Re: Dogs at RIDES... small child attacked at OD 100

["DeSoto Saddle" <desotosaddle@voyager.net>]

It is a State law here in Michigan that any dog that bites anyone, be it
child or adult the dog goes on death row and is destroyed!!
Marilyn Horstmyer
DeSoto Custom Saddlery
(231) 775-5612
desotosaddle@voyager.net
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From: <guest@endurance.net>
To: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2000 10:51 PM
Subject: RC: Dogs at RIDES... small child attacked at OD 100


> Aaron aarmel1@hotmail.com
> In response to Teddys story about the dog BITE, not a nip as she stated.
My son was riding on a access road where ride manegement said was ok to
ride. It was also before the ride started. She said she let her dogs out for
a few minutes to stretch their legs after she just arrived. I am sure many
people saw her dogs out for more than a few minutes, probaly more like the
entire ride. Next, this is not the first time people have complained about
these two dogs. Furthermore, my son had to go to the emergency room and have
a puncture wound cleaned out. If you wanted to here crying you should have
been in there with him. Yes ,he did continue to play but he does have a scar
now the size of a dime on his ankle to remind him of his 9TH birthday trip
with his Grandfather.
>    Then what about the muzzle? Teddy said she would have the dog muzzled
from now on when she takes her away and also that her dogs are almost always
tied at rides, not wanting them to wander or hurt someone else. Is there
anyone that believes this ? Did anyone see the dogs tied up {even later on
that weekend} or better yet  did anyone see a muzzle on the dog at this
weekends ride in KY? Seems to me, if you know you have a biting dog which we
all now know Teddys dogs do BITE, the owner should be responsible enough to
not bring  that dog to a ride or at least tied up.
>   I do not think dogs should be banned from rides just restrained. Next
kids on bikes should also be controlled so not to bother horses. But again
my son was riding on an access where he was told to ride by management, not
through Teddys campsite where he could have invoked an attack from a
protective dog. I would welcome emails from anyone who has been chased , bit
, nipped , or bothered by any of Teddys dogs.
>  Lastly it is stupid to put the blame on that "dogs have been trained for
centuries to do... chase something that is moving." a owner must be held
responsible for their pets. End of story.
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