| I was attacked by a friend's dog yesterday. 14:00 - Nov 27 with 3093 views | Hugoagogo_Reborn |
40 kilos of angry bulldog, completely out of the blue. Thankfully, the multiple bites were warning bites and didn't break the skin, but the dog launched itself at me and I have some very nasty bruises and scratches on my leg. Left me pretty shaken up. We had to trap him in the porch, because he kept going at me and wouldn't stop. 😳
Anyone else here had a similar experience? Apparently it is a very common occurrence to be bitten/agressed by a dog, but I don't know anyone else who has had something like this happen to them. [Post edited 27 Nov 14:02]
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| I was attacked by a friend's dog yesterday. on 14:04 - Nov 27 with 2453 views | giant_stow |
sounds terrifying. What set the dog off? I can only imagine your friend's guilt, but will there be consequences? |  |
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| I was attacked by a friend's dog yesterday. on 14:09 - Nov 27 with 2402 views | Hugoagogo_Reborn |
| I was attacked by a friend's dog yesterday. on 14:04 - Nov 27 by giant_stow |
sounds terrifying. What set the dog off? I can only imagine your friend's guilt, but will there be consequences? |
I tried to put a lead on him to take him for a walk, but he was kind of trapped because of where I was standing, and evidently did not want to be taken out. He stood stock still, growled for 1 second, then lunged at me.
The owner is going to get him checked out at the vets, as it is completely out of the blue behaviour, and she has a child in the house, so needs to address it.
I won't be pursuing anything myself, as I don't think he is a vicious-natured dog, but I'm glad she is getting him checked out. I won't be walking him again, though! 🤣 | |
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| I was attacked by a friend's dog yesterday. on 14:15 - Nov 27 with 2334 views | giant_stow |
| I was attacked by a friend's dog yesterday. on 14:09 - Nov 27 by Hugoagogo_Reborn |
I tried to put a lead on him to take him for a walk, but he was kind of trapped because of where I was standing, and evidently did not want to be taken out. He stood stock still, growled for 1 second, then lunged at me.
The owner is going to get him checked out at the vets, as it is completely out of the blue behaviour, and she has a child in the house, so needs to address it.
I won't be pursuing anything myself, as I don't think he is a vicious-natured dog, but I'm glad she is getting him checked out. I won't be walking him again, though! 🤣 |
I'm no dog expert, but the vets check seems wise - maybe its in pain or something? Good of you to let it go, although what the owner does is tricky. Hopefully just a one time thing. | |
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| I was attacked by a friend's dog yesterday. on 14:20 - Nov 27 with 2280 views | Daninthecampo |
Unless the vet finds the dog in pain or has an underlying condition for the reason, unfortunately now this kind of thing has happened the likelihood is it will happen again |  | | |
| I was attacked by a friend's dog yesterday. on 14:20 - Nov 27 with 2281 views | MrPotatoHead |
Blimey that's awful, glad you're OK to tell the tale as it were.
My mates dog bit him on the nose recently. Totally out of character for the dog, it had always been a scatty thing but they were playing on the floor and it properly snapped his nose, drew a lot of blood and has left a nasty cut. They also have 2 (very young) children in the house so they're considering what to do about it. They have some other friends who want a dog, and would take her, I'm not sure what conclusion they'll come to.
Your experience must be difficult for your friend too, I'd feel awful if my dog attacked a friend. [Post edited 27 Nov 14:22]
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| I was attacked by a friend's dog yesterday. on 14:21 - Nov 27 with 2277 views | Hugoagogo_Reborn |
| I was attacked by a friend's dog yesterday. on 14:15 - Nov 27 by giant_stow |
I'm no dog expert, but the vets check seems wise - maybe its in pain or something? Good of you to let it go, although what the owner does is tricky. Hopefully just a one time thing. |
Yeah, pain could be a reason, also things like thyroid abnormalities or brain issues can result in unusually aggressive behaviour.
I am happy with the owner's response, to be fair. Taking it very seriously and doesn't want there to be a repeat experience for anyone. She's the kind of person who will do what is best for the animal and the family, and not shirk responsibility.
I know if my dog bit someone (he's a Cavvie, so that's practically impossible, as they are as soft as they come) I'd be tempted to excuse the behaviour, because I love my dog so much. | |
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| I was attacked by a friend's dog yesterday. on 14:25 - Nov 27 with 2227 views | DJR |
Really sorry to hear that. And without being an expert, it seems rather unusual for a bulldog, which always seem a rather placid dog. |  | | |
| I was attacked by a friend's dog yesterday. on 14:27 - Nov 27 with 2211 views | Hugoagogo_Reborn |
| I was attacked by a friend's dog yesterday. on 14:20 - Nov 27 by MrPotatoHead |
Blimey that's awful, glad you're OK to tell the tale as it were.
