You can't judge all dogs by unfortunate incidents

THE tragic case of a little girl mauled to death in Leicestershire on November 5 instigated my letter. Apparently, it was a rescue dog, only taken on a few weeks ago. I would just like to say that it is possible for any animal to turn for a number of reasons. Personally, I feel fireworks are a big culprit, in my experience, and completely terrorise some animals, but obviously we do not always know what trauma an animal has been through previously if re-homed. We have a rescue dog who was previously neglected. The RSPCA filled us in as best they could and advised us accordingly, which we prepared for. So far, we have made real progress with him – he is a beautiful dog. Our main problems have stemmed from irresponsible owners allowing their dogs to run loose with no control over them whatsoever. For example, our dog was attacked by three Labradors running loose the other morning, biting his legs. Our dog was muzzled and tried to defend himself as best he could, unfortunately pulling my daughter over and she ended up with a two inch long branch stuck in her leg. My point being, the owner was lax in calling the dogs off, they even came back for another go. Labradors are not usually considered dangerous. Read more: http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/t-judge-dogs-unfortunate-incidents/story-20070903-detail/story.html#ixzz2kWot4xki