Perth,
Western Australia
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Samaritan saved dogs from Satan
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At 6.45pm last Friday, my friend and I were walking down St Leonard's Street, Mosman Park, with my two small dogs on their leashes when a vicious dog that looked part-pit bull/staffy came flying out of Centennial Park (we were 50m away on the other side of the road). He first went for my little shih tzu (clearly the smaller and easier target) and grabbed at her coat. I yanked her up high on her lead, literally hanging her as he snapped at her coat. I have never heard a dog scream before – it was chilling. Unperturbed, the attacker went for my other dog, a lhasa apso, and by this time my friend, who was unused to dogs, was screaming loudly. We were all tangled up in leads and I couldn't get to the lhasa and hold the shih tzu at the same time. The attacker's owner was calling it "Satan" and we couldn't retrieve the lhasa from it. A man pulled up in his car and asked, "Are you okay?". I yelled, "No we're not", whereupon he dived out of his vehicle, leaving the door open, and somehow managed to hold down the attacker so I could retrieve my dog who by this time was bleeding and injured. "Just take your dogs and get out of here," the man said, "we will never calm this one down with them around." I ran up St Leonard's Street, with both dogs in my arms, and went straight to the vet's. The lhasa had bites on his leg, a torn ear and deep punctures and nasty grazing on his neck. His collar, which had diamantes, was severely damaged and it was probably this that saved his life. It seemed the attacker had had several attempts at biting his neck and many of the diamantes were missing, meaning his teeth went there instead of into my dog's neck. The Good Samaritan who came to our rescue was amazing. If he hadn't intervened, I am convinced my dog would have been killed. He also managed to talk the pit bull's owner into cooperating and giving him her phone number, which he then passed to my friend who had stayed there with him. My friend said the owner made a remark about people and small dogs. We passed the number on to the Mosman Park ranger who is now dealing with the matter. If our rescuer happens to read this letter, or if there is anyone who saw the incident or knows who he is, could they please ring me on 0416 192 119 because I would like to reward him. Bronwyn Lewis
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