I'm sat here almost 6 hrs later still in utter disbelief!!!!
My great big daft clown had her check-up today at the vets after a terrible week. She is the one who had 14 pups 4 weeks ago and has been to and from the vets ever since. First time for her after whelp check-up. Then a week later for the very start of mastitis due to producing gallons and gallons of milk (followed by 4 days of me intensley massaging and milking her teat every hour). And then last week she was there again due to a very rapid onset of mastitis in a teat on the other side. It didn't respond to treatment in the following 3 days and started to turn purple and split leaving a golfball sized hole in her teat (but bless her she was still as daft as a brush). Anyway that was last thursday and with intense treatment and wearing one of my old bras which I padded out to keep her teat clean and away from the puppies it is improving rapidly. So she was only there today for a check-up so I decided we would walk to the vets and take my stud along for weighing as well as its worming time.

Well we opened the door to reception and obviously had both our dogs on very short leads as we saw a couple stood at the reception desk and the door opens right next to it. Hubby walked in first with our bitch and I was immediately behind with our stud. And as soon as our bitches nose was in the doorway a grotesquesly fat pied staffy (stunning markings but hideously overweight that we couldnt see from outside as the glass is frosted a couple of feet high) went berserk and grabbed our bitch who is 4 times its size by the face and started shaking her!!!!!  Well our stud who loves and plays with everybody and everything just saw red!!!!  He is usually so responsive and attentive but he just didn't want to know me and I had to grab him by the collar not just his lead and drag him to the other side of the room!!!!.

The staffy just was not letting go so I screamed at hubby to kick it in the face (he was wearing his works steel toe capped boots). OH GOD I FEEL SO AWFUL AND GUILTY FOR SAYING DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND I REGRET IT BUT I WAS CRYING AND IN SHOCK AND I COULDN'T DO ANYTHING TO HELP AS I WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROOM CONTROLLING OUR STUD. I FELT SO USELESS!!!!!  LUCKILY HE DIDN'T DO IT!!!!

It only lasted about 5 seconds and hubby dragged our girl away who was now really trying to attack it back and sat down with me well away from this staffy. And do you know what!!!!....

The owners were trying to laugh it off and said "oh she's a right b*gger, she's always attacking other dogs, she hates them, she even attacks the horses (I don't know whether these horses are hers or somewhere they walk!!!!). The worst thing was is that I'm far from a push-over and usually one of the first to rise to, and put and end to a situation but I was just sat there completely and utterly gob-smacked with my jaw dropped to my knees like a complete bl**dy cabbage!!!!! My head was spinning and i sat there in the corner like a doped up mental patient. I'm just thankfull we hadn't taken all four dogs or taken the pups in with our girl as I doubt hubby would be able to drag her away if she thought her and her pups were under attack!!!!

The reception staff and vet were very apologetic and said they would take the matter very seriously and would be in contact.

I feel so sorry for my girl. Why oh why do some people think that having a dog like this is macho. Some people make me depsair.

OMG thats such a terrible thing to have happened. Some people are so irresponsible, laughing off the fact that their dog grabbed onto its face! I hope your girl is ok, and that they do something about it!!! I would be so angry! I had something similar happen to us, not as bad as your case, but this silly woman had a terrier mix and it was really snarling and growling at my dog (laying on the floor), it was one nasty dog, she just sat there laughing, saying "She doesnt get along well with other dogs".... Then proceeded to walk towards us!!! She thought it was funny!!! Meanwhile I was hoping my 65 KG DDB didnt lunge forward... I know he would have only gotten bitten as he loves everyone... Grrr! people, I share your feelings

What a shame. It's stupid, irresponsible staffy owners like that that unfortunately give the breed such a bad name. I hope you and your dogs are alright now.

How awefull. Any resposible owner would have such a dog muzzled in an area where contact with other dogs is going to happen. I would have requested, that the vets receptionist, ask that the dog be muzzled for every visit in future, when they ring up for an appointement. Their records on computer could be marked and highlighted for future reference.

>I'm far from a push-over and usually one of the first to rise to, and put and end to a situation but I was just sat >there completely and utterly gob-smacked with my jaw dropped

I know just how you felt! I have always imagined how i would handle it if a dog attacked mine,but when it actually happened,i froze!! I didn't know what to do first or how to react,all of this while a 6ft man was being dragged along the gravel road by a great dane on one lead and a german sheperd on the other,both frothing at the mouth out for the blood of my dogs Thankfully he managed to get to his feet before they got to my dogs,he just wiped himself off,picked up his shattered mobile phone and strolled off without a word! I found out later these dogs are ex guard/security dogs and regularly terrorise other dogs.

