A dog owner has thanked members of the public who came to his aid after a large staffy-type dog dragged it's owner across the pavement in Plymouth to attack his terrified cavapoo dog. Dan Eager said he was out with his mum in the city centre on Sunday [February 15] at around noon and had just left the Coffee#1 on Cornwall Street along with their seven year old cavapoo called Abby, with the intention of turning right and heading up towards Drake Circus mall.He said: "I had clocked the dog a few seconds before so I made sure to move my dog to my right side away from the incoming dog, and all of a sudden this dog - which was on a lead - just jumped at her and grabbed her at the neck. The woman walking it was clearly too weak to hold it back, it just dragged her over. She made no effort to even try and help get the dog off. Apparently we later found out it wasn’t even her dog but her partner's dog.
God, it's such a familiar story. All the hallmarks - innocent victim, unstoppable killing machine, useless owner in no sort of countrol. All that's missing is police incompetence (thankfully not on display in the Warrington case).
"Someone called the police and we had a word with one of the officers who took our details and the lady with the other dog’s details. My mum said she was told by an officer that they were waiting for a police van to take the woman and dog away from the area."
Dan and his mother eventually headed off up towards the mall, cutting through to Old Town Street with the aim of heading in the White Stuff store. However, within minutes of being there he said he looked up to see the same woman walking her dog past the window.
And there it is, right on cue!
"Police have our details and the woman's but we have not been given a crime number and have not been contacted yet. After talking with my mum we want the dog which attacked Abby put down and that the owner is banned from ever owning dogs again."
At last, someone who isn't afraid to say what they really feel, rather than making excuses for the offending dog and/or owner!
A spokesperson for Devon and Cornwall Police said: "Police were called at 12pm on Sunday 16 February following reports of a dog attacking another dog in Cornwall Street, Plymouth.
"The person in charge of one of the dogs was given strong words of advice, with a potential for a further visit from a dog handler in due course."
Wow, I bet they are shaking in their boots. Why so lax, when the DDA was beefed up for this very circumstance?
Oh, right. It's because the rural police farces are even more lazy and incompetent than the city ones.
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Plymouth is rural?
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