Oswaldtwistle kennels boss savaged by rottweiler (From Lancashire Telegraph)

So if she can't tell when a dog is about to go for you then the rest of us are clueless therefore i say rush a piece of legislation through that states 'anything that looks like or resembles in the slightest a dangerous dog it must be destroyed immediately' once we have got used to the idea we then up the anti to people!

Your ferret stinks wrote:
So if she can't tell when a dog is about to go for you then the rest of us are clueless therefore i say rush a piece of legislation through that states 'anything that looks like or resembles in the slightest a dangerous dog it must be destroyed immediately' once we have got used to the idea we then up the anti to people!

Read the story again, the owner of the dog told this lady it was placid,as soon as the car door was opened the dog flew at her,if the owner had told Kath Dewhurst the dog was a vicious dog do you really think that she would have agreed to take this dog and then rehome it ,totally beggars belief the way your brain works or doesn't !

Well clearly for all her experience she ws too close to the dog which was not under control at the time or it would never have reached her.

Unprovoked? nonsense, she was encroaching on its territory (ie the car) which the dog would see as a challenge.

She should have been stood well back and given the dog a chance to get used to being near her before even thinking about approaching.

I have no sympathy for Miss Dewhurst, her own incompetence got her bitten, and unfortunately for the dog it has now been put down for doing exactly what it should have done and protacting its owners and territory.

Don't some people talk rubbish, encroaching on its territory, I have two dogs and people often do that when they enter my and home, do they attack them, NO! they are trained. Why did the dog attack, it was obviously untrained, which is probably why the dog was being handed over. Standing back would have shown the dog that she ws fearful of it and everyone knows (or I thought everyone knew) that showing fear to a dog is most certainly the wrong thing to do, even the most placid dog will have the upper hand if they smell or see fear.
Unfortuneately the dog was destroyed,not through its fault but the owners for not training and socialising the dog, and then not being completely honest about its temperament.

Firstly we all know that not everything said by interviewees is printed quite how itwas/is.
The paper needs to make it seem a bit more sometimes than it is, after all it sells papers. Having said that Ms Dewhurst did NOT open he car door, the dog owner did, after telling her it was a friendly animal she had no real reason to fear the dog, as she said she does not want all dogs to be given a bad name, Ms Dewhurst has a 12year old Rottweiler herself and is extremely professional and has the upmost respect for dogs, as she is not stupid and gives all dogs (especially ones shes never met before) the upmost respect and handles them expertly. She has dealt with dogs for the past 14 years and has never been attacked like this before, sadly this dog attacked her on the car park of her premises, where she has greeted hundreds of dogs before, dogs getting out of their owners car to go into the kennels have never attacked her nor her staff, and just to make the person claiming Kathy asked for it by opening the car door please get the facts right she did Not open the car door, she did not stand too near the car, the dog was at all times in his owners control on a lead. Yes its sad that this dog is now put down but give a thought to the fact that this dog attacked unprevoked, and if Kathy had correct info from the owner this could have been avoided.

It really annoys me when people blame the dog and then say all dogs should be killed we have 3 staffies and they are walked regularly unlike many other people with dogs on my street they know there are certain boundrys and rules and the only person to ever have been bitten by my dogs is myself and the wife when we haven't been paying attention when playing with the dogs maybe someone should start putting down bad owners.

TheMaster wrote:
Well clearly for all her experience she ws too close to the dog which was not under control at the time or it would never have reached her.

Unprovoked? nonsense, she was encroaching on its territory (ie the car) which the dog would see as a challenge.

She should have been stood well back and given the dog a chance to get used to being near her before even thinking about approaching.

I have no sympathy for Miss Dewhurst, her own incompetence got her bitten, and unfortunately for the dog it has now been put down for doing exactly what it should have done and protacting its owners and territory.

Oh dear "Master" of what?
This dog was on a lead being held by the male signing it over, the dog was out of the car standing on the car park, (her car park) do people walking dogs in the park or walking into the vets take time before anyone walks near? no, the fellow signing the dog over told her it was "friendly" never shown signs of aggression etc so why should Ms Dewhurst show over caution to a so called family dog? Maybe its the owner we need to question regards to passing a dangerous dog over saving him a vet bill eh?

ken106sue wrote:
Don't some people talk rubbish, encroaching on its territory, I have two dogs and people often do that when they enter my and home, do they attack them, NO! they are trained. Why did the dog attack, it was obviously untrained, which is probably why the dog was being handed over. Standing back would have shown the dog that she ws fearful of it and everyone knows (or I thought everyone knew) that showing fear to a dog is most certainly the wrong thing to do, even the most placid dog will have the upper hand if they smell or see fear.
Unfortuneately the dog was destroyed,not through its fault but the owners for not training and socialising the dog, and then not being completely honest about its temperament.