Terrible thing to happen, personally I feel that vets should insist that anyone with a dog aggressive dog (as this must happen a lot) should be the first patient of the day booked in well in advance and only allowed in the vets wearing a muzzle and with a strong lead/harness. Otherwise they are banned. I think whilst making appointments it now needs to be a question asked as to whether a dog is dog tolerant or not. Other people's dogs should absolutely not suffer and no-one should ever be able to just laugh off their dog attacking another.

I hope that the vets will come down hard on this owner. Make sure that they do!

You either go two ways when things like this happen don't you, you are either in complete shock and unable to do anything as your not prepared for such a thing, who is? Or your own maternal instinct comes out and you turn into a lioness. I'm afraid hell hath no fury when it comes to my maternal instincts.

I would make absolutely sure that those people did not get away with it, hopefully the same will happen to these people and they will no longer be laughing at their cute monsters antics.

Just to add, your quite within your rights here to contact the Dog warden and I think you should, the dog should have been muzzled.

A lot of the time I find owners are oblivious to what their pets are doing in the vets.

I always keep mine on a short lead, well under control in the vets, but the number of people who casually walk through the waiting room with their dogs at the end of the lead, sniffing and lunging at others is unbelievable. With my fear aggressive Dobe I make sure she is left in the car until we are called in and I either go in/out through a back door or swiftly walk through warning other's in the waiting room to keep their animals under control.

Even when you ask people to keep their dog's away, many just smile and ignore what you are saying.

> I think whilst making appointments it now needs to be a question asked as to whether a dog is dog tolerant or not.

I couldn't agree more!

What a horrendous thing to happen to your poor bitch.  I hope she recovers well and you get a chance to enjoy her & this what should be a wonderful time for both of you. 

That is  so awful - your poor girl   If her face badly hurt?

Poor you and your bitch!! At least the vets took it seriously even though the moron owners didn't. I hope they report them! Hope your girl's face is ok.

ther are some real scum out there. I wouldnt have hesitated to put the boot in.

I know what you mean about not thinking quickly during the event but now you are calm and have had time to think I would ring the vet and make a formal complaint. They will have to act on it then and do something. The owner of this dog needs a sharp lesson on behaviour and the vet is the one to do it now it has done this in their waiting room.
As them what they intend to do and if they say nothing then report it to the dog warden as well. It could have been so much worse. I hope your girl is OK and did not suffer any real damage.
Aileen

So sorry to hear that. Awful. I am interested to hear what the vets do. I hope it is mtaken with the utmost seriousness

My blood is absolutely boiling, not so much that your poor dog was attacked, but at the awful, disgusting attitude of the dog's owner!!!! Unbelievable. Horrible that your dog was attacked, I do hope she is Ok in her self and recovering OK...

Lindsay
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I do feel very sorry for you, for having to deal with a situation that could have been avoided and should not have happened.
Some years ago I had a bitch, who was not very good with other dogs, she had fear aggression, but I knew this and so did my vet.
If I ever had to take her to the vets,( this was not very often - thank god) I used to check in first and leave her in the van, when it was our turn, I would get her out of the van and run her straight into the consultation room. We never had a problem.

thats awful the poor girl.i have to say if had have been me i probably would be making some kind of complaint too.
the dog should have been muzzled especially since the owners knew the dog has dne it before or trys to.
its discusting behaviour.
i do hope your girl is ok.x

I'm so sorry for your girl and you it must have been an awful experience and those people need shooting, i've posted yesterday about my boy being bitten and on reflection I think the saddest thing is that the other people are not big enough to admit they've done something wrong, I would be mortified if a dog of mine did this to another.  Really hope she is ok sounds like she has a lovely nature x

As the vets waiting room is accessible by members of the public, would this not be a case of a dog dangerously out of control in a public place?

What if it had been a small child the dog attacked as it walked into the room? Then we would be hearing more cries of dogs needing to be muzzled and banned because of some complete idiots.

Apologies from the vet or not I would be looking at taking the matter further. It is the one thing I really hate about going to the vets especially as many have small waiting rooms so everyones pets are in very close quarters and a lot are not happy with this. One vet waiting room where I used to work had a poor rabbit in a cage being stood over on one side by a large and over friendly dog and on the other it faced a cat who clearly thought dinner had arrived!

That's apalling. If things had gone a lot further who would be liable?

You should at least be able to go into a vet's surgery safely without this kind of incident on your poor dog. She's been through enough already. As others have said make a proper complaint to the vet and if they take no action you should change vets.

This is truly awful, shocking really.  Some people's attitude is absolutely jaw dropping!

I too would be putting in a formal complaint. 

It's bad enough that your dog was attacked after going through having her puppies and that mastitis, but they obviously did not think that your dog could have been seriously ill, hit by car etc etc, or have even been really elderly.  I dread to think what the consequences of that would have been.

