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Help, dog attack...Rosey dead, Frostey hurt!

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I just can't belive it, I know I take risks I let the girls out as long as we are home. We have a fair size garden and live near fields. We have lived here two years and have only seen a fox once and he was so scared he run away. I think all the foxes go to town as food is easy to get with bins and all. Anyway Friday I had just seen the girls and my OH came home and he does lock up duties. He came in and said he could only count four in the cube I thought he had gone mad but no, Rose the 18 month old cream legbar was missing. She has just started laying again after moult and looked great all big and fluffy. I thought she may have gone to roost somewhere else, I put flyers through doors and kept fingers crossed maybe somebody has picked her up as she is so friendly and pretty. This morning our 5 year old son told OH dog in garden, small white staff or Jack Russel I think and he has got Frostey our original Red Ranger from Omlet. Dog legged it as naked OH chased in down garden and we found Frostey very sore and sad under shed, god knows how she got away. She has lost alot of feathers and very sore all over. I have locked the girls away togther I thought she would be better off in with them?? :?:

At least I know Rose is not all scared somewhere, but what to do with Frostey, do you think I should bring her in the warm at night? Treat her? Why cant people take care of their dogs. But I should not let the girls out without being with them. :cry:

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definitely bring her in, bathe her wounds with a diluted antiseptic solution and spray with antiseptic spray if you have it. Take her to the vet asap as dogs' teeth are riddled with bacteria and she'll need antibiotics.

 

Put her somewhere quiet and warm, in a cat box or similar and if you have rescue remedy, try and give her a bit of that in some water using a syringe. Or, soak some bread in water and add a drop of rescue remedy or sugar.

 

Hope she recovers but she'll be very shocked and shock can be a killer. She'll need a lot of TLC.

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I would certainly take her to the vet.

 

In the meantime, the advice to keep her warm hydrated and to bathe her wounds with a warm saline solution is what I'd follow. If by chance you have some Bach's Rescue Remedy, a few drops of that will help her over the initial shock.

 

What a shame. :(

 

Do you know who the dog belongs to?

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Dear all,

Many thanks for all your advice. I have done as suggested and brought her in I have some anti biotic spray from when we first mixed them all togther and sent OH to trawl shops open on a Sunday for the rescue rem I might need some by then.

As for the dog don't know where it came from, never seen it before it had a pop at the cat as well. I am thinking of reporting it to the police as our son plays out in the garden as well. I am an animal lover and would do no harm but this dog is either clearly a stray getting kinda desprate or maybe used for hunting. I would like to catch the dog to a) get it away from causing further harm and b) if it is a stray then get it checked to see if it is suitable for re homing. Thanks everyone again. :?

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Dear all,

Not only has young frosty survived the night I put her with her remaining three friends in a box of straw on the floor so she would not have to sit on the cold floor, she striaght away somehow got up the ladder and laid an egg!!! I left them for an hour and when I got home the little pickles has pulled the staw and paper all over the floor. She looks really smug.

 

I phoned the local dog warden and I can't belive the fact that even if it is a stray they can't do a thing about it. The very helpful dog warden explained it is more likely to be a dog somebody has let out. The law states the problem is we should ensure our garden is dog proof not up to the owner to make sure the dog is under control, the law does not state you would have to take charge of your dog unless it is on the dangerous dog list!! The only help they could offer was to try and catch the dog then they would come and pick it up and the owner would have to pay to get it back. So my girls are on lockdown until we find approx £800 to re fence the garden. You know the score, I don't actually blame the dog down I am calm and frosty is looking stronger, the owner on the other hand..... :twisted:

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Not only has young frosty survived the night I put her with her remaining three friends in a box of straw on the floor so she would not have to sit on the cold floor, she striaght away somehow got up the ladder and laid an egg!!!

I'm so pleased - long may it continue

I don't actually blame the dog down I am calm and frosty is looking stronger, the owner on the other hand..... :twisted:

EXACTLY right - a dog is 'just' an animal - you don't know why it acted as it did.

But as you say, the OWNER is a different matter.

 

Please keep us updated on progress, H

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The law states the problem is we should ensure our garden is dog proof not up to the owner to make sure the dog is under control, the law does not state you would have to take charge of your dog unless it is on the dangerous dog list!!

Its probably not worth pursuing this but I'm not sure this is correct interpretation.

 

If anyone's interested see

 

http://www.opsi.gov.uk/RevisedStatutes/Acts/ukpga/1971/cukpga_19710022_en_1

 

2)Where damage is caused by an animal which does not belong to a dangerous species, a keeper of the animal is liable for the damage, except as otherwise provided by this Act, if—

 

(a)the damage is of a kind which the animal, unless restrained, was likely to cause or which, if caused by the animal, was likely to be severe; and

 

(b)the likelihood of the damage or of its being severe was due to characteristics of the animal which are not normally found in animals of the same species or are not normally so found except at particular times or in particular circumstances; and

 

©those characteristics were known to that keeper or were at any time known to a person who at that time had charge of the animal as that keeper’s servant or, where that keeper is the head of a household, were known to another keeper of the animal who is a member of that household and under the age of sixteen.

 

and http://www.newcastle.gov.uk/core.nsf/a/dogwardenfaqs

A dog has attacked my pet, what can I do?

 

This is difficult because there is no criminal law that governs this problem. You can take private legal action against the owner but this is expensive and time-consuming and you have no guarantee of success.

 

If the dog had entered your garden and caused damage, then the owner may be liable under civil law for any damage which it is in the nature of a dog to commit.

 

Might be worth researching the facts, even if just to quote to dog owner, if you should ever happen to find him/her.

 

H

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