Sister in Law stitched up by the coppers !

[Stubby]

In short . My sister in law rescues grey hounds . One at a time . This will be her 4th I think .  Walking him , on a lead , in the park . A handbag type dog rushes up to her greyhound snapping and barking . My sis yells at the woman to get her dog back and under control . The woman seems unable/unwilling to do so . Small dog ends up getting bitten by the greyhound . The woman gets bitten by her own dog as it is injured and distressed .  Small dog ends up at the vets for a day then dies . Police arrest my sis and take her dog away under the dangerous dogs act . One month later they say  ( the police ) she can have the dog back if she pays the 2K vet bill and signs some community order  or such like .  The small dog woman said the the grey hound was out of control and that it was that that bit her . Sis has a witness to say otherwise . Sis is so fed up not having her dog she agrees to pay up .  I did not think the police had the power to do do this . I would have gone to court , especially with a witness but hey ho sis wanted her dog back and move on . Thoughts ?

[difflock]

Your sister in law  has my full sympathy, BUT, are greyhounds not required to be muzzled , despite being on a lead.

That could have swung it against her.

Otherwise I, me, mesel, would have fought it, especially with a witness.

Marcus 

Edited January 4, 2019 by difflock

[Stubby]

4 minutes ago, difflock said:

Your sister in law  has my full sympathy, BUT, are greyhounds not required to be muzzled , despite being on a lead.

That could have swung it against her.

Otherwise I, me, mesel, would have fought it, especially with a witness.

Marcus 

I have seen some  muzzled but not all by any means  but don't know if its a requirement

[AHPP]

10 minutes ago, Stubby said:

I did not think the police had the power to do do this . 

They probably don't.

[difflock]

That is why I commented, any I see being walked about our local village are always muzzled, and wor local blokes would not tend to be sticklers for the law, so there must be some leverage.

[Mick Dempsey]

I just checked on line, not a requirement, but many people do, I have a mate in the UK who’s parents always have a Greyhound, which is always muzzled on walks.

 

As has been said, she has my sympathy, especially as she rescues them.

 

They are are powerful dog with fast jaws however.

 

Hope things work out for them.

[Stubby]

1 minute ago, difflock said:

That is why I commented, any I see being walked about our local village are always muzzled, and wor local blokes would not tend to be sticklers for the law, so there must be some leverage.

Just googled it and its not law . Only a recommendation until you know your dogs temperament it says . 

[Conor Wright]

Sorry to hear that, where was the greyhound kept for the month? Could they confirm it's usually a placid dog?(presuming it is?) It's a common problem with the owners of smaller breeds, presuming because it's small it'll do no harm. The most dangerous and aggressive dog I know personally is a puggle.. sounds like an attempt at comedy but it's not.
If the handbag hound was off the lead, running loose and snapping and the greyhound on a lead.. which one is out of control? I may well have paid out to get my dog back too, but would not let it rest there. I would have some choice words for the police too, the greyhound was dealing with a threat and acting to defend itself and or owner. Dog size is not the issue, dog attitude is.

[Mick Dempsey]

I don’t know if I told this on here but a recent incident..

 

Walking Igor the Fox terrier a couple of months back on a regular track, passed a garden with a bull mastiff type in behind chain link fencing.

 

The mastiff charged the fence and burst through underneath, I managed to pull Igor back on the lead and sweep him up in my arms, the mastiff jumped up at me to get to him and just managed to injure his bollocks, claret leaking out, trip to the vet etc.

 

I was understandably furious, the female owner just giving some old flannel about their dog not being vicious blah blah.

 

Point is a big dog can kill a smaller one in seconds, if it had been my wife on her own it could have been very nasty.

[Stubby]

1 minute ago, Conor Wright said:

Sorry to hear that, where was the greyhound kept for the month? Could they confirm it's usually a placid dog?(presuming it is?) It's a common problem with the owners of smaller breeds, presuming because it's small it'll do no harm. The most dangerous and aggressive dog I know personally is a puggle.. sounds like an attempt at comedy but it's not.
If the handbag hound was off the lead, running loose and snapping and the greyhound on a lead.. which one is out of control? I may well have paid out to get my dog back too, but would not let it rest there. I would have some choice words for the police too, the greyhound was dealing with a threat and acting to defend itself and or owner. Dog size is not the issue, dog attitude is.

Apparently they would not tell my sister in law were the dog was kept . This added to her anguish  I think .  She lives in Surbiton Surrey . I am down here in West Sussex  so could not help realistically .