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On September 13, 2021, my pooch got bit in the left paw on the underside after being approached by a pit bull or pit bull mix at Doggie Doo Run in the central field while we were just walking to the 5 acre back field. This was in the evening when there are very few dogs.

The pit bull mix came up to my dog and they started going apart but the pit bull then spun around and all I heard was my dog screeching. It was very fast so I did not know what occurred. I picked him up and the pit bull owner ran over and got his dog away.

I had no idea what actually happened but went into the big field area and shut the gate. My canine friend had stopped making the noise and I put him down to try to figure out what happened. The dog that bit him was going to the gate to the back field rather often and it looked like he was trying to figure out how to get in there.

I did not see any blood at the time. But one of the employees of DDRR, Joe, had asked me what had happened as he had been in the small dog section with his charge. I thought my dog had just sprained his leg or something or twisted a toe but I did see a very small amount of blood in between his toes.

But I still thought maybe it was just a twisted leg.

Took him home and thought he was OK but by next morning he could not walk on the leg.

Called Buffalo Ridge Animal for an appt and they only had one vet working and she was fully booked for emergencies and also regular customers.

I contacted a few other vets and saw that the emergency vet near NYPD pizza opens at 3. This is by Walmart in Oxford, FL.

A vet's assistant called me from Paws Animal Hospital and offered a morning Wednesday appt which I accepted.

The vet there at Paws Animal Hospital took x-rays after examining our little guy and pointing out the hole in his paw on the bottom.

X-rays turned out OK. The vet said I was very lucky if a pit bull had actually bit him as they can do a great deal of damage very quickly.

They gave me some antibiotic and pain medicine at Paws Animal Hospital.

I contacted the owner of Doggie Doo Run Run, Scott, about our chihuahua/terrier mix getting bitten and suggested he ban the pit bull or pit bull mix. That Monday evening was as far as I know its last visit to Doggie Doo Run Run. It was also its very first with what I kind of think was a new dog owner as well.

I stayed away from the dog parks for almost a month to see how our little fur baby got along with dogs at the mail center and around the block. He seemed to be his old self. A Great Dane in a chihuahua/terrier body.

My dog did return to Doggie Doo Run Run in mid October.

There are some very sweet pit bull mixes that come to Doggie Doo Run Run but there are occasionally quite aggressive ones as well.

And some of the little dogs can also be rather nasty.