I wonder how many more peoples dogs have been bitten by this dog.

I hope you all recover well. 

What a terrible thing to happen to your girl .... so relieved for you that she is ok...I always look in the vets first before I take my dogs in although you still dont know who is in the surgery and what is coming out.

Dont beat yourself up about telling you hubby to boot it , afraid I would have done anything to get the dog off mine dont care who I upset.After all it shouldnt have its jaws wrapped around your dogs face , it could have caused her serious injury or worse..I would have it doing the back splits.

gosh I can feel myself getting all wound up.

How are you and your girl now? Please don't feel bad about telling your husband to do that, I have had to boot a dog before as it jumped up at me and tried to go for my puppy which at the time I was trying to socialise and carrying around due to him not having had his jabs. You do what you have to to protect your family.

Sorry for the delayed update, its been chaos here today!!!
My girl has 2 small puncture wounds on her cheek and it is quite swollen. I spoke to the vet who said that as long as I keep them clean she will be covered by the ABs she is still on for her mastitis. We are walking our other 2 adults up to the surgery tomorrow for weighing so the vet said we can have a chat then.

However I am a little concerned as hubby and I were walking my girl and boy this evening and a young lad came round the corner with an American Bulldog and my girls hackles went straight up. Every hair stood on end from between her neck to the end of her tail!!!  But my stud grew about a foot and lunged forward. Im quite concerned about their reactions and especially as the AB was only an adolescent probably about 9 or 10 months old and really does not need to be meeting dogs who react like this when it is on its walks. I apologised to the owner and explained what had happened yesterday and that they have never been like it before and he seemed ok. The AB was quite excited so I didnt really want to do any controlled introductions but my misson this week is to arrange to go to the socialisation classes with the dog training group nearby and see if we can build their confidence up again. People run a mile when they see us walking all 4 dogs and they are incredibly well behaved but seeing 2 of them acting this way must make us look like the sort of dog owners that I hate.

I HATE THOSE OWNERS AND DOG FOR WHAT THEY HAVE DONE TO US.

You poor thing. Hang in there, with time their confidence will build up again. You're a great owner

so sorry you had this experience.  I do hope your girl is ok.  I think people with dogs like those should take MORE precautions when out in public to make sure this doesnt happen.  Like a muzzle, or keeping on a shorter leash, always on guard when it comes to their dogs.  I hope the vet comes down on these people, because it shouldnt have happened. 

I would be livid!! 

Thinking of you and your girl

Thinking of your poor girl, and they idiots dont deserve to own a dog

I hope the Vets take it further.

That's horrible

and also my big nightmare. When Tess goes to the vet she goes in a muzzle and we wave at the receptionist and then wait outside. She will happily share the reception area with another dog but if they growl or bark at her then she'll feel confined and she will attack ... I hope your bitch is okay with what happened. And I hope the staffy owners learn to control their dog before something even worse happens.

Hi, my heart goes out to you all and I hope your dog recovers from the attack. But please don't hate all dog owners with rageing lunatics at the end of the lead. I have two bassets, the younger has major bone deformaties in all four legs, was fine with other dogs loved meeting, playing with them but then advised to keep him on lead (no playing with those he didn't know). He was attacked time and time again by the same dog and has turned into lunging idiot at the end of a lead. I keep him on a short lead at all times and give every other dog I meet right of way. I hate it but there it is. Our second was also heavily attacked last year, close to a road, couldn't let him off due to traffic, by the end of the day was paralysed from shoulders back. Thought we would have to put him down - three days latter found standing - all well now - but again has become fearfull of some dogs. I do my best. But please don't hate all of us with fearfull dogs - sometime there is history. Good luck to you and your dog(s)

how awful! hope your dog is ok - i spent 3 years as a receptionist at a vets and thankfully we never had a situation like that occur - obviously we do rely on owners informing us of their dogs being bad with other dogs on their first visit - after that we can sum them up anyway - and the difficult ones i would always book in at the start or end of surgery times - NEVER then middle - and try to also book other animals such as cats or rabbits before or after them so the chance of them meeting another dog in the reception area would be greatly reduced- if 2 dogs were in at the same time and making faces and barking etc at each other we would always politely ask one of the owners to sit in a spare consulting room with their dog as this stops the potential fight and makes it more peaceful and less stressful and safer for others in the waiting room. the owners response to their dogs behaviour was dispicable - i think an apology would have been more appropriate and as others have  said a muzzle in future. also as a horse owner i didnt like hearing about the dog going for the horses - theirs or not the law states animals should be free from fear or pain (part of the 5 freedoms) and as a prey animal being chased or attacked by dogs would be very stressful to a horse.