Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
- Location
- The hills of Accrington
At 4.30 this afternoon I saw one of those Pocket Bullies approaching me and my little dog. It was on a long lead with two chavvy types. Panic set in as the dog's lead was about 10 foot long and it looked like it was out for a fight! Luckily for me this monster ignored my mutt and instead headed towards a tiny Yorkshire Terrier being walked by an elderly woman. I shouted at her to "pick your dog up now"!, but she seemed confused and probably thought I was being aggressive or something. She carried on walking with her little dog as devil dog made a bee line for it. I couldn't just watch what was obviously going to unfold so I handed my dog to a friend I was with and pegged it over to the woman and her Yorkshire Terrier and grabbed the dog off the floor. She shouted at me to leave her dog alone, not knowing what was about to happen, but she soon realised when devil dog was about 12 foot away. As I picked it up the Bully dog lunged at the little dog in my hand, so I turned my back on the dog. All this was happening while the 2 chavs made no attempt to haul the dog' long lead in, instead saying something about "he only wants to play for f..ks sake". Anyway, to cut a long story short in the melee I suffered a few bites on my right hand, either from the Bully dog or the terrified, but fighting back Yorkie. I think they were from the Yorkie as they aren't that bad, but still quite a sight. After this incident I made my way to Accrington Victoria Hospital's small injuries department, where they cleaned and bandaged it. This incident happened in full view of one of those high up CCTV police cameras. I'm now thinking of approaching the police as surely this incident should've been caught on that camera. After this incident a bloke approached me asking if i was ok and even offered to drive me to the hospital, but I declined the offer as I would've only had to go back after the hospital to get my car. He also told me that this dog had been seized by the police for being un-muzzled (as it as today) but handed back on the promise from the owner that he would keep it muzzled, but not today it seems! As for the woman and her dog, she thanked me and left safely with her little dog, thankfully unharmed, physically if not mentally.