put to sleep.
They're going to call me when the owners of the Heeler make a formal complaint, or respond to my charges.

MeatLoaf was on a leash, but was commanded to guard my daughter, and the Heeler wasn't even collared.

There were some teenagers smoking at the park, but I'm not sure if I can even find them to testify. I did hear one of them yelling something as I ran off to the car, but...I don't know.

Thanks for your help guys, I'm so relieved that they have no chance of killing my sweet hero boy.

Good idea about the counselling, I only spoke to her as I put her to bed about what had happened, and she said "Meaty saved me, Mum". She didn't seem overly concerned about the death of the other dog since she didn't see it, as she turned to reach towards me, away from the Heeler, but I'll definately get her into a child counseller.

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General Board for Big Dogs with Big Paws / Need help from those who know the law on dog attacks!
« on: August 27, 2008, 11:58:13 pm »
I really need some help. I'm super new to this site and I'm not sure if I'm even on the right page or anything...but I wanted to ask here in case anyone could help me out.

I have an English Mastiff X Saint Bernard called MeatLoaf.
He's really, really and I mean, reallly big.

On Monday we went for a romp in the park with my daughter. There was a couple there with a Blue Heeler...they live across the road from us.
Meat really wanted to go over and play but I told him to stay with my daughter, so that's what he did.

It's NOT an off-leash park, btw.

However, as he was lying down next to the sandpit where my daughter was playing, the Heeler came sniffing up and I got up from the nearby park bench as I don't trust strange dogs near my kids.
Suddenly, the Heeler ran at my daughter and latched onto her arm, growling and snarling through his teeth, and 'worrying' her arm.

MeatLoaf was up on his feet in a millisecond and grabbed the Heeler by it's throat and literally yanked it up into the air, then slammed it down onto the ground, put a paw on it's face and tore it's throat out.
It was so quick, I could barely have blinked and it was over.

The first thing I did was check my daughter; she had bleeding bite marks on her arm and blood running down her arm and she was screaming in pain.

I just picked her up and BOLTED for the car, yelling "Come, Meat!" over my shoulder as I ran, and he abandoned the body of the Heeler and followed me. I got her to hospital and the doctor gave her a shot to prevent infection and bandaged up her arm. I told him the story and he measured the bites and wrote up a medical report that states it was a dog bite, and the size of the dog that could have bitten her.

When we finally got home, I got a phone call from the owners of the Heeler.
They verbally abused me for 'letting' my dog attack theirs, claimed it was unprovoked and they said they're taking me to court to pay for loss of their dog.

Can they do this?
I have a medical report saying that my daughter was bitten by a dog of the Heeler's mouth width on the same day they claim Meat killed the Heeler.

He was obviously protecting her, and responded as any family dog would. My daughter could have been mauled on the face if he hadn't responded so quickly. I certainly couldn't have pulled the Heeler off her in time to prevent further injury.

I'm really scared that they're going to get a court order to put MeatLoaf down....how can I prevent it?
Do I have a likely defense to save my dog?

I live in Australia, by the way.

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