Pet Mauled By Another Dog While Out For Walk
Posted June 15, 2009 12:00 pm.
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For the second time this month, a dog has attacked another owner’s pet, leaving the animal in serious condition. This latest incident involved a two-year German Shepherd named Rocky, who allegedly jumped over the fence in his yard on Enfield Ave. in the Lakeshore and Browns Line area around 2pm Monday and attacked another dog as its owner took it out for a walk.
Vets have told the family it will cost at least $4,500 to save their beloved Boomer (top left), a Polish lowland sheepdog.
The wounded canine is on oxygen and is in stable condition. But he needs surgery to have his trachea repaired and that’s a major expense.
At the very least his owner wants an apology. “She knows I’m home all day. I would have most sincerely gone over there to apologize and say ‘what else can I do?'” complains Yvette Drummond. “I think it’s just not right.”
She claims police told her it “wasn’t their problem.”
Rocky’s owner says she intends to issue that apology and feels terrible about what happened. But she insists her pet is usually very well behaved and there’s no reason why the dog may have gone on the offensive.
Rocky in his backyard
Earlier this month a pitbull that was running loose in the Warden and Danforth area went after two smaller dogs, launching a savage attack on both of them. Police managed to corral the animal but its agitated state forced them to shoot it and the dog died at the scene.
Witnesses saw a man flee once the attack began and they’re still looking for him. He’s accused of contravening Ontario’s pitbull bylaw. The dog was not on a leash and wasn’t muzzled while out in public.
