Swanley dog attack mum says bull terrier should be put down

10:00am Sunday 9th September 2012 in News By Kelly Smale

Dominique Goodall with Angel and Makita Dominique Goodall with Angel and Makita

A MOTHER-OF-THREE is demanding a Staffordshire Bull Terrier cross be put down after claiming it viciously attacked her daughter and their dog.

The incident happened at around 7.30pm on Thursday (September 6) in a walk way adjacent to Hockenden Lane in Swanley.

Jenny Goodall and her 23-year-old daughter Dominique were walking their 14-month-old Alaskan Malamute, called Makita, and a 16-month-old Shih Tzu called Angel.

As they passed a woman with a staffie and a staffie-cross, the male dog launched its unprovoked attack on Makita.

Mrs Goodall, of Lynden Way, Swanley, said: "It happened so quick.

"The woman was kicking it to get it off and screaming.

"My friend's boyfriend, who has a broken arm in plaster, eventually managed to pick the dog up and throw him."

According to Mrs Goodall, the woman claimed she worked for Battersea Dogs Home and had recently re-homed the dogs.

Mrs Goodall, 42, said: "The dog should be put to sleep.

"I never thought I would hear myself say that about any dog.

"But that animal has viciously attacked my dog and my daughter for no reason whatsoever."

Dominique was taken to Darent Valley Hospital suffering from puncture wounds to the back of her knee and calf after trying to save her pet, while Makita received puncture wounds to her leg.

Miss Goodall told News Shopper: "If it had been a child attacked like this it wouldn't have survived."

Her mum added: "At the end of the day it should never have happened.

"If you can't control your dog keep it on a lead."

Bromley Police confirmed they had been called to the incident.

A Battersea Dogs Home spokeswoman said: "We understand Kent Police were called to investigate an incident in Swanley involving two dogs.

"As we do not have any firm information on the circumstances of the incident, nor information about any injuries that may have been sustained, we are unable to provide any further comment at this time."

Comments(41)

Elsa123 says...
12:36pm Mon 10 Sep 12

Any dog can turn i have a dog but would never trust her with anyone.. its not the breed its the people that own them should be put down and banned from having dogs they have had to much bad press !

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the wall says...
2:54pm Mon 10 Sep 12

Don't know why my comment has been removed. It was all fact, maybe some people can't face the truth.

I hope you know what type of training and needs a Alaskan Malamute must have.

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angel1969 says...
3:15pm Mon 10 Sep 12

Our dog is very well trained and is walked and has a large garden too ...

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the wall says...
4:07pm Mon 10 Sep 12

They tend to have natural hunting instincts which often leads them to chase smaller animals, So while Malamutes are particularly good around people, it is necessary to be mindful of them around smaller animals.

Have you got the dog a paddling pool for hot summer days to cool off in?

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angel1969 says...
4:16pm Mon 10 Sep 12

We know and it was the staff that attacked our malamute ... our dog didnt even fight back .. and she has a paddling pool and other enrichment toys and she actually lives and plays very gently with our shih tzu

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sam_STOP BSL says...
4:30pm Mon 10 Sep 12

to me this sounds like an accedent there is often conficts when to dogs meet face to face its unfutuent but these things happen its part of owning a dog. out of intrest do ur dogs pull on lead? and was the other dog pulling on lead?

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sam_STOP BSL says...
4:40pm Mon 10 Sep 12

oh and just because the staff bite first dosn not al ways mean that that dog started it just sayin

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angel1969 says...
4:41pm Mon 10 Sep 12

no our dogs walk to heel and the other dog wasnt on a lead

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sam_STOP BSL says...
4:47pm Mon 10 Sep 12

ok well straight away the owner of the staffies should of had them on lead that close to a road. when u were walking towards the other dog 1 what was ur dog doing and 2 what was the staff doing I.E tail rasied ears up and so on

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the wall says...
4:49pm Mon 10 Sep 12

sam_STOP BSL wrote:
to me this sounds like an accedent there is often conficts when to dogs meet face to face its unfutuent but these things happen its part of owning a dog. out of intrest do ur dogs pull on lead? and was the other dog pulling on lead?
Well done. They are great dogs when looked after correctly. You do sound like you know what you are doing.

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angel1969 says...
4:52pm Mon 10 Sep 12

our dog was walking quietly beside my daughter and the other dog ran full speed and tried to bite my dogs throat ....and for everyones information the staff had already run up to our dog and growled menacingly and our dog didnt react but was kept close to our side and walked away from that situation ... also ive never known a male to attack a female dog ... and another thing i for 20 years owned staffs and have never had a problem with them but that dog attacked for no reason whatsoever .

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sam_STOP BSL says...
4:53pm Mon 10 Sep 12

yh and im 20 iv just got my first boy he is living in a pack of 10 dogs and i will be competing in obiediance.

