Another dog park incident

[sea4th]

This came on a local dog list that I'm on. Disturbing.

 

Please reply to:

 

(216) 556-GRIN (4746) or e-mail from website www.grinrescue.org

 

Subject: IMPORTANT! Please Help Find Oscar

 

We received this from a G.R.I.N. adopter -

 

On Saturday, June 27th while at Twinsburg Dog Park, a tall husky white male with brown hair and short facial hair and two girls, a pre-teen (possible name like "Madison") and a teen, both slender, white with long sandy brown hair were throwing a squeeky toy for a mostly black with white chest Border Collie named Oscar. The G.R.I.N. dog, Patch ran after the ball and Oscar attacked Patch. Patch's owner, Tony pulled Patch away from Oscar and Oscar repeatedly bit Tony's wrist while he was kneeling and holding Patch. The husky man walked over, collected his dog, looked at Tony's wrist and commented that it looked pretty bad. The husky man then walked past Tony, picked up the squeeky ball and left with the girls and Oscar. He drove away in a dark burnt red-burgundy Durango type vehicle. Tony went to the ER and was discharged with a dog bite/soft tissue damage only, with no broken bones or apparent torn nerves or tendons.

 

This is where we need your help. Oscar must be found NOW or Tony must and may already be at the hospital for rabies treatment. Oscar's owner probably lives in a SE suburb of Cleveland or a NE suburb of Akron.

 

PLEASE FORWARD this to everyone you know to help find Oscar and save Tony from possible painful treatment. Oscar's vet records will need to be checked to see if he has had a rabies shot. If Oscar does not have a rabies shot, he will be quarantined for a period to see if he develops rabies.

 

Patch's family thanks you and so do we.

 

 

 

Your Friends at G.R.I.N.

[Tommy Coyote]

Wow

 

I bet they never find those people. Unless someone just happens to know who they are and turns them in. They will never come forward on their own.

[lexio2]

That's just awful! Hope someone comes forward with info. i'll pass this around to my friends in the cleveland/akron area.

[mbc1963]

Ugh. I totally sympathize - walked away from a scuffle between my dog and a loose dog down the street with 3 stitches, but luckily was able to get the other dog's rabies certificate, so I didn't have to consider that. I can't believe (I know, I should be able to, but still!) that someone could be so callous and just leave.

 

Mary

[bc4ever]

Exactly why I always carry my cell phone on any walk--I can take pictures, if needed, of the offending dog, person and vehicle, if possible.

 

Hopefully these people will come forward and take responsibility for their dog's actions, but I'd be surprised if they do.

[desertranger]

Bad enough it was a bite but to be a BC as well. I've seen untrained and undisciplined BCs, even had one. All too often often nothing can be done to help an aggressive BC at all.

 

As for the people I wouldn't expect them to come forward. But I would like to know why he wasn't asked for some sort of ID.

[herdcentral]

It happens all to often, people leaving the scene. But to actually comment on the bite and then walk away! and especially with the rabies implications.

 

Mind you my sisters whippet was savaged by a BC and the owner quickly left the scene, without comment. The whippet had to be extensively stitched and still bears major scars, so their bite can do significant damage. Fortunately my sister is a vet otherwise it would have cost big time.

[Tommy Coyote]

Oh shoot. You should see my scars- and they are from my own dogs. Breaking up fights is dangerous.l I also snapped a tendon in my thumb and had to wear a cast for 6 weeks.

 

I bear my scars proudly. Kind of like having unusual tatoos.l