Some good comments on here from both sides of the fence but this one sums the situation up perfectly. This is clearly a sensible pet-person who knows how to train a dog, takes the responsibility on themselves and won't listen to any wishy-washy blame-everyone-but-m
e nonsense witnessed on this topic.

And I agree with everything this poster writes on this subject.

She said the animal lept at her as she opened a car door to take delivery of the dog. She should not have opened the door. She also says: “The dog was in the back and the man’s wife in front. However as soon as the car door was opened I saw the expression in its eyes change. It lunged at me straightaway and I only had time to throw up my arm." Hello, to anyone who knows about animal behaviour, the dog was protecting its owner. If this woman does not know about animal behaviour after 14 years she should pass her kennels on to others who do. Sadly, this dog is the victim and has lost its life.

CAZ166 wrote:
She said the animal lept at her as she opened a car door to take delivery of the dog. She should not have opened the door. She also says: “The dog was in the back and the man’s wife in front. However as soon as the car door was opened I saw the expression in its eyes change. It lunged at me straightaway and I only had time to throw up my arm." Hello, to anyone who knows about animal behaviour, the dog was protecting its owner. If this woman does not know about animal behaviour after 14 years she should pass her kennels on to others who do. Sadly, this dog is the victim and has lost its life.

caz166
please read all comments regarding this incident, papers do mis quote, "she" being Ms Dewhurst DID NOT open the door.....and after 14 years this is a first..what do you do for a living? As for passing her kennels on.....Stupid comment in my and many others opinion I think!!

Chris P Bacon wrote:

ken106sue wrote:
Don't some people talk rubbish, encroaching on its territory, I have two dogs and people often do that when they enter my and home, do they attack them, NO! they are trained. Why did the dog attack, it was obviously untrained, which is probably why the dog was being handed over. Standing back would have shown the dog that she ws fearful of it and everyone knows (or I thought everyone knew) that showing fear to a dog is most certainly the wrong thing to do, even the most placid dog will have the upper hand if they smell or see fear.
Unfortuneately the dog was destroyed,not through its fault but the owners for not training and socialising the dog, and then not being completely honest about its temperament.

Some good comments on here from both sides of the fence but this one sums the situation up perfectly. This is clearly a sensible pet-person who knows how to train a dog, takes the responsibility on themselves and won't listen to any wishy-washy blame-everyone-but-m

e nonsense witnessed on this topic.

And I agree with everything this poster writes on this subject.

Don't forget the owners said they could not afford to look after the dog. Had the dog not eaten? and yes i totally agree my dog would protect any of us in the same situation. My wife's a Rottweiler if she's not fed too. Mistreated dog R.I.P.

Newspapers are very careful about what they print. You are obviously very closely connected to this woman and feel the need to protect - AS DID THE DOG!!

BurnleyBorn&Bred wrote:

Your ferret stinks wrote:
So if she can't tell when a dog is about to go for you then the rest of us are clueless therefore i say rush a piece of legislation through that states 'anything that looks like or resembles in the slightest a dangerous dog it must be destroyed immediately' once we have got used to the idea we then up the anti to people!

Read the story again, the owner of the dog told this lady it was placid,as soon as the car door was opened the dog flew at her,if the owner had told Kath Dewhurst the dog was a vicious dog do you really think that she would have agreed to take this dog and then rehome it ,totally beggars belief the way your brain works or doesn't !

You really are quite gullable aren't you in the fact that anyone who is prepared to give up a family pet because they can either cannot control it or feed it will say anything to get rid of it without having the trauma of having it put down and paying the expense for the service!
You have bitten too quickly on this topic and puts you in the same catagory as the dog itself.
Bet youv'e got a staffi.....

CAZ166 wrote:
Newspapers are very careful about what they print. You are obviously very closely connected to this woman and feel the need to protect - AS DID THE DOG!!

