My poor lad, the bonkers Bichon Frise, is sick ..

Cosmonaut said:
Hi there guys

I have battled with myself on whether to bring this old post of mine back up ... well, I have more bad news ... seems ever-present these days, doesn't it?? Country in ruins after over a decade of Tory rule, Liz Truss is somehow PM, Boris Johnson has been ... and folk is going through hell day after day. We're all wondering whenever the hell the Boro will be enjoyable to watch again, too. All feels like a dreadful dream, eh??

Anyway, barring the Boro, something hell of a lot more important to me as you guys will appreciate turned up (again) ...

A week ago last Saturday, my lad, the lovely dog who I posted about in this thread before ... he and my mother were attacked viciously on a walk around Flatts Lane Country Park last Saturday

A couple of 'Mallies' I believe they call them, all off their leads and a huge Lurcher cross-type ... surrounded my mother and my hound and tore into them as they had barely started their walk. All the dogs attacking them, were off the leads and the owners just walked off, leaving my Mother potentially for dead screaming for help, my hound was tossed around like a teddy bear and seriously wounded ... it is all a blur from the moment she called me screaming for help to call the police, I had no idea if she was being attacked by a gang, or what .. but knew what to expect in terms of news on my dog

The police were superb, multiple units arrived within seconds and found her in some bushes, her arm cut up to bits and her hand now infected badly .. my hound was unconscious by the time others arrived, ambulance etc

My brother-in-law rushed him to the emergency vet in Thornaby on Tees or where ever it is called these days ... cost 1000s for the care he needed immediately over 18 hours, was given 3 options by the vet when allowed in to see him. Was recommended he stay with them until they stabilize his vitals if they can, option two release him with pain and other meds for us to care for, or 3 .. I don't even wanna bring myself to say it .. my heart broke looking at the absolute state of him, multiple lacerations all over his back, a wound so deep down to muscle that they feared was going necrotic already .. and another similar on his neck where one of the dogs must have tried to do him like he was a rabbit

Anyway, I am at my mother's now caring for the two of them, have been since. I cannot believe what a little fighter my hound is. But I don't want to speak too soon and have this awful feeling of dread in me and have barely eaten for over a week.

We had insurance with Animal Friends, but an admin error on their side meant we needed the cash up front and I simply did not have the funds immediately available to keep him with the private vets .... I am fuming with what happened, they would not allow me to go back and cover the payments they messed up and make a claim, and the only option was, was to restart coverage .. but as they knew now what has happened they would probably charge a higher premium to start with I am guessing

Anyway, he managed to get through until Monday when we got him into the PDSA, the vet there seemed to be so much more positive and such a gentleman. Prescribed penicillin etc, as my lad has wounds wide open that are so severe they just need cleansing etc while he is recovering

I have never cried so hard in my life for days on end. My mother has PTSD and has been waking up through the night screaming about the dogs and going back into shock ... she is a retired Spinal Injuries nurse and fit as a fiddle, but this incident has put years and years on her

Both my Mother and my lad, the Bichon Frise is my world, and people may think my post is dramatic .. but I just wanted to post about it as I am absolutely sick of people getting away with stuff like this. I want the owners tracked down and they have cost us so much money. I now owe my brother-in-law a lot of money, and the money spent during the week going back and forth to my mothers as I do not drive, etc, everything like that .. it has set me back so much as sadly I am not earning currently due to ill health

And should there be more treatment due from tomorrow, I will be laying into money I only have set aside for energy bills and rent ... which I will if I have to .. but it is just unfair.

I am also furious these guys left my mother, a nearly 70-year-old woman pinned to the ground by their dogs like that while they tried to kill my lad as she tried to fight them off ..

This is just the worst time for anything like this, it does not seem real. I am still out of work due to complex mental health issues and you would not believe the other things I was already dealing with on top of all this. One includes nuisance neighbors bullying/harassing me and deciding to tell everyone I am a paedophile, which is just bizarre as I am really well known in the area.

I have had the housing company look to move me immediately but I am living under threat every day by utter pond life. That is one of many problems where I live currently.

My Mother, she lives in Coulby Newham. A few weeks before this happened, her whole apartment's front windows were smashed as well as the downstairs apartment. Apparently the victims of a gang who wrongfully targeted their flats looking to hurt someone else.

Thankfully, she was not in at the time.

The window is still bloody boarded up and Thirteen Housing have not replaced it. Ridiculous.

I am tired of the way society is so run down now, we all know why ... but I just am struggling to grasp why I have experienced so much of it at once. I am trying to get better alone as it is, and these setbacks, exhausting is not the word.

I just want you all to send us your best if you can, I am hoping my hound makes it. He is getting there, eating, drinking ... but frustrated as hell as he is normally so active. It has only been a week but I am scared anything could send everything south, though all things considered, it is remarkable how well he is healing so far.

Right now he has a temperature and had all the meds prescribed today with his food ... but I am hoping tomorrow I can find some more pain relief than what the Private Vets gave us, it's all gone now

Just antibiotics left ... I just don't want him to be in so much pain it overwhelms him as he hasn't half been battered like he has been in a blender

This week I am hoping for nothing but recovery, friendliness, and a bit of peace. Oh, and maybe a new Boro manager would do :LOL:

Just can't believe what is happening to folk these days at the moment. I am juggling numerous things due to idiots ... I even had a friend thrown off his motorbike the other day and left injured as they got away with it ... this happened actually on the road near where my mother and dog were attacked

How can anyone trust another anymore, these days?? Just can't win it seems.

