Letter to the editor: How pleased I was to read that Rocky the schnauzer is recovering from the injuries he received when attacked by a vicious dog (Dog owner stunned by “killing machine” attack, August 20). It is about time the law was changed to include any vicious dog, not only pitbull terriers.

Rocky was more fortunate than my little cross yorkie, which was killed on July 27 last year while being walked on a lead in a road in Greenwich. The dog that killed him has been returned to its owners, while my little pet has been returned to me by the police as ashes in a box.

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