We are all trying to relax after a horrible evening. Our little Maggie was attacked by a german shepherd. We always walk around our street in the evenings with the dogs. Well this evening, we came up and around for a second time, and I always keep an eye out for dogs. Well, there was a german shepherd out with the owner (I'm assuming, a young kid) and I seen him trying to get the dog into the house. I pulled Teddi closer to me since I figured he would come after Teddi if he did come running up onto the street. My husband did not see this dog out, he was walking Maggie and I didn't think the dog would come charging at us like it did. Sure enough, the dog comes flying at us, right after little Maggie. By the time I yelled, the dog had Maggie around the neck. Hubby was trying so hard to get her, and I (18 weeks pregnant) dove onto the german shepherd to grab him, closed my eyes and ended up on the ground. Finally after what seemed like forever, the owner came running out, and an older guy came out too. Maggie was screaming so loud, even after the fact that I thought for sure she had something wrong with her, it's a dark street and she's all black, so we ran to where there was light to see. In the meantime I ran Teddi 2 doors down to a friends house (who owns 3 shepherds) and she ran up to check on Maggie. Needless to say Maggie is completely unharmed. I have no idea how, but I am thanking god right now. I however, started having awful back pains and what I thought were mild contractions, but the on call doctor said as long as there's no bleeding I should be fine..so now I have to keep a heating pad on my back and rest. I haven't felt the baby kick yet so I'm taking the doctor's advice and praying it's alright.
We called our boroughs PD and they said that there were no cop cars at the building and to call back tomorrow. AC was closed, so I of course called 911. After making a report, 10 mins. later hubby got a call that a cop would be out tomorrow so we can file a report. I am going to have to take a day off work Unpaid now to wait on this cop and probably animal control, which is something we can't afford at the moment. I'm trying not to get stressed out, especially that Maggie is ok, but what an awful experience. I am SICK of these idiots around here w/ their aggressive dogs off leash all the time!
I'm thinking about typing up a letter and dropping it at everyone's doors around the neighborhood warning them of this house if they walk their dogs because our dog was attacked, completely unprovoked.