My mates dog bit him on the nose recently. Totally out of character for the dog, it had always been a scatty thing but they were playing on the floor and it properly snapped his nose, drew a lot of blood and has left a nasty cut. They also have 2 (very young) children in the house so they're considering what to do about it. They have some other friends who want a dog, and would take her, I'm not sure what conclusion they'll come to.
Your experience must be difficult for your friend too, I'd feel awful if my dog attacked a friend. [Post edited 27 Nov 14:22]
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So difficult when it's a beloved pet. And we forget that biting is natural behaviour for dogs, just not natural for humans, so we tend to get shocked and emotionally hurt when they do it to us.
Your friend's experience sounds like the play fighting got over exuberant, not a vicious encounter.
I very much favour learning to modify behaviour and avoiding reactive situations rather than automatically blaming or punishing the dog, but I completely get that anyone would be worried when kids are involved in the equation. | |
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| I was attacked by a friend's dog yesterday. on 14:28 - Nov 27 with 2199 views | DanTheMan |
| I was attacked by a friend's dog yesterday. on 14:25 - Nov 27 by DJR |
Really sorry to hear that. And without being an expert, it seems rather unusual for a bulldog, which always seem a rather placid dog. |
Could be anything, might have felt trapped and stressed and lashed out.
As someone else said, this unfortunately means it could happen again as it probably learned that it's behaviour worked.
I've got a reactive dog and we are very, very careful with her around others. She's never gone for a human but I'd never trust her with kids. |  |
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| I was attacked by a friend's dog yesterday. on 14:28 - Nov 27 with 2197 views | Hugoagogo_Reborn |
| I was attacked by a friend's dog yesterday. on 14:25 - Nov 27 by DJR |
Really sorry to hear that. And without being an expert, it seems rather unusual for a bulldog, which always seem a rather placid dog. |
Yeah, they are lazy beggers by nature, so I was surprised he had the energy to sustain any real attack. Yes, he can be grumpy, but this was new and rather scary. | |
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| I was attacked by a friend's dog yesterday. on 14:29 - Nov 27 with 2186 views | mellowblue |
Norwich City supporting dog, by chance ? Seriously though, sounds a horrible experience and mortifying for your friends. Maybe that dog will require muzzling as once they attack there is no knowing whether it might do it again. Particularly if there are children around. Dogs can be loyal and territorial to a frightening extent. It is one thing to be nipped by a terrier, but this is different league. | | | |
| I was attacked by a friend's dog yesterday. on 14:39 - Nov 27 with 2116 views | soupytwist |
Glad you weren't seriously hurt.
My family adopted a Cocker Spaniel that needed rehoming in summer 2024, via dog rehoming charity. The reason for rehoming was that the dog's original family had had a baby and the dog had been aggressive towards the child. It had also bitten at least one of the adults since the child arrived.
We'd had a Cocker before and thought the dog would be fine in an all-adult house once it got to know us. In the course of the first couple of months it had bitten me, my wife and both our young adult children at least once. We rationalised it by saying that he was still getting used to us and that in most cases we'd probably taken him by surprise and it was a reaction to that. For 95% of the time he was just a completely soppy spaniel as our previous dog had been.
Then in late July he was lying on a bench with my wife on Saturday morning. He'd fallen asleep with her stroking him. After about two minutes of this he just snarled at her and bit her hand badly. There was quite a bit of blood, my wife ended up in A&E the next day as the wound looked infected. After an x-ray and treatment at Broomfield Hospital's hand trauma clinic we came home with an appointment to return for checks on the following Tuesday. My wife was admitted to Broomfield hospital on the Tuesday because the antibiotics she'd been give on the Sunday hadn't had the desired effect and she needed intravenous antibiotics.
To address the 'is it a common occurrence' subject - in the bed opposite my wife was a lady who had been on holiday in south Wales and who had been bitten by a stranger's dog while out on a walk. She'd picked up her own dog as she was wary of a dog approaching them. Said dog decided it was going to attack her dog anyway and badly bitten the woman on the arm. The hospital in Swansea had recognised that she probably needed in-patient treatment but said she could wait until she got to a hospital nearer home. So, yes it's probably more common than you think although a hospital ward where they send the people who've been treated at the hand trauma clinic isn't necessarily representative.