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angel1969 says...
4:55pm Mon 10 Sep 12

sam_STOP BSL wrote:
to me this sounds like an accedent there is often conficts when to dogs meet face to face its unfutuent but these things happen its part of owning a dog. out of intrest do ur dogs pull on lead? and was the other dog pulling on lead?
our dogs were on a lead and the other dog wasnt we are not at fault here the owner of that dog should of had it on a lead ... its called responsible dog ownership

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the wall says...
4:57pm Mon 10 Sep 12

angel1969 wrote:
We know and it was the staff that attacked our malamute ... our dog didnt even fight back .. and she has a paddling pool and other enrichment toys and she actually lives and plays very gently with our shih tzu
Well done. They are great dogs when looked after correctly. You do sound like you know what you are doing.”

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sam_STOP BSL says...
4:59pm Mon 10 Sep 12

ok well did your daughter panic and make the lead tight because that could of made your dog nervous which the other dog picked up on and reacted to.

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angel1969 says...
5:04pm Mon 10 Sep 12

it was a totaly unprovoked attack and the dog should of been on a lead

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sam_STOP BSL says...
5:12pm Mon 10 Sep 12

no such thing as unpravoked its just most people cant read dogs so the dog could be giving signels but u havent picked up on

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sam_STOP BSL says...
5:14pm Mon 10 Sep 12

oh and yes dog should of been on lead if it is showing signs of aggsion or is near a road

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WaterSinger says...
6:44pm Mon 10 Sep 12

sam_STOP BSL wrote:
ok well did your daughter panic and make the lead tight because that could of made your dog nervous which the other dog picked up on and reacted to.
I'm the owner of the Mally who was attacked and the one who was attacked.

I wasn't panicking, my dog was held to my side with slack in her lead.

If I hadn't had her at my side then there's every possibility my dog would have been killed instead of just injured. I keep control of her.

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sam_STOP BSL says...
7:21pm Mon 10 Sep 12

im on about pulling the lead up high so pulling the dog up higher than the attacker or more dominet dog and as long as your remainig carm and there is slack in the lead it would of been alright. if ur dog was not under control then there is every chance she would of been killed i.e mirroring the staffy

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WaterSinger says...
7:36pm Mon 10 Sep 12

sam_STOP BSL wrote:
im on about pulling the lead up high so pulling the dog up higher than the attacker or more dominet dog and as long as your remainig carm and there is slack in the lead it would of been alright. if ur dog was not under control then there is every chance she would of been killed i.e mirroring the staffy
Her lead was down by my hip - and she's taller than the 'dominant' dog. I had my body between her and the other dog. She was right against a hedge on the leash, he was on the other side of the pathway/roadway and off-leash.

She's always under control, it's the only reason I'll let her off-leash at all.

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WaterSinger says...
7:38pm Mon 10 Sep 12

the wall wrote:
Don't know why my comment has been removed. It was all fact, maybe some people can't face the truth.

I hope you know what type of training and needs a Alaskan Malamute must have.
I know exactly what types of training and needs an Alaskan Malamute has, and my dogs needs are always met with enrichment, positive enforcement and puzzles that work her mind properly.

Your comment was removed because it was malicious. My dog is walked between 5-7 miles a day along with an enormous garden to run about in and frequent training sessions.

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WaterSinger says...
7:39pm Mon 10 Sep 12

the wall wrote:
They tend to have natural hunting instincts which often leads them to chase smaller animals, So while Malamutes are particularly good around people, it is necessary to be mindful of them around smaller animals.

Have you got the dog a paddling pool for hot summer days to cool off in?
Makita is actually good with smaller animals. We have pygmy hedgehogs which she just sits and watches. She's never been aggressive in her life - ie she'll bark at a pigeon but only from the back doorstep and does the same to cats etc.

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PaulErith says...
8:34am Tue 11 Sep 12

Hope the owner of the staf is prosecuted and the dog put down. No place for violent dogs like that.

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Marty1979 says...
8:56am Tue 11 Sep 12

sam_STOP BSL wrote:
yh and im 20 iv just got my first boy he is living in a pack of 10 dogs and i will be competing in obiediance.
Could you try using a spell checker on your PC? It makes your comments much easier to read

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Guess who ;) AGAIN ! says...
11:41am Tue 11 Sep 12

sam_STOP BSL are you a council tenant ?

Your spelling is awful.

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the wall says...
2:48pm Tue 11 Sep 12

My comment has been removed again and I worded it in a nice way.

Looks like someone isn't facing up to the truth!

