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Girl savaged in dog attack

Published date: 28 July 2011 |
Published by: Staff reporter

 

A SEVEN-year-old girl was rushed to hospital after she was mauled by a dog.

Eyewitnesses say the youngster was playing near the sports centre in Plas Madoc when she was bitten by a dog causing injuries to her arm and leg.

The girl, who is believed to be from the Glaslyn area, has not been identified.
Paul Blackwell, county councillor for Plas Madoc, described the incident as a “nasty” attack.

He said: “In the heat at the moment it doesn’t take much for the animals to get agitated and that’s when they turn nasty.

“Owners should make sure their pets are kept on leads, especially during the summer holidays when there are more children around.

“Big, powerful dogs can be very docile, it’s all down to the ownership.

“My sympathies are with the family and I hope the little girl makes a speedy recovery.”

Cllr Ennys Hughes, of Cefn Community Council, said: “I understand the little girl’s in hospital and it’s such a shame.

“I don’t think she was badly hurt and it could have been a lot worse but she must have been so frightened and will have been very shaken up.”

And, according to Cllr Blackwell, the dog’s future now hangs in the balance.

He added: “I’m not sure what action is going to be taken but I know the police are dealing with the situation regarding the dog.”

A spokesman for Wales Ambulance Service said: “We were called at 6.57pm to an incident in Acrefair involving an alleged dog attack.

“A rapid response vehicle and an ambulance attended and a seven-year-old girl with arm and leg injuries was taken to the Maelor for further treatment.”

North Wales Police confirmed the girl had been bitten by a dog.

A spokesman said: “At 7.03pm on Sunday we received reports that a child had been bitten by a pitbull-type dog. Police are now looking into the matter.”

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  1. Posted by: Roland Cleth at 11:22 on 28 July 2011 Report

    "...pitbull-type dog..." What a surprise...and at Plas Madoc too. Put the owner down.

  2. Posted by: Soph3006 at 11:52 on 28 July 2011 Report

    This is a very sad story, but the dog should not be put down under any circumstance. The dog could have been annoyed and just took it's anger out on something, and unfortunately it was a little girl. People get angry and they lash out, but they don't get killed for it. Dogs should not be treated differently.

  3. Posted by: sianyg at 13:37 on 28 July 2011 Report

    Roland cleth your an absolute idiot. Why do you assume a pibull type dog? People can get attacked by a labrador, jack russells bite all the time. Ive two staffys & they are amazing. If you've nothing sensible to say dont say anything. Your pathetic "know it all" type with no life, what a surprise!

  4. Posted by: hangmansknotinn at 13:40 on 28 July 2011 Report

    I agree with Roland.

  5. Posted by: InMyOpinion at 14:05 on 28 July 2011 Report

    All dogs should be kept on a leash when in a public place.... regardless of how large or small they are. as for putting the owners down.... sometimes I could agree with that but without knowing the full facts its a bit of a non statement.

  6. Posted by: Hen ddraig at 14:06 on 28 July 2011 Report

    sianyg:- engage brain and read the story before opening mouth. Roland obviously read the whole story including the last line. Another vote in his support.

  7. Posted by: whatson at 14:40 on 28 July 2011 Report

    yes it does refer to a "pit-bull type dog" in the article ... may want to retract your statement there, as for the owners they should have a ban from keeping animals until they can demonstrate they can excersise proper control over them and they pose no risk to the public.

  8. Posted by: a cahill at 15:32 on 28 July 2011 Report

    Roland Cleth...an absolute idiot !!... ok then but a very knowledgeable one at that

  9. Posted by: somethingtosay at 16:24 on 28 July 2011 Report

    Nine times out of ten it's a 'pit bull type' from what I've read, usually owned by drug users/dealers and the like for protection. Funny you never see that 'type' of person with a Labrador for instance...ooh wonder why?

  10. Posted by: Roland Cleth at 16:58 on 28 July 2011 Report

    Sian, the quotation marks were a clue. I was quoting the story. Are you also linking the beaviour of Staffies to pitbulls? Have to agree with somethingtosay, you don't tend to choose a "...pitbull-type dog." as a family pet.

  11. Posted by: nuts68 at 17:53 on 28 July 2011 Report

    keep dogs on leads simple,I'm fed up of going to bellvue park and dogs running up to my two young daughters and the owners saying he's ok he wont bite,I DONT care! keep your dogs to yourself and dont assume we all love your dogs jumping up on us.

  12. Posted by: amh40 at 18:59 on 28 July 2011 Report

    Pitbull or labrador, if there are children around then it is safer to keep the dog on the lead. Your dog may not bite but some are so boisterous they may cause injury by just being playful. My dog is extremely clumsy so the lead goes on whenever there are kids around. As for the dog in the article, he should be removed from the owner and assessed by a professional trainer before rehoming, not put down without a fair chance at rehabilitation.

