Despite the fact that Alex the Wonderdog was attacked a few good months ago, the repercussions of the event still ripple around like a pebble tossed with mindless abandon into a still lily pond. My mother reported to me that Mrs G, the missus of MG, the owner of the mastiff that attacked Alex, had visited her shop again. She was prepared for the worst and Mrs G gave her both barrels – sounding off and complaining about the fact that my mother has been warning every dog owner in the area about them and their beast of a dog.
“How would you like it if your dog had attacked another dog and was being spoken about?” she asked my mother.
This provided us with light relief because my mother’s dog is a tiny Yorkshire Terrier called Cappy and the idea of him taking on the mighty Dwarf the Mastiff (for that is the attacking dog’s name) is both ridiculous and quite surreal. The mastiff is the largest dog I’ve ever seen and its back easily comes up above my waist. Meanwhile, Cappy the dog is short than the length of my forearm. Hardly an equal fight is it? And besides, we aren’t that daft as to let our dogs off the lead in a public place and let them attack other dogs, but that’s by the by.
My mother told Mrs G that she wasn’t going to discuss the matter in her place of work and retreated to the stock room, allowing her manager to take over. He saw the horrific damage done to Alex the Wonderdog and asked the lady to leave peacefully. The funny thing is that my mother keeps hearing stories of how this dog has attacked various other canines in the area. One lady told of how her son had been playing with their Doberman in the driveway of the house when Dwarf the mastiff ploughed in and ripped its face. Her son was in shock and the dog clearly in a state, but the lady got in her car and tore after him. When approached, Mr G flipped the blame back her way, accusing her of not having her dog on a lead. Clever bloke, eh? Wonder where he got that gem from?
But the fact of the matter is that Mr G is still letting his dog attack other animals. He won’t muzzle his animal and has bugger all control over it. They certainly don’t like my mother warning all and sundry about what’s happened. And so, I write this entry in the hope that someone whose dog might have been attacked in the area might come this way courtesy of Google – or any other fine search engine.
If you live in the Loughton or Debden area, specifically in the Rectory Lane/Willingale Road/Colebrook Lane area and have had your dog attacked by a large Mastiff – easy to identify because it is probably the biggest dog you’ll ever see – drop me a line because I have the name, address and contact details of the owner. If you have been affected by this moron who can’t control his dog, you must report him to the local dog warden and RSPCA, because if we keep on doing it, Mr G might just listen and muzzle his dog. While I am not particuarly pleased with him or his animal, I wouldn’t want the dog put down because of the owner’s stupidity and macho posturing. Now the following words are for the search engines so don’t freak out:
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