Here is my statement to Animal Control on what happened last night. They started investigating.
This evening I was walking down Image Circle with my son, Anthony, in his stroller and my two miniature beagles, Peanut and Buster, on their leashes.
When we got down to the paved area to the right (a dead end pavement area) two very large dogs came running at us. The garage door was open to a blue
house with white trim, 3166 Image Circle. I believe the two dogs came from this house. One dog was white and fluffy, like a Husky or a Chow, and the other was
multi-colored I believe white and black. I could not tell you the breed of that dog, because it really didn't register with me.
They ran at my son to start with, who was sitting in the stroller. He started crying and yelling and the dogs seemed to lose interest with him and went after my
dogs. They went after the smaller one, Peanut. She started yelping, but I could not tell if they harmed her because I was able to get her up off the pavement and
into my arms.
As I was trying to pick up Buster, the two dogs started biting at his back, just below his neck. I tried to get the two dogs off him by pushing them away with my foot,
but trying to hold one dog, making sure my son was not injured and rescue my other dog was impossible.
After about a minute a younger girl, probably 6-10 years old, came running at us. I yelled at her "Get your dogs!". She started crying and mentioned something
about her sister and ran back in the direction of the house at 3611.
Two cars passed by us before a man in a full size gray truck stopped and asked if we needed help. I told him yes and he immediately got out and grabbed one of
the dogs off. I looked up and there was an older dark-haired female getting the other dog. She took the dogs, along with the younger girl, and went the direction
of 3611 Image. The man asked if I was okay and I told him yes and thanked him for helping.
I pulled my son, who was almost hysterical at this point, over off the road to the paved area on the right and calmed him down and checked my dogs to see if they
were okay. My larger dog, Buster, got the worst of the mauling. He winced when I touched his back, but I did not see any blood or any lacerations/bite marks. It
might be a little swollen, but nothing broke the skin.
This could not have taken more than two or three minutes, but when I looked up, the garage door of 3611 was shut and there was no one in the area. Neither of
the two females came back to check on us or see if our dogs were okay. I did notice at this time, though, that a red car was leaving that general area. I'm not sure
if it came from that house or not.
After checking on my dogs and making sure my son was okay, we continued our walk towards home. I looked towards the house at 3611 and there were no lights
on. No one appeared to be home.
One I arrived home, I called my husband on his cell phone at 5:41 pm. I told him what happened. On his way home at 6:50 pm, he stopped by the house at
3611 Image Circle. He said it appeared that no one was home. The lights were out. There was a van in the driveway with disabled veteran plates, but no red car
or any dogs outside that would resemble the dogs I described.
What I would like to see is these two dogs not be able to do this to another person or dog. This was a very scary situation and if the man hadn't stopped to help us,
I have no idea what would have happened with my dogs. These dogs should not be allowed to be off their leashes when the opportunity to be in public exists. In
my opinion, they are dangerous and something needs to be done.
I lost one pound because of it! 