We spoke to the charity we'd got the dog from about his future. They understood our desire not to keep him but that they couldn't in good conscience re-home with someone else given his history. We couldn't do that either so regrettably we had him put down. We're still all upset by it but I think we did all we reasonably could.
We'll look to get another dog in the new year. If we take one that needs re-homing again, it'll be one without bite history. [Post edited 27 Nov 14:40]
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| I was attacked by a friend's dog yesterday. on 14:40 - Nov 27 with 2101 views | buoyant |
| I was attacked by a friend's dog yesterday. on 14:09 - Nov 27 by Hugoagogo_Reborn |
I tried to put a lead on him to take him for a walk, but he was kind of trapped because of where I was standing, and evidently did not want to be taken out. He stood stock still, growled for 1 second, then lunged at me.
The owner is going to get him checked out at the vets, as it is completely out of the blue behaviour, and she has a child in the house, so needs to address it.
I won't be pursuing anything myself, as I don't think he is a vicious-natured dog, but I'm glad she is getting him checked out. I won't be walking him again, though! 🤣 |
Ive had dogs all most of my life and I wouldn't mix a 40kg dog that was basically bred to fight, with children.
Even if it is minimal why take that risk? There are plenty of soft mouthed breeds to choose from if you want a dog. |  |
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| I was attacked by a friend's dog yesterday. on 14:41 - Nov 27 with 2090 views | Hugoagogo_Reborn |
| I was attacked by a friend's dog yesterday. on 14:25 - Nov 27 by DJR |
Really sorry to hear that. And without being an expert, it seems rather unusual for a bulldog, which always seem a rather placid dog. |
He is an Olde English Bulldogge, so bigger than a regular English Bulldog. Think somewhere between an English Bulldog and a Boxer for size. | |
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| I was attacked by a friend's dog yesterday. on 14:45 - Nov 27 with 2066 views | Hugoagogo_Reborn |
| I was attacked by a friend's dog yesterday. on 14:39 - Nov 27 by soupytwist |
Glad you weren't seriously hurt.
My family adopted a Cocker Spaniel that needed rehoming in summer 2024, via dog rehoming charity. The reason for rehoming was that the dog's original family had had a baby and the dog had been aggressive towards the child. It had also bitten at least one of the adults since the child arrived.
We'd had a Cocker before and thought the dog would be fine in an all-adult house once it got to know us. In the course of the first couple of months it had bitten me, my wife and both our young adult children at least once. We rationalised it by saying that he was still getting used to us and that in most cases we'd probably taken him by surprise and it was a reaction to that. For 95% of the time he was just a completely soppy spaniel as our previous dog had been.
Then in late July he was lying on a bench with my wife on Saturday morning. He'd fallen asleep with her stroking him. After about two minutes of this he just snarled at her and bit her hand badly. There was quite a bit of blood, my wife ended up in A&E the next day as the wound looked infected. After an x-ray and treatment at Broomfield Hospital's hand trauma clinic we came home with an appointment to return for checks on the following Tuesday. My wife was admitted to Broomfield hospital on the Tuesday because the antibiotics she'd been give on the Sunday hadn't had the desired effect and she needed intravenous antibiotics.
To address the 'is it a common occurrence' subject - in the bed opposite my wife was a lady who had been on holiday in south Wales and who had been bitten by a stranger's dog while out on a walk. She'd picked up her own dog as she was wary of a dog approaching them. Said dog decided it was going to attack her dog anyway and badly bitten the woman on the arm. The hospital in Swansea had recognised that she probably needed in-patient treatment but said she could wait until she got to a hospital nearer home. So, yes it's probably more common than you think although a hospital ward where they send the people who've been treated at the hand trauma clinic isn't necessarily representative.
We spoke to the charity we'd got the dog from about his future. They understood our desire not to keep him but that they couldn't in good conscience re-home with someone else given his history. We couldn't do that either so regrettably we had him put down. We're still all upset by it but I think we did all we reasonably could.
We'll look to get another dog in the new year. If we take one that needs re-homing again, it'll be one without bite history. [Post edited 27 Nov 14:40]
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Sorry to hear that you had such a bad experience rehoming what should be a very docile breed of dog. Must have been heartbreaking to let him go. 😢 | |
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| I was attacked by a friend's dog yesterday. on 14:46 - Nov 27 with 2060 views | giant_stow |
| I was attacked by a friend's dog yesterday. on 14:39 - Nov 27 by soupytwist |
Glad you weren't seriously hurt.
