Jogger and beloved pet covered in blood after vicious dog attack

[dutchman]

A dog owner and her pet were left blood-soaked and scared after being attacked by another dog in Coventry



Natasha Lynch was taking her five-year-old pooch Bruno for a run when they came face-to-face with a Staffordshire bull terrier which bit Natasha and also clamped on to Bruno's ear.

The attack in Radford left Natasha, 32, needing around 40 stitches and Bruno, an American bulldog and American pitbull terrier cross, needing veterinary treatment.

And Natasha said if the dog had attacked a child it could have been much worse.

The incident happened on the recreation ground bordered by Radford Road, Lydgate Road and Sandy Lane on Monday, April 23.

Natasha, who was also with her younger sister Charlie at the time, told CoventryLive: "I took our dog for an evening run with my sister and we were running with our dog on a lead.

"Then a dog ran up from the path that comes from Sandy Lane. It wasn't on a lead and I got between that dog and Bruno and it started attacking and the rest was just blood.

"The owner did come over and I said 'get it on a lead', but he didn't have one. The dog was biting me and the man was trying to get hold of it.

"Then it clamped on to my dog's ear and jaw-locked and I was trying to get it off and keep my dog calm.

"If I had pulled the other dog then Bruno's ear would have been pulled off."

Natasha was also trying to keep her sister out of harm's way at the same time and somehow she got the Staffordshire bull terrier off her dog.

"I gave Bruno to my sister and got her to take him away," said Natasha.

"A family were playing nearby and this guy ran home and came back with a first aid kit.

"That dog then tried to come back again and I said to the owner 'even if you have to pick him up, just take him away'.

"Bless the guy who came over with the first aid kit, he also wanted to ring an ambulance, but I just wanted to get my dog to the vet and then I then I would go to hospital."

Natasha says she contacted West Midlands Police straight after the incident and received a call back the following day.

"I'd been attacked by this dog and he was talking about police resources - if this had been a child they might not have survived.

"Then I heard nothing after that and I kept chasing to get updates and then I went to Little Park Street station as it had been over a week.

"I was promised that someone would ring and no phone call came. So I rang them on Friday to ask what's going on and I keep getting passed from pillar to post and that dog is still out on the street.

"It's like banging your head against a wall and this is not a little crime."

[rebbonk]

I find the police reaction rather bizzare. They don't seem to be taking what is a very nasty attack seriously.