A Scots mum has spoken of the terrifying second her dogs had been cornered by an aggressive canine throughout a nighttime walk.
Allison Riley had been walking her chihuahuas Boo and Bear in Clermiston, Edinburgh, when a neighbouring pet was stated to have turned vicious. She had been walking her pooches and was accompanied “as standard” by her cat, Luna, when the boxer canine pounced on the feline.
Luna scrambled up a tree for security however the canine then turned its consideration to Allison’s two small dogs.
Speaking to Edinburgh Livethe 49-year-old stated: “It was horrific and so, so intense. My chihuahuas are simply infants, they’re solely nine-months-old.
“They want out about six or seven occasions a day and we had been simply on our standard late walk. My cats all the time accompany us, however solely Luna got here this time. The different one should have been feeling the chilly or one thing.
“As we had been walking, I noticed this man coming in direction of us. I believe he solely moved in there a few weeks in the past so I’ve perhaps solely seen him as soon as, together with his husky and his boxer.
“We’re simply walking and I heard this ruckus behind me and out of the blue my cat’s up a tree. The boxer is on the backside barking like mad at her. I requested the proprietor to get it to cease however then it ran at me and the chihuahuas. It was circling us, it was terrifying.”
Allison then says she engaged in a verbal altercation with the person.
She stated: “I requested him once more to get his canine underneath management and advised him I’d be reporting him, which he replied by calling me all of the names underneath the solar. It was a torrent of abuse, swearing, the lot.
“I spoke to a neighbour and she or he stated his husky had attacked one among her dogs. It’s not honest on all of the accountable canine homeowners round right here. He’s clearly not one.
“I’m terrified. I’m now taking a different route. I want someone with me when I’m on my route. One bite and that’s them gone, they’re so small. It’s a complete nightmare.”
Police Scotland has confirmed that the canine warden has been notified.
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