My family adopted a Cocker Spaniel that needed rehoming in summer 2024, via dog rehoming charity. The reason for rehoming was that the dog's original family had had a baby and the dog had been aggressive towards the child. It had also bitten at least one of the adults since the child arrived.
We'd had a Cocker before and thought the dog would be fine in an all-adult house once it got to know us. In the course of the first couple of months it had bitten me, my wife and both our young adult children at least once. We rationalised it by saying that he was still getting used to us and that in most cases we'd probably taken him by surprise and it was a reaction to that. For 95% of the time he was just a completely soppy spaniel as our previous dog had been.
Then in late July he was lying on a bench with my wife on Saturday morning. He'd fallen asleep with her stroking him. After about two minutes of this he just snarled at her and bit her hand badly. There was quite a bit of blood, my wife ended up in A&E the next day as the wound looked infected. After an x-ray and treatment at Broomfield Hospital's hand trauma clinic we came home with an appointment to return for checks on the following Tuesday. My wife was admitted to Broomfield hospital on the Tuesday because the antibiotics she'd been give on the Sunday hadn't had the desired effect and she needed intravenous antibiotics.
To address the 'is it a common occurrence' subject - in the bed opposite my wife was a lady who had been on holiday in south Wales and who had been bitten by a stranger's dog while out on a walk. She'd picked up her own dog as she was wary of a dog approaching them. Said dog decided it was going to attack her dog anyway and badly bitten the woman on the arm. The hospital in Swansea had recognised that she probably needed in-patient treatment but said she could wait until she got to a hospital nearer home. So, yes it's probably more common than you think although a hospital ward where they send the people who've been treated at the hand trauma clinic isn't necessarily representative.
We spoke to the charity we'd got the dog from about his future. They understood our desire not to keep him but that they couldn't in good conscience re-home with someone else given his history. We couldn't do that either so regrettably we had him put down. We're still all upset by it but I think we did all we reasonably could.
We'll look to get another dog in the new year. If we take one that needs re-homing again, it'll be one without bite history. [Post edited 27 Nov 14:40]
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Sad story, but I don;t see what choice you had (for the little its worth). I hope your mrs is on the mend. | |
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| I was attacked by a friend's dog yesterday. on 14:47 - Nov 27 with 2049 views | Hugoagogo_Reborn |
| I was attacked by a friend's dog yesterday. on 14:40 - Nov 27 by buoyant |
Ive had dogs all most of my life and I wouldn't mix a 40kg dog that was basically bred to fight, with children.
Even if it is minimal why take that risk? There are plenty of soft mouthed breeds to choose from if you want a dog. |
I think the dog pre-dates the child by a year or so. Not ideal, but he has always been great around her child, to date. Tricky situation, tbh. [Post edited 27 Nov 14:49]
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| I was attacked by a friend's dog yesterday. on 14:50 - Nov 27 with 2024 views | Meadowlark |
| I was attacked by a friend's dog yesterday. on 14:09 - Nov 27 by Hugoagogo_Reborn |
I tried to put a lead on him to take him for a walk, but he was kind of trapped because of where I was standing, and evidently did not want to be taken out. He stood stock still, growled for 1 second, then lunged at me.
The owner is going to get him checked out at the vets, as it is completely out of the blue behaviour, and she has a child in the house, so needs to address it.
I won't be pursuing anything myself, as I don't think he is a vicious-natured dog, but I'm glad she is getting him checked out. I won't be walking him again, though! 🤣 |
They need to get rid of it, especially if there's a child living there. I know this won't be a popular opinion, as everyone owns about two or three dogs these days and they're "part of the family." But violent dogs (or people) around kids are not good. You can't do much about violent people, but you certainly can about a dog. |  | | |
| I was attacked by a friend's dog yesterday. on 14:52 - Nov 27 with 2005 views | giant_stow |
| I was attacked by a friend's dog yesterday. on 14:47 - Nov 27 by Hugoagogo_Reborn |
I think the dog pre-dates the child by a year or so. Not ideal, but he has always been great around her child, to date. Tricky situation, tbh. [Post edited 27 Nov 14:49]
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My mother in sort of law has a a mixed Staffie and also regularly looks after what I think is a Dog de Borduex, who's basically the size and weight of a man. It can make visiting her with my boy a little nervy. Luckily both are very placid (unless you're a hedgehog, squirrel or cyclist) but we're always on guard a little bit. if the big one ever kicked off though... I don't like to think about it. | |
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| I was attacked by a friend's dog yesterday. on 15:12 - Nov 27 with 1925 views | hype313 |
| I was attacked by a friend's dog yesterday. on 14:52 - Nov 27 by giant_stow |
My mother in sort of law has a a mixed Staffie and also regularly looks after what I think is a Dog de Borduex, who's basically the size and weight of a man. It can make visiting her with my boy a little nervy. Luckily both are very placid (unless you're a hedgehog, squirrel or cyclist) but we're always on guard a little bit. if the big one ever kicked off though... I don't like to think about it. |
I didn't realise a Staffie is the Kennel Clubs number 1 dog for safety around children.
