12-year-old boy left with arm and stomach wounds after 'Staffie type' dog bites him in Stroud
A BRAVE schoolboy suffered bites and scratches when he was attacked by a dog in Stroud.
The 12-year-old, whose parents asked for his name to be withheld, was running home from a friend's house when the animal attacked him in Brickrow, near the town centre.
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Wounds from the dog attack
The youngster, who was on his half-term holiday, was hurt on Tuesday afternoon when the 'staffie-type' creature leapt at him and grabbed his arm between its jaws.
The victim's father said the dog jumped at his son's stomach causing claw scratches and bit his arm.
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"There are bite marks on the right forearm and upper arm, he said. "His clothes were ripped and there was blood all over them. It could have been much worse. It could have been his face.
"Imagine if it was a smaller child. He was very brave. It was a real shock."
The boy was rescued by a stranger who took him to Stroud Hospital for treatment.
The boy returned for an X-ray the next day and remains on antibiotics.
"We just have to keep an eye on him now," he said. The bite on the boy's upper arm would probably leave a scar, the family have been advised.
Police inquiries into the incident are continuing.
Officers investigating what happened have appealed for information from any member of the public who saw what happened.
"The dog is described as dark in colour with a red collar," Gloucestershire Constabulary spokesman Simon Masters said.
It is an offence for an owner to allow a dog to be dangerously out of control in a public place.
Anyone who can help police trace the animal's owner should call them on 101 quoting incident 247 of February 12.
4 Comments
by tishwash
Tuesday, February 19 2013, 10:55PM
“is this a newspaper quote or a real quote ? no source so far”
by bonzaharris1
Sunday, February 17 2013, 4:51PM
“If it had been a collie type dog, I'm sure they would have said that it was a collie type dog. Cannot alter the fact that a dog that had the appearance of a staffie was responsible for the attack. Yes bad ownership is often to blame for a badly behaved dog, many people buy a dog without a scoobies on how to care for it or train it. The important thing is that this dog, whatever breed it resembles is identified and assessed, and not forget or deviate from the fact that a child has been attacked and injured and it could have been a lot worse.
This dog should not have been running free on the street, but either on a lead if with its owner, or properly secured and unable to escape from the owners property. this is becoming all too common, and is not acceptable. This young lad must have been terrified, and will probably be mentally and physically scarred for a very long time from this nasty experience.”
by tishwash
Sunday, February 17 2013, 4:49PM
“"The victim's father said the dog jumped at his son's stomach causing claw scratches and bit his arm." - "The boy was rescued by a stranger" - So what I'm thinking is it's at least second hand and potentially glamerised by the father, good job there. Still we don't know where this "staffie like dog" quote c omes from.”
by amy86
Sunday, February 17 2013, 3:23PM
“I think its a little unfair to class a dog as a "staffie type". This is the reason people have such a vendetta against the staffie breed because staffie is the one breed people have heard of, and will immediately assume thats what is when in all likelihood its a pitbull, or bull terrier. Every breed has its bad eggs, and unfortunately labeling dogs as staffie types is doing nothing to stop the hatred. There are plenty of staffies who are impeccably behaved (theyre also known as nanny dogs because they are so trusted around children!) and in cases more often than not the dog has been trained to react in a violent way. Blame the owner, not the dog.”