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Originally Posted by Piedmonter
A small (10 lb.) dog was attacked in our neighborhood the other night by an a large pit bull off leash. The small dog was very badly injured and only saved by his owner being willing to wrestle with the pit bull. The covenant restrictions of the Villages clearly do not allow dogs over 40 lbs. I am not necessarily in favor of that since there are many very nice, friendly labs, goldens etc. However, I do think that action should be taken when a larger dog shows itself to be dangerously aggressive. The Villages says that they cannot enforce the covenant. All they can do is send the owner of the pit bull a letter that when the dog passes away not to get another one like it. I am now very nervous when I walk my small dog at night. Perhaps the developer should consider amending the covenants to prohibit specific breeds known to be aggressive. For example, many campgrounds prohibit pit bulls and rotweillers.
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We had a similar issue. We were walking our 20lb dog on the street. Stopped to talk to a homeowner. Their large dog got out, ran straight to our dog, picked him up and shook him like a rag doll. My wife kicked the large dog in the nuts, which calmed him down considerably. The dog owner was shocked that their dog would attack but paid the vet bill ($150), and bought our dog a toy.
We still called animal control. In Lady Lake the animal can be off leash in a yard but only if it is UNDER CONTROL by the owner and must be leashed outside of the yard. We filed a complaint so that the incident would be on record but asked that there be no fine as the offending dog's owner had paid the bill. It is important to get the incident on record in case of a future problem. We didn't want anyone else to go through the problem.