I was attacked saving my pet from Japanese fighting dog
Woman on antibiotics after she was bitten in terrifying street ordeal
A PET lover was savagely bitten while trying to stave off a vicious Akita from attacking her dog in a terrifying incident.
Lesley Kane is currently on antibiotics for an infection in the bite she received in the daylight attack in Ratoath, Co Meath, last Thursday.
Thankfully her two-year old Border Collie was uninjured but remains very shaken and scared.
She is now appealing to dog owners to keep muzzles on so-called dangerous breeds.
Lesley said: “My husband and I were walking Colt up to Paul Kelly, the vet in the village, to get his shots about 4pm when we spotted the Akita.
“The local community had issued an alert on social media earlier about the straying dog so all the parents had taken their children in.
“When we saw him, it was like watching a wolf on a hunt, a real muscular predator.
“It all happened so quickly but this Akita just pounced on Colt and he was all over him. We were trying to kick him off but you wouldn’t believe the strength of him.
“The Akita went for Colt’s neck and I just stuck my hand in to try and stave him off as I know if he had got his neck, my dog would be dead. The Akita chased him up to Tesco where he went to attack him again but for the quick actions of Sean Buchanan who we can’t thank enough.
“He managed to stop the Akita and Colt bolted. Someone managed to get the Akita on a lead and brought him to the vets where his chip could be read to trace the owner.”
Lesley said the owner made contact to apologise for the dog, which apparently escaped from his back garden. However, she has still logged the incident with gardai in case of a recurrence.
She added: “The reason I’m highlighting this is that my dog could easily have been a young child.”