One of my semi-feral adult cats who doesn't come inside much was attacked by a dog (I don't want to make this some breed debate, I am not against any breed of dog, but it was a pit bull..Actually 2),
About 45 minutes previously a brown pitbull was being chased by its owner, and my next door neighbor (Even more of a crazy cat lady then me) was spraying it with the hose and yelling at the idiot owner who was actually AFRAID of approaching his OWN dog!! I stood and watched to make sure it stayed out of my yard, and the owner caught it and took it back to his house (They live right now the street, I had never see the dogs before). Then 45 minutes after that incident I heard my neighbor yelling and running in my yard, as soon as I got out there I saw the dog with a grip on Monkey's belly area. The owner was there, and trying to get his dog off my cat. I started kicking the dog, and punching it in the face (Honestly, I could care less about causing the dog pain, anyone would have done the same thing if their animal was being attacked). A couple seconds later my neighbors husband and my brother joined in, 4 people kicking and punching this dog and him being sprayed in the face, and he still would not let go. Finally my neighbor's husband stuck his hand in the dogs mouth and pried it open, and Monkey bolted for the fence, me in pursuit, and the other pit bull almost grabbed him but I grabbed it by the scruff of the neck (Luckily it was a smaller one), and also grabbed Monkey with my other hand. My brother and the dogs owner had the brown pit bull (And the culprit) and they started walking it back to their house, and I handed the smaller one off to my neighbor, and rushed Monkey inside to see how bad he was.
Thankfully Monkey is so fat, and has a lot of side flab that the dog had a hold of skin and fat, and Monkey only has some puncture wounds, a lot of swelling, and an injured back nail from trying to claw his way out of the dogs jaws. It took us over 5 minutes to get the dog off, I thought Monkey was going to be in much worse shape but I think the dog was distracted from the water and kicking to do cause and more damage.
Both the dogs were females, and both had very saggy milk filled sacs. The owner of the dog should have found a way to contain his dogs the first time they got out, instead he allowed them to get out twice in the span of 45 minutes, and the second time the dogs ran straight to my my house. The dog is being quarantined right now, not sure what its outcome will be except the police said this was not the dogs or owners first offense, the dog had attacked something before. Hopefully it doesn't have rabies because I was bit on my finger in the process, and its swollen at the moment (Kinda hard to type!)
I am just really shaken up...I don't blame the dog, but I blame the owner. He should have learned from the first time it got out, but since its not the dogs first offense..I guess he never will learn, and he shouldn't be allowed to have dogs if he can't contain and control them. My cat was in MY yard, on my front porch. He didn't wander into someone elses yard, and the attacker dog lived on the same block, but across from the other side street, so not even near my house! I just do not understand some dog owners..Obviously these dogs are breeding machines for them, my brother went down there with the police to talk to the owners (Who were very apologetic) and he noticed the different aged litters of puppies they had, which I think they are going to get in trouble for from animal control that also came out.
I am very grateful my neighbor was outside watering her lawn at the time, or Monkey would be in much worse shape, even possibly dead.
About 45 minutes previously a brown pitbull was being chased by its owner, and my next door neighbor (Even more of a crazy cat lady then me) was spraying it with the hose and yelling at the idiot owner who was actually AFRAID of approaching his OWN dog!! I stood and watched to make sure it stayed out of my yard, and the owner caught it and took it back to his house (They live right now the street, I had never see the dogs before). Then 45 minutes after that incident I heard my neighbor yelling and running in my yard, as soon as I got out there I saw the dog with a grip on Monkey's belly area. The owner was there, and trying to get his dog off my cat. I started kicking the dog, and punching it in the face (Honestly, I could care less about causing the dog pain, anyone would have done the same thing if their animal was being attacked). A couple seconds later my neighbors husband and my brother joined in, 4 people kicking and punching this dog and him being sprayed in the face, and he still would not let go. Finally my neighbor's husband stuck his hand in the dogs mouth and pried it open, and Monkey bolted for the fence, me in pursuit, and the other pit bull almost grabbed him but I grabbed it by the scruff of the neck (Luckily it was a smaller one), and also grabbed Monkey with my other hand. My brother and the dogs owner had the brown pit bull (And the culprit) and they started walking it back to their house, and I handed the smaller one off to my neighbor, and rushed Monkey inside to see how bad he was.
Thankfully Monkey is so fat, and has a lot of side flab that the dog had a hold of skin and fat, and Monkey only has some puncture wounds, a lot of swelling, and an injured back nail from trying to claw his way out of the dogs jaws. It took us over 5 minutes to get the dog off, I thought Monkey was going to be in much worse shape but I think the dog was distracted from the water and kicking to do cause and more damage.
Both the dogs were females, and both had very saggy milk filled sacs. The owner of the dog should have found a way to contain his dogs the first time they got out, instead he allowed them to get out twice in the span of 45 minutes, and the second time the dogs ran straight to my my house. The dog is being quarantined right now, not sure what its outcome will be except the police said this was not the dogs or owners first offense, the dog had attacked something before. Hopefully it doesn't have rabies because I was bit on my finger in the process, and its swollen at the moment (Kinda hard to type!)
I am just really shaken up...I don't blame the dog, but I blame the owner. He should have learned from the first time it got out, but since its not the dogs first offense..I guess he never will learn, and he shouldn't be allowed to have dogs if he can't contain and control them. My cat was in MY yard, on my front porch. He didn't wander into someone elses yard, and the attacker dog lived on the same block, but across from the other side street, so not even near my house! I just do not understand some dog owners..Obviously these dogs are breeding machines for them, my brother went down there with the police to talk to the owners (Who were very apologetic) and he noticed the different aged litters of puppies they had, which I think they are going to get in trouble for from animal control that also came out.
I am very grateful my neighbor was outside watering her lawn at the time, or Monkey would be in much worse shape, even possibly dead.
I agree maybe an outdoor enclosure for your outdoor kitties would be best or just keep them indoors if possible. Is your cat that is semi-feral friendly enough to stay inside?
