Loose dog attacked my puppy

Assassin saphir

Hi everyone,
I was out walking my puppy in the last hour and a large dog came up behind us and bit my pup near his tail and growled at us. My puppy yelped and I quickly grabbed him into my arms. We came straight home and the other dog followed us. My OH went out to see who the dog belongs to, he has no collar and a neighbour said he lives in the estate and is always roaming around.:mad:
I have cleaned my dog and the skin is not broken thankfully but he was shaking for a good while(as am I). I have never seen this dog in our estate before on our daily walks. I have tried to look up the number of the dog warden in Cork but the council offices are closed. Can anyone help? Thanks

Here is a picture of my beautiful puppy, he fine now:)

honerbright

Out of curiosity, where abouts in cork are you? There's two dogs in my estate that are often loose and chase/hassle people walking their dogs.. Even those without dogs.

Also your pup looks so much like mine! Hope he's ok after that :-(

gerrybbadd

Ah, sorry to hear that. He's a lovely lil fella! Hope he's OK.

Assassin saphir

honerbright wrote: »

Out of curiosity, where abouts in cork are you? There's two dogs in my estate that are often loose and chase/hassle people walking their dogs.. Even those without dogs.

Also your pup looks so much like mine! Hope he's ok after that :-(

Im in douglas

DBB

There's not a lot going to happen with the council til Monday, and even at that they may not do much, though if they know who owns the dog they might impose a pretty pathetic fine.
What's more important now is your pup, you need to do some damage limitation. Go out tomorrow a few times, armed with pockets full of really tasty treats, something the pup will love but doesn't get much... Chicken, maybe? Diced into pea sized pieces.
Find yourself a place to sit, with pup on a lead, and every time a dog comes into view, say "look!" To your pup, and get treats into your pup, by hand, or scattered on the ground around him. Do this as much as you can. Then start walking him, and when you see another dog, the same thing: treats and a light, praising voice.
It's no harm to do this sort of stuff with a pup anyway, but you want to immediately remedy any negativity your pup might have towards other dogs now. Hopefully he won't have any, but just in case he does.
He's very sweet looking... But I bet he's a rascal!

Assassin saphir

DBB wrote: »

There's not a lot going to happen with the council til Monday, and even at that they may not do much, though if they know who owns the dog they might impose a pretty pathetic fine.
What's more important now is your pup, you need to do some damage limitation. Go out tomorrow a few times, armed with pockets full of really tasty treats, something the pup will love but doesn't get much... Chicken, maybe? Diced into pea sized pieces.
Find yourself a place to sit, with pup on a lead, and every time a dog comes into view, say "look!" To your pup, and get treats into your pup, by hand, or scattered on the ground around him. Do this as much as you can. Then start walking him, and when you see another dog, the same thing: treats and a light, praising voice.
It's no harm to do this sort of stuff with a pup anyway, but you want to immediately remedy any negativity your pup might have towards other dogs now. Hopefully he won't have any, but just in case he does.
He's very sweet looking... But I bet he's a rascal!

Thanks for the advice, I was worried it would put him off going for walks. He is just getting used to being on the lead and meeting other dogs. I will try the sitting down with him and bring some chicken,his favourite. He's only 15 weeks, yes he's a rascal. Never sits still unless he asleep on top of me. He is full of fun and energy always up to mischief, but I wouldn't change him for the world.