Dog Attack Victoria

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A NURSE has described her terror at being savaged by a rottweiler that was on the loose despite having already attacked someone else.

"It just latched on to my arm," Jaymee Arnold told the Herald Sun.

"It must have sensed my fear or something."

Ms Arnold, 25, an intensive care nurse, said she was on her way to work from her Brunswick flat on Sunday morning when she was attacked.

She had seen the dog, but risked trying to get to her car after she saw a neighbour interact with it.

"I maybe said 'good boy' to it. It locked on to my arm and just would not let go.

"I was screaming for someone to help. We tried to get into my neighbour's house and even got through the door, but the dog would not let go.

"It was then that the man came and kicked at it, and managed to pull it off."

Ms Arnold had surgery on Sunday to repair her badly mauled arm and spent three nights in hospital.

But she could be off work for months and may still lose some movement in her fingers.

Neighbours believe the dog had escaped from a nearby property and been lurking around her flat for an hour. It still had a heavy duty chain around its neck.

But despite pleas to authorities, the dog was not picked up.

Ms Arnold said she had had trouble sleeping since the nightmare attack and would not go back to her flat.

"It is really frustrating to think the owner had been involved in another attack. I don't want this to happen to someone else," Ms Arnold said.

"This could have ended far worse if I had fallen over. I will be off work for months now."

Moreland City Council said it had seized the dog and was investigating the attack.

Council spokesman Marco Bass said the dog's registered owner was a person of interest in at least one more dog attack.

In July, the State Government promised harsher penalties for owners of dogs that attack people, including a 10-year ban on owning a dog.

A spokesman for the Minister for Agriculture said the Government planned to introduce the legislation to Parliament before the end of the year.

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[sandgrubber]

Horrible!

I'd rather hear that they had seized the dog and locked up the owner.

[Jed]

Frightful. Poor woman.

Scary that ....

the dog's registered owner was a person of interest in at least one more dog attack.

[Alison03]

What scares me is that someone's dog can do this to another human being and the owner has not been arrested along with his dog.

[Her Majesty Dogmad]

What scares me is that someone's dog can do this to another human being and the owner has not been arrested along with his dog.

Absolutely. This is disgusting. I hope this lady can afford to sue, hope she has some insurance so that she doesn't end up losing all her wages for months, she'll have enough medical costs to worry about as well.

[mita]

"It is really frustrating to think the owner had been involved in another attack. I don't want this to happen to someone else," Ms Arnold said....

Council spokesman Marco Bass said the dog's registered owner was a person of interest in at least one more dog attack.

Surely that pointed to the owner's failure to raise, socialize, manage, and contain his dog/s. That's what the authorities should be going after, not after a breed label.

A straying Rottie was spotted outside our library. When people were asked to come help secure him... not too many takers. Except 4 women (including me). He could've been a problem dog. But, when called....'Come here sweetheart!' His face lit up .... response was that of a well-socialised pet, to whom people were 'friends'. He was huge,in lovely condition, with a fancy collar. Library staff took him into their office, using a piece of string for a lead. Owners were easily traced (tradesmen had let him out).

He was lucky that his finders 'tested' him on his behaviour, not on a breed stereotype.

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"It is really frustrating to think the owner had been involved in another attack. I don't want this to happen to someone else," Ms Arnold said....

Council spokesman Marco Bass said the dog's registered owner was a person of interest in at least one more dog attack.

Surely that pointed to the owner's failure to raise, socialize, manage, and contain his dog/s. That's what the authorities should be going after, not after a breed label.

A straying Rottie was spotted outside our library. When people were asked to come help secure him... not too many takers. Except 4 women (including me). He could've been a problem dog. But, when called....'Come here sweetheart!' His face lit up .... response was that of a well-socialised pet, to whom people were 'friends'. He was huge,in lovely condition, with a fancy collar. Library staff took him into their office, using a piece of string for a lead. Owners were easily traced (tradesmen had let him out).

He was lucky that his finders 'tested' him on his behaviour, not on a breed stereotype.

I had the horse puppy with me waiting on a park bench yesterday and a lady came up and looked at my kelpie who was laying quietly and horse puppy who was wagging her tail happily and said "That dog looks vicious". I asked her why she thought that and she said "how big it is and its colour". I was shocked that she couldn't see passed the colour and to the friendly way in which the dog was behaving. I then had a conversation about how any dog can end up aggressive if raised incorrectly, poorly socialised and that poor genetics can play a part. She asked me if this breed "turns" and mentioned the bullmastiff that killed that child. I told her that it's a dog by dog basis and ANY breed of dog has the ability to act aggressively if not raised, handled and managed correctly but this particular dog was just a big baby in an outfit that had been stigmatized. She ended up giving her a pat and getting a sloppy hand kiss :laugh:

As for the man and his dog....euthanasia and gaol

[Tazar]

Agreed Mita.

"...it still had a heavy duty chain around its neck"

Say it all really, doesn't it.

Stupid people treat animals abhorrently and the poor dog just does not know how to behave. Owner should be arrested.

[Tazar]

Agreed Mita.

"...it still had a heavy duty chain around its neck"

Say it all really, doesn't it.

Stupid people treat animals abhorrently and the poor dog just does not know how to behave. Owner should be arrested.

[mita]

"...it still had a heavy duty chain around its neck"

Say it all really, doesn't it.

Stupid people treat animals abhorrently and the poor dog just does not know how to behave. Owner should be arrested.

That jumped out at me, too. Keeping a dog chained up, is one of the alarm signals.

[mita]

[That dog looks vicious". I asked her why she thought that and she said "how big it is and its colour". I was shocked that she couldn't see passed the colour and to the friendly way in which the dog was behaving

Bet that's far too common. You did some good educating.