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dog blame the dog says...
3:37pm Tue 11 Sep 12

Also if the staffy attacked your dog i was shocked to see the tiny little cut on her leg ,,, my dogs play and get worst cuts lol ,,, and if only you had a small bite to your leg , the attack wasnt atall as bad as whats been written ,,, soooo no dont belive the dog should be put down ,

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justjackuk says...
3:49pm Tue 11 Sep 12

dog blame the dog wrote:
Also if the staffy attacked your dog i was shocked to see the tiny little cut on her leg ,,, my dogs play and get worst cuts lol ,,, and if only you had a small bite to your leg , the attack wasnt atall as bad as whats been written ,,, soooo no dont belive the dog should be put down ,
AND AGAIN AGREE! .. lol

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Local lady says...
8:58pm Tue 11 Sep 12

From the above report it sounds like a dog on dog attack with the young woman getting in the way to help her dog. This is no reason to request a dog be put to sleep. I'd question whether the owners of the dogs that were attacked had too many animals with them at the time and were out of control. All should be prosecusted if the dogs were not on leads.
I wonder if these people are in social housing and if their tenancy agreements are breached owning so many dogs?

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angel1969 says...
10:04pm Tue 11 Sep 12

our dogs were on leads and there was 4 adults including myself and my daughter the owner of the dog that attacked our dog had 2 dogs with her both were not on leads so in fact and according to law our dogs were on leashes in a public place and were not out of control .... Our dog didnt even fight back but just laid there whilst the unleashed dog bit her and my daughter

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angel1969 says...
10:06pm Tue 11 Sep 12

Local lady wrote:
From the above report it sounds like a dog on dog attack with the young woman getting in the way to help her dog. This is no reason to request a dog be put to sleep. I'd question whether the owners of the dogs that were attacked had too many animals with them at the time and were out of control. All should be prosecusted if the dogs were not on leads.
I wonder if these people are in social housing and if their tenancy agreements are breached owning so many dogs?
and yes i am in social housing and have the correct permission to have both my dogs who are well looked after and very well trained

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the wall says...
9:51am Wed 12 Sep 12

angel1969 wrote:
Local lady wrote: From the above report it sounds like a dog on dog attack with the young woman getting in the way to help her dog. This is no reason to request a dog be put to sleep. I'd question whether the owners of the dogs that were attacked had too many animals with them at the time and were out of control. All should be prosecusted if the dogs were not on leads. I wonder if these people are in social housing and if their tenancy agreements are breached owning so many dogs?
and yes i am in social housing and have the correct permission to have both my dogs who are well looked after and very well trained
So in social housing and can afford to buy all these pets, feed them and pay vet bills.

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justjackuk says...
10:08am Wed 12 Sep 12

whats social housing got to do with a dog attack?? ...

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angel1969 says...
10:15am Wed 12 Sep 12

justjackuk wrote:
whats social housing got to do with a dog attack?? ...
my point as well justjackuk i go to a private vets i dont use the pdsa like a lot of people my dogs all have their booster jabs when they need it and are treated with love and affection

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justjackuk says...
1:22pm Wed 12 Sep 12

yeah so do a lot of people in social housing .. (use a private vets) .. like some people with mortgages use the PDSA..

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dogexpert says...
6:56pm Wed 12 Sep 12

After seeing the picture of the tiny little injury/scratch of the dog I have just laughed. These is clearly an major overreaction of the owner of the Malamute.

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angel1969 says...
8:17pm Wed 12 Sep 12

Tiny injury our dog has been left with a hole in her leg and unless u were there how the hell do u know what happened ... it was a very frightening experience and one i would never have to experience again my 11 year old son witnessed our dog being attacked and had he not of picked up our shih tzu in his arms then maybe that staff would of attacked our shih tzu then she would not be here today ... Both my dogs have been traumatized by this and have not really eaten much since .. How dare anybody say that it was a minor scratch i will give you my address so you can come inspect the wounds on both our dog and my daughter then see what you say .. All i can say is i hope annd pray this never happenms to any of you malicious doubters

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toomush2drink says...
9:35pm Thu 13 Sep 12

Muzzle all dogs in public places then it cant happen again.

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TheEverardedbutt says...
11:49am Sat 15 Sep 12

angel1969 wrote:
Tiny injury our dog has been left with a hole in her leg and unless u were there how the hell do u know what happened ... it was a very frightening experience and one i would never have to experience again my 11 year old son witnessed our dog being attacked and had he not of picked up our shih tzu in his arms then maybe that staff would of attacked our shih tzu then she would not be here today ... Both my dogs have been traumatized by this and have not really eaten much since .. How dare anybody say that it was a minor scratch i will give you my address so you can come inspect the wounds on both our dog and my daughter then see what you say .. All i can say is i hope annd pray this never happenms to any of you malicious doubters
Sorry but that looks like a minor injury, hardly the mauling you are portraying.

"A MOTHER-OF-THREE is demanding a Staffordshire Bull Terrier cross be put down after claiming it viciously attacked her daughter and their dog."


Look at this photo,

http://i.imgur.com/K
AxhZ.jpg

This is an injury my American Bulldog received from an out of control dog. As you can see that is a substantial wound not the little 'Scratch' your dog has.

I have seen injuries far worse then the injury your dog has caused by chainlink fencing.

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angel1969 says...
1:07pm Sat 15 Sep 12

u wasnt there and u can not see the depth of the hole tell ya wat ill give u my address u can come see for yourself

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