Dangerous must attack humans before police will act.

What makes my blood boil is the apathy and fobbing off from teh Police. Its clear the general protection of the public isnt something our police force bother about today, whether its dogs attacking others, robbery, break ins etc. They just aren't interested. We have seen a police commissioner role created which adds zero value and incurs unnecessary costs. Our policing portion of council tax has increased significantly and looking at SYP stats the level of crimes reported that are actually investigated to a conclusion is going down. It seems you need 2 things to get a police response, to force the issue and to get lucky.

 

You can always tell which people especially children are frightened of dogs by their body language when you approach and any responsible dog owner should give them plenty of space. I will always offer the opportunity for a scared child to meet my 6 six year old Great Dane who although over 3 foot tall to his shoulder and over a 100 kgs is very calm, steady and trustworthy even around very excitable children and my proudest moment as a dog owner was when at Penistone show about 4 years ago he met an autistic teenager in a wheelchair who had never interacted with anyone or anything apart from his parents before spent 15 minutes interacting with my Dane who despite the lads squeals of delight and sometimes vigorous pat's was perfectly behaved.

 

SYP without doubt the worst police force in the country who haven't learned from any of their many past mistakes.

 

No worries, TBH I just googled it.
What’s bizarre is you’d think they’d go round and just have a word about being responsible etc. If they’d done that I’m sure despite still having a vet bill you’d have accepted it.

 

It's a given that sighthounds (greyhounds, lurchers and the like) have to be on a lead around other dogs because their prey drive will kick in if they see another dog running. It's not the dog's fault of course; every brain cell in their head is screaming to them to chase and bite.

Knowing this, it was very negligent of the owners to have them unleashed unless they really didn't expect anyone around and it was a genuine accident*. It sounds like this wasn't the case. The slight saving grace regarding your worries (but no consolation to your dog) is that the prey drive does not extend to being aggressive to humans. I cannot say the same about worked up terriers of course. I think we've all been bitten by a terrier at some point in our lives. Fiery little bar stewards.

Good luck with chasing up your claim against these irresponsible idiots.

* Confession - I once had a greyhound off the lead on a deserted beach very early in the morning when a lad with a lab unexpectedly appeared. She saw them from hundreds of metres away and bolted. She turned from a quiet timid dog into a thing possessed in an instant. When I caught up she was chasing the other dog around in circles, biting its backside. I had to do some serious red-faced apologising. I learned that day there is no safe public place to let a greyhound run free. Their sight is a lot better than ours and they only have one thing on their mind when they see something run.

 

Most children ask if they can stroke mine. Up until my youngest asking if we could have a dog all 3 of them were scared of them To a 3 year old any size dog is scary!