Pit Bull Survives Husky Attack......

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A Staffordshire Terrier, Lexy, had one of her legs amputated late last week following a vicious attack by another dog. The Humane Society of Quinte is hoping to find a home for the dog as well as assistance in paying for the $1,300 veterinarian bill.

Photo: Photo by W. Brice McVicar​

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Lexy has nine lives

By W. Brice McVicar
Local News - Tuesday, September 27, 2005 @ 10:00

Cats are known to have nine lives but Lexy, a one-and-a-half year old Staffordshire Terrier, may change that myth.

While playing in a pen at the Loyalist Veterinary Hospital, the canine seemed oblivious to the more than a dozen puncture wounds and the road map of scars covering her body. Even more shocking was the ease in which she ran in spite of having lost her left rear leg only days ago.

It’s been slightly more than a week since Lexy was the victim of a vicious attack by another dog. Overcome by what is believed to have been a Husky, staff at the local animal hospital and Humane Society said this case has “turned the tables” on dog attacks as pit bulls are commonly believed to be the most vicious breed.

Last Sunday’s attack marked the dog’s second brush with death and is added to a life that staff at the local animal hospital referred to as “incredible.”

Roughly one year ago, Lexy was involved in a motor vehicle accident when her owner at the time attempted to outrun pursuing police and crashed his vehicle. <TABLE align=right><TBODY><TR><TD><SCRIPT language=JavaScript1.1 src="http://network.realmedia.com/RealMedia/ads/adstream_jx.ads/Osprey-Media/ron/roc/ss/[PAGE]/111559@x18?www.intelligencer.ca"></SCRIPT> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>During the accident the dog was ejected from the car and broke its leg.

The leg was repaired at Loyalist Veterinary Hospital and the canine was turned over to friends of her original owner. A call to the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, however, reported the new owners were mistreating the animal.

Bill McQuaid, an investigator with the SPCA and a clinic assistant at the Loyalist Veterinary Hospital, said it was not so much that the dog was being mistreated but that the owners simply did not want the dog.

“She was surrendered to us and we sent her to a foster home and they worked with her getting her leg strengthened and it was really working well,” he said.

All that work was for naught as the attack on Sunday resulted in the same leg being broken once again.

“It snapped,” McQuaid said. “It broke and we got her in here and the people who had her in foster care — they wanted to keep her — but they had no money. The decision was if there was no money she’d have to be put down.”

McQuaid said the decision was made not to euthanize the dog because of her nature — a loving and kind animal. Lexy’s leg could not be repaired as the bone had come through the skin leaving the clinic no option but to ampute the limb.

Jenny Duffy, manager of the Humane Society of Quinte, said the individual who was fostering Lexy witnessed the attack and said the pit bull simply “laid down as it was attacked. She didn’t even try to fight back.”

With the dog now missing a leg, the original foster home — who had intended to adopt Lexy — has showed no interest in taking the dog back. Humane Society staff are now left with both a $1,300 veterinarian bill and the task of finding a responsible, loving home for the dog.

“She’s going to come back here but we’d like to get her into a responsible foster home just for her recuperation,” Duffy said.

McQuaid said though he has seen the result of numerous dog attacks in his profession, the level of Lexy’s injuries and wounds are a first for him.

“This completely turns the tables. I have never seen anything like this. I’ve seen where a pit bull has bitten a dog on the side of the head or along the neck but I’ve never seen an actual pit bull attacked by another dog — which wasn’t a pit bull — and have so many punctures and scratches.”

For information on adopting Lexy or to donate funds to help with the veterinarian bill phone the Humane Society at 968-4673.

 

I'm glad this dog is doing good, they have a wonderful will to live. I can't imagine $1300, kind of hi I think.

Friday I had a mishap when my dog decided to come off the tool box of my truck before she should've and landed in a ditch.

My vet told me $250 to amputate. I couldn't imagine my Lil' Taz hurt, and I sure couldn't imagine her with out her leg. She's only 7 months old.

I gladly payed just under $450 Saturday after surgery on her rear right leg.

They installed 3 pins and alot of figure 8 wiring. I am glad it wasn't any worse than it was, she's like one of the kids.

 

sorry to hear bout your little girl.$1300 does sound a little high but i hope she finds a loving home

 

remember..thats canadian

Sorry to hear about your pup jawbones.. darn little daredevil..

 

I hope she finds a loving home.

 

Me too, I also hope she finds a good home. These guys have gone through alot of what I would call persecution lately, between the press, government officials, bad owners, BYB's etc. These dogs are surely going to come out on top. Thanks guys for the nice words about my baby.

 

i hope she find a good family and in a future have a good life.
very sad for jawbones puppie

 

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