  13. Posted by: liberty1 at 19:54 on 28 July 2011 Report

    all dogs, when out and about , should be muzzled , this would not solve the prob but may limlt the number of attacks, how many times have we heard the excuse " the dog has always been great with the kids " , for some D***H**Ds certain dogs have become a weapon as they are unable to knock the skin off a ricepudding thenselves , I am not saying that this has happened in this case but making a general point.

  14. Posted by: Meghan at 22:47 on 28 July 2011 Report

    I know the young girl Charlie involved and apparently the family of the dog involved blame her as she was walking her own small dog near Bruce who is known for attacking any dog he sees. And yes the dog who mauled her IS a Staffordshire Bull Terrier.

  15. Posted by: Roland Cleth at 08:25 on 29 July 2011 Report

    Meghan - "...the family of the dog involved blame her as she was walking her own small dog near Bruce who is known for attacking any dog he sees." Says it all really.

  16. Posted by: welshchik at 09:22 on 29 July 2011 Report

    How the hell can the owners of the staffy blame the little girl?Its the owners that need putting down for letting a dog who is known to attack run around with no lead.I hope the little girl makes a quick recovery.

  17. Posted by: Meghan at 09:46 on 29 July 2011 Report

    "How the hell can the owners of the staffy blame the little girl?" I know - heartbreaking isn't it. The 7 year old girl is part of the extended family who also own the dog so it's sad to see how the dog's welfare has been put above hers. No doubt the dog will be back attacking other peoples pets on the estate now.

  18. Posted by: amh40 at 10:13 on 29 July 2011 Report

    Children should not be expected to make decisions like that, they should be able to walk their dogs wherever they like without fear of getting mauled. It's 100% the attacking dog's owner at fault. Either train and restrain your dog, or give it to someone who's responsible enough to do so. Muzzling dogs wouldn't work, apart from making it a miserable walk for good dogs, as soon as an ineffective owner lets their dog slip the lead the dog would get the muzzle off no problem.

  19. Posted by: sianyg at 10:56 on 29 July 2011 Report

    my point Roland, was the way your write it was a "suprise". You are some of the small minded people around who asume its always going to be one of these dogs. They are not the first, the only & not the last. ANY dog can attack is point. Is that hard for you to understand? And why dont you look up some of the news articles on labrador attacks! O & "somethingtosay" im an accountant & i own two staffies. What do you do love??

  20. Posted by: bornacorn at 11:40 on 29 July 2011 Report

    Have to admit, most of the time the victim did something to provoke the dog. The amount of times my five year old cousin has been nipped by the family sheepdog because he was pulling at its whiskers, ears or face in general. I can imagine a hard faced Plasvegas kid doing it deliberately.

  21. Posted by: Whatson at 11:43 on 29 July 2011 Report

    I'm not suprised you're an accountant as words don't seem to be your strong point...

  22. Posted by: Meghan at 12:13 on 29 July 2011 Report

    @bornacorn. What an incredibly stupid and heartless comment to make. So walking your own dog on a lead is somehow provoking a staffordshire bull terrier to attack you. If you are willing to write off a 7 year old girl just because she lives on Plas Madoc just shows what a moron you are.

  23. Posted by: sianyg at 13:06 on 29 July 2011 Report

    O please whatson, your comment hardly surprises me. You sound as though your a complete "queen bitch".

  24. Posted by: Roland Cleth at 13:36 on 29 July 2011 Report

    Sian, the assumption was, indeed, that it would be a "pitbull-type" of dog involved, simply because of the nature of the breed and what they were bred for. Yes, of course, ANY dog can attack in the right circumstances, but, whenever a serious attack is reported, it's normally one from a fairly small list of breeds.

  25. Posted by: amh40 at 14:00 on 29 July 2011 Report

    Pitbull/staffies are very sweet if trained properly but they do have fighting tendencies so in the wrong hands they can be a nightmare. The problem all over the country (not just PM) is that alot of dogs in shelters are staffie or staffie mixes, and so you get people taking on a high-energy dog without researching the breed first. I'm sure the scars of the little girl aren't just skin-deep, imagine if that dog had killed her little dog in front of her!!!

  26. Posted by: sianyg at 14:08 on 29 July 2011 Report

    Roland, the reason you here more about staff attacks is because people prefer to publicise this rather than hurting the image of say a labrador. It was only a couple of weeks ago the sun reported a SMALL piece about a labrador attack on a child & yet a staff gets front page news. It is not fair. I get mad because people asume there all bad. If there brought up with the wrong people they can produce them to b aggressive but also, any dog brought up like that will be aggressive.

  27. Posted by: Meghan at 14:09 on 29 July 2011 Report

    @amh40 - yes apparently the little girl was trying to protect her little dog which is how she has been savaged too. Bless her, what a brave little girl. Children do love their dogs don't they?

  28. Posted by: sianyg at 14:17 on 29 July 2011 Report

    I was walking my 9 month old staff not so long ago (i also have an 8yr old) & a jack russell runs over, off its lead & tries biting the hell out of him. He did nothing to respond. I have also been bitten by a mongrul type dog when i was a little girl. I wish people would not just assume these dogs are no good with no good owners. Until you own one yourself & see there nature you just wouldnt understand. They are known as the nanny dog. Look this up yourselfs.

