Terrier is savaged

3:56pm Wednesday 15th August 2012 in News By Stephen Mather, Senior reporter

Jasper suffered horric bite wounds Jasper suffered horric bite wounds

A TERRIFIED pensioner was at the mercy of a powerful Japanese Akita dog as it attacked her pet, leaving it with horrific bite wounds.

Rita Gavin, 75, was taking a morning stroll with her eight-year-old terrier Jasper along Ellamsbridge Road in Sutton, when the huge dog appeared from nowhere.

She said: “It was terrible. It wouldn’t let go of him. It grabbed the back end of Jasper and he was covered in blood.

“The next thing a lad came running over from near the garage and started punching and kicking the dog.

“Then he grabbed it by the scruff of his neck, because it didn’t have a collar on and walked away.

“It happened just outside the Little Pig Pub and the landlord came out to see if I was OK. I thought I was going to have a heart attack.

“I didn’t even see the lad properly because I was too terrified. Jasper had two operations and was all stitched up at the back.”

The attack happened at around 11.30am on Wednesday, August 1.

Rita, who lives on her own, took him to the animal charity PDSA. who paid the £406 for his treatment.

She said: “I just want people to be aware. I see a lot of dogs running loose around Sutton, and people don’t seem to care.”

Comments(16)

pitbullboxing says...
5:37pm Wed 15 Aug 12

.......and still nothing was done.

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theprouty says...
6:52pm Wed 15 Aug 12

someone in the aera knows who owns the dog, i dont see any reason to own these stupid breeds they are to big to control

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pitbullboxing says...
8:10pm Wed 15 Aug 12

No no , prouty - blame the deed not the breed, any dog regardless of size is controllable , it's the actions of the sub humans that cause the problem. I know an Akita and it's a nice dog , all breeds have difference's in them - just like people.

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theprouty says...
10:37pm Wed 15 Aug 12

YES YES Certain types of dogs are always in the news, do you ever hear of a Shi tzu or a spaniel or a Labrador attacking a person or another dog NO NO NO its always you pit bulls staffs and Akita, I agree part way with you, but if its in a dogs nature then there is danger

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pitbullboxing says...
11:30pm Wed 15 Aug 12

The news is the problem mate - not the breed. Take a look at this.

http://www.dogbitecl
aims.co.uk/dangerous
-breeds.html

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pitbullboxing says...
12:34am Thu 16 Aug 12

http://www.dailymail
.co.uk/news/article-
2003849/Boy-3-left-h
orrific-facial-injur
ies-Labrador-savages
-Poole-Harbour.html

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pitbullboxing says...
12:35am Thu 16 Aug 12

http://www.thisisglo
ucestershire.co.uk/L
abrador-attacks-girl
-Gloucester/story-15
589403-detail/story.
html

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pitbullboxing says...
12:37am Thu 16 Aug 12

http://www.thisiswil
tshire.co.uk/news/96
45897.Melksham_mum_d
emands_action_after_
spaniel___s_attack/

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pitbullboxing says...
12:41am Thu 16 Aug 12

Blame the owner , not the breed.

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alfiej says...
7:57am Thu 16 Aug 12

The owner is to blame, not the dog. If the dog is reared properly they are generally not a danger. whereas a lot of these types of dogs are only bought as protection for their criminal owners. And yes the police and dog warden have done absolutely nothing despite knowing who is responsible.

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Don't talk wet says...
7:59am Thu 16 Aug 12

Pitbullboxing is right. I think it's more likely that those breeds of dogs attract certain irresponsible owners rather than anything else. And border collies, labs and even shih-tzus are not as innocent as you think (particularly the first two- you may want to do some research before readjusting those dog's halos.

A starter for 10 can be found here http://www.dailymail
.co.uk/news/article-
2003849/Boy-3-left-h
orrific-facial-injur
ies-Labrador-savages
-Poole-Harbour.html

oh, and here's another http://www.ibtimes.c
om/articles/208644/2
0110905/dog-kills-ba
by-texas.htm

and one about a shih-tzu http://www.brisbanet
imes.com.au/queensla
nd/savage-shih-tzu-m
auls-child-20111222-
1p69w.html ) and these are just the reported ones. I would guarantee that if research was done, it is much less likely for an attack by a 'friendly' dog breed to go unreported.

Ill informed people, and the media campaign against certain dog breeds only propagate the belief that big dogs are somehow inherently evil. As with most information gained via the national rags it's worth forming your own opinion rather than adding fuel to an already misguided fire.

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theprouty says...
8:11am Thu 16 Aug 12

have you tried to use these links they go nowhere??

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pitbullboxing says...
9:31am Thu 16 Aug 12

Working ok for me - are you copying them into the address bar rather than the search engine? If not I found them simply by google - just type "Labrador attack" or whatever.

Anyway even a dangerous dog be it whatever breed is controllable and trainable with the correct measures.

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icce says...
12:41pm Sun 19 Aug 12

I clicked onto these comments expecting the usual 'devil dogs' 'these breeds are dangerous' blah blah blah remarks, how refreshing to see that the media hype is finally being dispelled by the majority .... :)

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theprouty says...
8:09am Mon 20 Aug 12

Watching the BBC news this morning the experts don't agree with the comments on here, they say certain dogs have certain traits. And you should realise the dog has these traits when you get it.

either way there is no excuse to allow your dog off a lead in a public place full stop. then it wont matter if its a dangerous type.

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pitbullboxing says...
10:48am Mon 20 Aug 12

That's because they are not experts. I think having your dog on a lead all the time would be one of the safety measures people on here are talking about.

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