On Christmas night my aunt's JRT, Duchess, was attacked by one of the other dog's she lives with. They called the vet and were told to go to Columbia, over an hour away. She just had superficial scratches on her neck and was having trouble breathing. My aunt was told they needed to keep her for 24 to 48 hours and if she continued to have problems breathing they would give her a tracheotomy. My aunt and her boyfriend left Columbia at about 11 pm to head home. At 4:30 am the decision was made to put Duchess to sleep. There was too much damage to her throat.
The theory about what happened was that Duchess had a seizure(she was epileptic) and that Dixie didn't know how to react and ended up hurting Duchess by accident. The boyfriend (Dixie's owner) talked to his vet who said they would likely never have that problem with her again. My aunt has yet to make the final decision about Dixie's fate.