VICIOUS DOG ATTACK!! Lake Deaton
 

My friend and neighbor owns a standard poodle , Lucy, which is the sweetest, most well trained dog I have ever seen. Everyone stops to say HI! to Lucy. Yesterday, another neighbor joined Lucy and her owner for their usual 4 mile walk from our village (Hillsborough) through The Village of Lake Deaton and return. On this particular walk they saw another owner walking his two, large, black Labrador retrievers. When the Labs saw Lucy they launched a vicious unprovoked attack on Lucy badly mauling her. They attack was so vicious the owner could not control them, was dragged to the ground and dragged several feet before he turned loose of his dogs to continue the attack. My two neighbors grabbed the Labradors by their collars and managed to pull them off of Lucy. Luckily they did not turn on them. Lucy was taken to the vet for treatment of numerous puncture wounds and is recovering. Had Lucy been a small dog like many owners have most likely she would have been killed almost immediately. So, Dog Owners, Beware. I ride my bike in that area, I won't any more.

I always thought Labradors were not aggressive. Big lawsuit.

That's terrible and very unlike Labradors. Hope Lucy continues to heal. :(

I agree about the Labs usually a gentle breed. So very sad to hear this. Hope Lucy heals.

With so many dogs in TV (dog friendly community) I am sure something similar has happen before but not reported on TOTV. Labs are usually friendly---I hope Lucy recovers soon.
Incidents like this makes me think twice about pepper spay or a "club" when out walking.

Maybe they were Rottweilers!?

Probably has nothing to do with the breed. Something going on in that household to encourage that kind of behavior.

if you cant control your own dog............maybe you should not have one?? thank god no one was hurt. I hope your lucy is ok now.

Hope your neighbor got the owner of these aggressive dogs to pay for the vet bills. Were these two dogs unleashed?

It's a matter of time when those or other abused dogs do the same kind of attack at the town squares. I think dogs shouldn't be allowed in the 5-9pm and holiday entertainment, crowded time periods.

Were the police called in the attack above?

The thing I would do now is to file a police report and file for criminal destruction of personal property. That will bring the case to court. The owner of the two dogs would have choices to be made.

Dog Bite Victim Guide - Steps to Take After A Dog Bite

Thought this might be of help.

Very sad situation. Personally, I never blame the dog in these cases- I blame the owner. Dogs are dogs, they’re animals and will do what animals do. I have a close friend that works for county animal services and deals with these cases daily. Owners are (very) often in denial about their animals. My dog would never…(obviously he would) or my dog has never…(well he did now) etc etc.

The only way to get through to an owner that is in denial is through the wallet. Cost him money and he’ll listen. I am not saying the owner of these Labs is in denial about his dogs, I’m just speaking in generalities. However, I am curious to hear the Labs owner’s side of the story.

We all hope the poodle recovers completely.

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I am pretty sure that PEPPER SPRAY is legal in Florida, I think Harbor Freight sells it.