No Im not protecting anyone, and Im sure that you must have heard miss quotes before, as Ms Dewhurst has a Rottweiler of her own (stated in paper too) and has been dealing with dogs for many years why do you feel you must attack her, she herself has said that she does not want all dogs to be tarred by the same brush, however it seems to me that you have some personal grievement, maybe you are protecting the dogs owner, either way maybe you should get the facts from BOTH parties before you pass stupid remarks. Yes we are all sorry that the dog has been put to sleep, but if he was capable of this who's to say the owner didnt know.

myopinionx2 wrote:

CAZ166 wrote:
She said the animal lept at her as she opened a car door to take delivery of the dog. She should not have opened the door. She also says: “The dog was in the back and the man’s wife in front. However as soon as the car door was opened I saw the expression in its eyes change. It lunged at me straightaway and I only had time to throw up my arm." Hello, to anyone who knows about animal behaviour, the dog was protecting its owner. If this woman does not know about animal behaviour after 14 years she should pass her kennels on to others who do. Sadly, this dog is the victim and has lost its life.

caz166
please read all comments regarding this incident, papers do mis quote, "she" being Ms Dewhurst DID NOT open the door.....and after 14 years this is a first..what do you do for a living? As for passing her kennels on.....Stupid comment in my and many others opinion I think!!

yes, stupid comment.

Also, why does the caption describe it as being like a shark bite, it's a dog bite, it's not in dispute.

I really can't understand what the difference is whether the dog was in the car and Miss Dewhurst opened the door, which I KNOW she didn't do or whether the owner got the dog out of the car, it was clearly an untrained unsocialised dog, which had not been trained. I accept a dog will protect its owner, both my dogs would I'm sure, but they do not attack anyone who comes near them, and when they are on the lead I HAVE FULL CONTROL of them, not the person approaching me or the person walking past me. I admit there are some dogs who are difficult, but if thats the case MAKE SURE they are under control at all times and cetainly warn anyone approaching them. I find it hard to believe that this dog turned nasty for the 1st time when it attacked Miss Dewhurst, the dog must have shown some signs of aggression towards strangers before.

How very tragic, RIP old boy at Rainbow Bridge, get well soon Ms Dewhurst.

I have 4 dogs and have been bitten twice off the same 1 he was just protecting something dogs r dogs and will bite but to bite like that and a rotty he should be put down i keep huskies some people like some people hate but they r family pets only time i would get mine put down is if any of then ever bit my kids and i know some people will prob say it could be to late by then.

I do not have "a personal grievement" as you put it, and I am not protecting the dog's owner. For your information I work in the legal profession and most certainly am not "stupid". On 4 January the Lancashire Telegraph ran an article in which your "kennel business" represented that it was a charity rescuing abandoned /unwanted animals. " What is your charity number?
A kennels boss said she had seen agrowing trend in lurchers and Staffordshire cross-breeds being abandoned, adding that financial constraints had led to many animal lovers signing off their rights as owners to rescue centres.
Are you a business or a registered charity?

Has far as i know its a kennels not a rescue centre my dogs went there once and i didnt like it.So they never stayed.

WHYLINK wrote:
It really annoys me when people blame the dog and then say all dogs should be killed we have 3 staffies and they are walked regularly unlike many other people with dogs on my street they know there are certain boundrys and rules and the only person to ever have been bitten by my dogs is myself and the wife when we haven't been paying attention when playing with the dogs maybe someone should start putting down bad owners.

Rubbish! All dogs have the potential to be killers it's in their genetic make up, nothing to do with their owners. The first sign of aggression and they should be put down.

The breed is Rottweiler, not rottweiler (sic). Rot or rot, Monty or monty, the dog did not leave a bite 'like a shark' on this woman's arm. Would that he could try again, or that a shark (a big one) could have a go.

My companion animal for life is a rescued Staffordshire Bull Terrier, which asset I must keep on a lead when other dogs approach. If this report is accurate, I intend to maintain some distance between him and Miss Dewhurst. Unwise, perhaps, for a ' kennels boss' to co-operate with the press in this way.

porterman says...
9:05pm Wed 18 Jan 12

I have 4 dogs and have been bitten twice off the same 1 he was just protecting something dogs r dogs and will bite but to bite like that and a rotty he should be put down i keep huskies some people like some people hate but they r family pets only time i would get mine put down is if any of then ever bit my kids and i know some people will prob say it could be to late by then.

