Copied and pasted from my greyhound forum group post:
Ferguson and I spent half the weekend in college park, and upon our return to my parents house, I took him out of the car and headed out for a walk before going immediately inside to give him a chance to potty. As we rounded the corner, a neighbor's car was pulling up with its window open. I hear barking, and then...my heart sank. Two dogs, a retriever and coonhound, came racing at us, having jumped out of the car window. These dogs are notorious in the neighborhood for continuous barking and the owners having little to no control over them, though they ARE usually on leashes when we've seen them. So they come right at us. I do my best to keep them back, but with the two of them, I can't do both at one time, and they are FAST. I hear snarling, and then yelping, and then...URG. The owners came running from their car and grabbed the dogs. They were very upset and the wife helped me look over Ferguson and asked if their was anything she could do. At first, all seemed like it might have been okay, but then, that heartbreaking moment happened when you touch a spot and see blood on your hands 
. His ankles, both of them, were scraped and bleeding. I told her I was going to take him to the emergency clinic and that we would be in touch (since they are just around the corner). She gave me her dog's rabies information, and we were off. Ferguson, however, was not limping while we walked back to the car. THANKFULLY the doctor and the clinic did a very thorough inspection of him and said happily that she didn't think he'd been bitten at all!!! She said that it appeared that he was trying to run away, but rather slipped and fell and scraped his legs on his own in the process. No stitches or bandaging, and just a weeks worth of antibiotic. Still, the whole experience was horrific, as glad as I am nothing is seriously injured. From now on, I will carry pepper spray with me when we walk. Not really sure how to approach the neighbors, especially if their dogs didn't actually bite/break the skin. They've always irked me at how poorly behaved their dogs are...maybe now they'll think about actually training them.
4 comments:
Poor you and poor Ferguson! I have felt that terror a few times myself. Regardless of whether the dogs bite him, they still were the cause of the injury. I can remember being so furious and feeling so guilty that I couldn't protect Veil from being injured by two crazy neighbour dogs.
Sorry you had a traumatic encounter. Heal fast Ferguson. Kassa cuts his hocks very easily if he gets too exuberant on rocky ground. When we would go to a somewhat questionable field I would tape them up to give some extra protection. No one likes to see blood on their hound.. but I am glad it was a scrape as opposed to a bite.
Oh no, poor Ferg and you! That is such a scary thing to go through. Zephyr was attacked once and I carry pepper spray now. I'm glad Ferg didn't get too hurt. I definitely think the neighbors should still pay your bill. Whether he was bit or not he wouldn't have had to go to the vet if their dogs didn't attack him. Some people won't change unless it really impacts them. Maybe you could suggest some training too. :-) I hope his legs heal fast.
Grrrrr... that makes me so mad! I'm so glad he was not seriously hurt. Just today, driving through my neighborhood, I saw 2 people walking their rotties off leash. Seriously? I just wanted to pull over and have a chat about that. I definitely do not walk in my neighborhood.
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