  29. Posted by: Whatson at 14:22 on 29 July 2011 Report

    .......................cheers love :)

  30. Posted by: sianyg at 14:40 on 29 July 2011 Report

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staffordshire_Bull_Terrier says it all here. When with the right owner these make amazing wonderful companions. Please please dont tarnish all with the same brush. Its small minded.

  31. Posted by: Meghan at 14:55 on 29 July 2011 Report

    @sianyg, you want to take a deep breath and calm down. This is a story about a fighting breed of dog savaging a little girl not a platform for you to witter on about how poor 'ickle staffies and pitbulls get a bad press. Yes any dog can bite or savage but there is huge difference in bite pressure when comparing a staffie with a lab or a jack russell.

  32. Posted by: Roland Cleth at 15:13 on 29 July 2011 Report

    My neighbour has a Staffie, as did some former work friends. Both lovely dogs because they're (not "there", by the way) properly trained. But the fact is that a breed such as this needs that extra training more than, say, a spaniel, simply because of the inherent nature of the breed; and that is why those breeds are more likely to do damage when their owners are less diligent than yourself.

  33. Posted by: Roland Cleth at 15:17 on 29 July 2011 Report

    Sian, your comment about Jack Russells is well made, but, again that's because of the nature of the breed. They were bred - and, of course, are still used - as ratters; so their nature is naturally agressive, unlike retrievers and other gun dogs etc.

  34. Posted by: ste-roid at 15:30 on 29 July 2011 Report

    Yorkie Terriers are ratters, you dont see many of them chewing the WAG's hanbags that they are in. Dogs have personalities the same as humans, you get good and bad. FULL STOP

  35. Posted by: amh40 at 15:40 on 29 July 2011 Report

    I can vouch for difference in bite pressure. I have a lab and a staffie mix. If I accidentally get my hand in the lab's mouth - no problem. But with the staffie mix - even though she's the gentler and sweeter of the two, I made the misguided decision to remove a bone from her mouth once......never again! Jaws like a vice. They lock shut.

  36. Posted by: amh40 at 15:42 on 29 July 2011 Report

    By the way, my father in law was bitten while defending his dog a few months back. The matter couldn't be taken any further because he had got in between a dog fight rather than being directly attacked. But what happens (like in this case) when it's a child? Is the only solution to take it to the media?

  37. Posted by: Roland Cleth at 16:44 on 29 July 2011 Report

    amh40, inevitably, the police wouldn't want to get involved, but a civil action is till potentially open to your father-in-law, if, say, the other dog was off its lead. His decision to defend his own dog could be a foreseeable consequence of the other owner's failure to properly control his/her dog.

  38. Posted by: Roland Cleth at 16:47 on 29 July 2011 Report

    ...and it would be exactly the same in this young girl's situation. Her parents should be going to the CAB/a solicitor soonest.

  39. Posted by: lindopski at 16:50 on 29 July 2011 Report

    In my own experience the polo shirt, socks tucked into trackies, rockport wearing stereotypical chav type always has a staffie of some kind. they are also common in areas of high unemployment, hence the unpopular perhaps statement that Staffies are the dog of choice for the lower classes. I appreciate that it is stereotyping but a simple look outside verifies this stereotype.

  40. Posted by: ericcartman1 at 19:06 on 29 July 2011 Report

    Bring back the dog license system and make compulsory for the dogs to be chipped. Having to officially register a dog with an authorative body will lessen the appeal to the average Wrexham Chav.

  41. Posted by: daisymay at 21:17 on 29 July 2011 Report

    I once had a mongrel bitch with Staffie in her. I didn't know until the vet told me when I took her for jabs. She was wonderful & lived for 18 years & didn't have a bad bone in her body. However I would never deliberately buy a dog that might have aggressive tendencies.

  42. Posted by: daisymay at 21:26 on 29 July 2011 Report

    I have 2 dogs who walk on the lead with young children. I would never let them take the dogs out without an adult present plus I always tell the children to drop the lead if another dog approaches aggressively. 1) to allow the dog to protect itself & 2) I certainly do not want a child getting bitten in the middle of a dog attack.

  43. Posted by: hangmansknotinn at 01:35 on 30 July 2011 Report

    A staffy bit my dog once, so I kicked it and it ran away. I felt so tough and it was the best moment of at least that particular day. But this, of course, is of no practical use to anyone.

  44. Posted by: Bersham Rebel at 16:25 on 31 July 2011 Report

    There are no bad dogs - look to their owners for pointing the blame ???

  45. Posted by: welshchik at 14:45 on 01 August 2011 Report

    I agree with the above post, ive had a quite alot of dogs in my time...english bull,staffs,german sheperds and now have a rotty,all the dogs i have had have been as soft as a brush and thats the way i liked it, so i do blame the owners.

 

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