My mate had a re-homed Doberman, that thing looked at me like Hannibel Lecter, so I had to resort to taking a packet of digestives with me anytime I went around there. |  |
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| I was attacked by a friend's dog yesterday. on 15:35 - Nov 27 with 1780 views | giant_stow |
| I was attacked by a friend's dog yesterday. on 15:12 - Nov 27 by hype313 |
I didn't realise a Staffie is the Kennel Clubs number 1 dog for safety around children.
My mate had a re-homed Doberman, that thing looked at me like Hannibel Lecter, so I had to resort to taking a packet of digestives with me anytime I went around there. |
That adds up the MiSoL's staffie is a proper sweetie. | |
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| I was attacked by a friend's dog yesterday. on 15:49 - Nov 27 with 1683 views | baxterbasics |
Maybe it's just one of those that knows a wrong'un when it smells one? 
Ok now I've made light but - glad you're ok after that encounter! |  |
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| I was attacked by a friend's dog yesterday. on 16:16 - Nov 27 with 1555 views | DJR |
| I was attacked by a friend's dog yesterday. on 14:41 - Nov 27 by Hugoagogo_Reborn |
He is an Olde English Bulldogge, so bigger than a regular English Bulldog. Think somewhere between an English Bulldog and a Boxer for size. |
Perhaps it's not surprising given their look and the following. They certainly look pretty powerful.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olde_English_Bulldogge
The Olde English Bulldogge was an attempt to recreate the "Regency Period Bull Baiter" and was developed in the early 1970s by David Leavitt, of Coatesville, Pennsylvania, in the United States.[5] Leavitt began his project in 1971 utilizing the cattle line breeding scheme of Dr. Fechimer from Ohio State University.[5] The goal was to create a dog with the look, health, and athleticism of the original bull-baiting dogs, but with a much less aggressive temperament.[5] The foundation crosses consisted of one-half Bulldog, one-sixth American Bulldog, one-sixth Bullmastiff and one-sixth of other breeds.[5] After many planned crosses, the Olde English Bulldogge emerged and began to breed true. [Post edited 27 Nov 16:18]
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| I was attacked by a friend's dog yesterday. on 16:33 - Nov 27 with 1464 views | vapour_trail |
| I was attacked by a friend's dog yesterday. on 14:09 - Nov 27 by Hugoagogo_Reborn |
I tried to put a lead on him to take him for a walk, but he was kind of trapped because of where I was standing, and evidently did not want to be taken out. He stood stock still, growled for 1 second, then lunged at me.
The owner is going to get him checked out at the vets, as it is completely out of the blue behaviour, and she has a child in the house, so needs to address it.
I won't be pursuing anything myself, as I don't think he is a vicious-natured dog, but I'm glad she is getting him checked out. I won't be walking him again, though! 🤣 |
If there’s a child in the house the dog should be gone already. |  |
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| I was attacked by a friend's dog yesterday. on 16:38 - Nov 27 with 1434 views | BloomBlue |
| I was attacked by a friend's dog yesterday. on 14:09 - Nov 27 by Hugoagogo_Reborn |
I tried to put a lead on him to take him for a walk, but he was kind of trapped because of where I was standing, and evidently did not want to be taken out. He stood stock still, growled for 1 second, then lunged at me.
The owner is going to get him checked out at the vets, as it is completely out of the blue behaviour, and she has a child in the house, so needs to address it.
I won't be pursuing anything myself, as I don't think he is a vicious-natured dog, but I'm glad she is getting him checked out. I won't be walking him again, though! 🤣 |
That's ruff
Just remember the owner of every dog involved in a fatal attack has said, 'it is completely out of the blue behaviour' |  | | |
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