Are you 'all there'? You sound like a complete idiot. For a start this is not a text message so therefore it would not cause you any hardship to actually spell your words properly when posting on a public website.

I have a Rottweiler and I am so proud of him, my best friend has a Siberian Husky and between the two of them, my friend has stated that with her three year old child she would trust my dog before she would trust hers'.

If your dog has bitten you twice already as you claim then it should no longer be a part of your household, the minute my dog showed the tiniest bit of aggression then unfortunately, cruel as it sounds I would 'put him down' and not just for my sake but for his sake too. It would be no fun for him being monitored every single minute of the day and being locked in a different room to the rest of the family because we couldn't trust him.

I am sorry for Ms Dewhurst's injuries and wish her well.

Cha'mone MF wrote:

WHYLINK wrote:
It really annoys me when people blame the dog and then say all dogs should be killed we have 3 staffies and they are walked regularly unlike many other people with dogs on my street they know there are certain boundrys and rules and the only person to ever have been bitten by my dogs is myself and the wife when we haven't been paying attention when playing with the dogs maybe someone should start putting down bad owners.

Rubbish! All dogs have the potential to be killers it's in their genetic make up, nothing to do with their owners. The first sign of aggression and they should be put down.

And the same for other animals, including humans? Me, I think Martian, Venusian, and Saturnian folk are as bad. The Jovians, however, are so... jovial, innit.

Having read this article and some of the comments, can i just say the paper will only print what it see's as "selling material", the Rottie could have been stressed and reacted to this, dogs sense things more than we do, maybe Ms. Dewhurst needs to re-assess how she collects animals, possibly by getting the owners, to bring the dogs to a certain area of the kennels. I have two dogs myself and they are placid, they are both trained and socialised, but if anyone comes near my car they will become protective, this is instinct. It does not matter how long a person has worked with animals there is always a risk of attack NO MATTER WHAT THE BREED!

Having read this article and some of the comments, can i just say the paper will only print what it see's as "selling material", the Rottie could have been stressed and reacted to this, dogs sense things more than we do, maybe Ms. Dewhurst needs to re-assess how she collects animals, possibly by getting the owners, to bring the dogs to a certain area of the kennels. I have two dogs myself and they are placid, they are both trained and socialised, but if anyone comes near my car they will become protective, this is instinct. It does not matter how long a person has worked with animals there is always a risk of attack NO MATTER WHAT THE BREED!

Cha'mone MF wrote:

WHYLINK wrote:
It really annoys me when people blame the dog and then say all dogs should be killed we have 3 staffies and they are walked regularly unlike many other people with dogs on my street they know there are certain boundrys and rules and the only person to ever have been bitten by my dogs is myself and the wife when we haven't been paying attention when playing with the dogs maybe someone should start putting down bad owners.

Rubbish! All dogs have the potential to be killers it's in their genetic make up, nothing to do with their owners. The first sign of aggression and they should be put down.

ALL dogs? Miniature Yorkshire Terriers? King Charles Spaniels? They have the 'potential to be killers'? Of what, a small mouse who's a bit under the weather?

I don't know Kath Dewhurst personally but I do know that she and Glencoe Kennels have been involved in dog rescue for a long time, working with others to try and find homes for abandoned and unwanted animals. I have a dog who was initially taken to Glencoe Kennels and was then rehomed via Rochdale Dog Rescue. Without both of them working together he would not be here now, 3 years later, and nor would many others whose lives have been saved. I help several dog charities where I can but this is usually financial or donating/collecting sale items, bedding, etc, to pass on to them. I love dogs but know I would not be able to deal with the face to face dog handling/rescue work because, to put it bluntly, I am just not brave enough! I admire the people who are though and, instead of making criticisms and scoring petty points like some of the people on here seem to be doing, both they and I would be better off considering what else we can personally do to help animals in need, the numbers of which are likely to reach record figures as the effects of the economic recession increase. I am obviously very sorry for Monty but, being realistic, who would have come forward to adopt him after this incident, when there are so many non aggressive and gentle natured Rotties around who can't get new homes? I hope Kath Dewhurst makes a good recovery soon and is not put off helping other dogs in the future. RIP Monty. I am sure no one wanted things to end up in such a sad way, most of all Kath.

Chris P Bacon wrote:

Cha'mone MF wrote:

WHYLINK wrote:
It really annoys me when people blame the dog and then say all dogs should be killed we have 3 staffies and they are walked regularly unlike many other people with dogs on my street they know there are certain boundrys and rules and the only person to ever have been bitten by my dogs is myself and the wife when we haven't been paying attention when playing with the dogs maybe someone should start putting down bad owners.

Rubbish! All dogs have the potential to be killers it's in their genetic make up, nothing to do with their owners. The first sign of aggression and they should be put down.

ALL dogs? Miniature Yorkshire Terriers? King Charles Spaniels? They have the 'potential to be killers'? Of what, a small mouse who's a bit under the weather?

Exactly !!!

I think this was someone just trying to off load a dog that they knew had a nasty side. I feel sorry for the lady who was bitten, but just imagine if that was a child?
If the dog had been re-homed and not necessarily in a family with children, but while out walking or even if the new home had family visiting , that dog could have turned at any time.

I hope Kath Dewhurst makes a full recovery and does not get scared emotionally by the event.

Must be Karma for ill animals she's sold or had put down,for no other reason than the money...

quavvor wrote:
Must be Karma for ill animals she's sold or had put down,for no other reason than the money...

Quavvor
Please get your facts correct before slandering these people, I know for a fact that for the past 7 years these kennels have not rehomed to the public, till recently,nor have they had any dogs put to sleep ( which is a council / government policy) not down to the individual kennel owner,
because of people kicking dogs out onto the streets (not a kennel owners fault) as Glencoe has worked with Rochdale Dog Rescue saving literally thousands of dogs lives and just lately with Hyndburn stray dogs in need, if you need proof just ask to see council records from the councils they used to deal with and the ones they still do!!'

How strange that someone who purports to believe in Karma would make such nasty and unsubstantiated comments about another person. Maybe quavvor needs to do a bit more research before making reference to things they clearly know very little about.

Molly M wrote:
How strange that someone who purports to believe in Karma would make such nasty and unsubstantiated comments about another person. Maybe quavvor needs to do a bit more research before making reference to things they clearly know very little about.

Not that strange really considering i adopted a dog from there that turned out to be very ill and used to be friends with someone who worked there who later told me about putting dogs down.
So clearly i do know.

quavvor wrote:

Molly M wrote: How strange that someone who purports to believe in Karma would make such nasty and unsubstantiated comments about another person. Maybe quavvor needs to do a bit more research before making reference to things they clearly know very little about.

Not that strange really considering i adopted a dog from there that turned out to be very ill and used to be friends with someone who worked there who later told me about putting dogs down. So clearly i do know.

Oh bless you, council policy to euthanese dogs,not down to individual kennels, clearly over 7 years ago though, as I know for fact that these kennels do not put dogs to sleep now check the council records!!!! Get over your grudge and move on, it's about a dog attacking a person not about an individual kennels or personal grievences!

I was really meaning that a little more research on Karma might be helpful (as harmful thoughts, words and deeds are supposed to be avoided by true believers) but at least its becoming more apparent now what quavvor's grievance is. Unfortunately all dogs can become ill at any time, especially if they have been neglected and/or ill treated by their previous owners. That's a chance you take when you get a dog from anywhere, including the ones sold in pet supermarkets for hundreds of pounds which have often been bred in poor conditions on huge puppy farms and can have wide ranging health problems. Sad as all this is, I don't honestly see either what it has to do with the current situation of Kath Dewhurst having been bitten by a dog she was trying to help.

CAZ166 what on earth are you on about???
Why should she pass her kennels on??

So your saying if someone has a car accident that isnt their fault they should give up driving??

Talk sense woman!!!!!

I hope you never have an accident and someone tells you to move on!!!!!

And as for anyone else who says it was Kaths fault, i hope you are never injured!!! Cause that would be your own fault wouldnt it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!

Get well soon Kath!!

"RECOVERING Kath Dewhurst, of Glencoe Kennels, Oswaldtwistle, nurses her damaged arm." - picture caption

If this is the look she has when she is nursing, who can recommend her as a carer for animals? She is so plainly annoyed even when nursing herself.

Would you not be annoyed if you had just had your arm bitten by a dog????

I would really like to see how some people who have commented on this article would react in a situation like this!!!!

Some people have no consideration or sympathy!!!!!

Some people also just like to be contrary but at least we will be able to spot them easily enough. They will be the ones sitting in Accident and Emergency with their arms hanging off but a happy smile on their faces!