I would prefer though for the owners of the dogs who attacked my hound and mother to come forward, but I know that is wishful thinking.

Anyway .. there you all go. What a dreadful week. I dunno how I am holding myself together ...
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That's such a hard read @Cosmonaut

All the best to you , your Mam and dog mate
 
weemoby said:
Holy **** Cosmo, I'm speechless after reading that.

Big love to you and your Mum ❤️
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Thanks, mate. I haven't even explained half of it which is the most unreal thing about my post. I didn't want to bring this up as thought I would come across as whiney etc, I have been disorientated all week ... but thought I would update you guys

I can honestly say 2022 is the worst year of my life and the past week was the worst week of it, for this and all sorts of reasons. Completely out of sorts. I feel like I am grieving, but it didn't quite come to that in the end for my lad, though it is still touch-and-go, and I am fighting like hell with his meds and cleaning him up. My sister who works in cardiothoracic surgery (sp) brought me a lot of saline/sterile solution and things earlier to help with his wounds so using all we can

Frustrating thing is, moving forward, I just have little confidence in things getting better. There's always something every other day, I am genuinely scared to talk about things now as if I am tempting fate. And that does not apply to just me, everyone. There seems to be carnage everywhere you look. Or at least, that is the world I live in. Before this happened, I am not even joking, there have been a couple of close calls with dogs off their leads elsewhere which left me feeling I was lucky.

I have no idea what is going on, anyway.. guess I was a chunt in my past life??? .. . My family is a great, hard-working lovely popular bunch, never been in trouble ... but experienced blow after blow recently .. I feel totally drained and with some of the things going through my head a week ago, I was scared ... I didn't know if I am safe to myself anymore, or what I need to do. I wish I was well enough to just go back to work and earn and get away from all of this utter bedlam.

Another funny thing is, I had to go back to my flat also last week to collect some things, and noticed during the rain storm, the ceiling has started to cave in and water was absolutely everywhere pouring into the bathroom through cracks due to shoddy builders. I just left it. Sounds stupid but I had to be back here immediately. So the place is going to stink and be soaked when I return.

That will be the fourth time I have rung the housing provider when I get the time, they must think I do all this on purpose, can honestly say, beyond housing - their customer service is the worse I have ever known ... A month ago one of their staff put the phone down on me during a plumbing emergency which was a fault of their own after letting contractors flush plaster waste down my bathroom drains .. :ROFLMAO: I was being polite, and she did that after suggesting I just 'use a bucket' ... what the hell am I paying rent for???

Anyway, long story short, The place flooded out completely and they still haven't done a thing.

All that means nothing though atm, the focus is on my Mother and my beloved hounds' recovery. And I want the owners to come forward and explain why they left the scene without their dogs on leads during an attack like that, as if it was nothing.

Cowards
 
Those lurches are notorious. The same ones killed a pug out my front window a few years ago. I know exactly who you are talking about. Between the black path and flats lane I do not walk my dogs there. Not so long ago the same people were out with them and a crossbow. Strange people. Hope the wee dog is better soon
 
Soap McTavish said:
Those lurches are notorious. The same ones killed a pug out my front window a few years ago. I know exactly who you are talking about. Between the black path and flats lane I do not walk my dogs there. Not so long ago the same people were out with them and a crossbow. Strange people. Hope the wee dog is better soon
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Thanks. And ta for the info ... useful, I know practically all of TS6 :ROFLMAO:so have come close to locating them, just get different names now and then .. then work out what to do

Apparently, one of the Mallies which shredded my poor lad to bits is often seen outside Spar garage in Eston without a lead on

Just unbelievable

Or is it??? In times like these

I would love to hear the excuse of the idiots responsible and the more info I am getting, the police are. So they can expect a visit sooner than later. They certainly will not be insured, I know that. Just absolutely furious that their idiotic behavior has come at this time of year of all times when we're all struggling.

It;'s ok for him .. he can carry on as normal. Dunno how anyone could do such a thing with this on their conscience.

Far too many soulless, dead zombies around here, and things have to stop, It is getting worse.
 
Hi Cosmonaut, really sad to read this, and I really hope you're mother is OK, and your lad. Goes without saying that one thing that's gets me is hearing animals suffering. I really do hope that you are all OK.
 
It’s always something that terrifies me when out walking the dog, had many near misses with idiots who can’t seem to keep their dog on a lead when they have zero control.
Best wishes to you all it sounds like an awful situation
 
Thanks, guys. Means the world to me. Rough times indeed.

My mother is back in hospital at moment getting her hand etc looked at ... was so caught up with it all, I didn't even know we'd fired Wilder until about an hour ago!!

Anyway, my lad is gaining strength by the day, getting his bark and spark back gradually ... had a little half hour or so in the garden with him earlier then a quick walk around the back woods while it was quiet so he could do his business ... all OK so far .. just heartbreaking, he is so used to such long walks and you can tell he is frustrated as he wants to stay out longer .. as I was coming back towards Mother's house he was pulling away like he was telling me 'this is way too early to go home!' ... but got to make sure I ain't over doing it with him while his injuries heal

I am hoping they manage to get my mother more pain relief and she needs help from the trauma, which I am going to help sort going through the mental health worker at the local docs .. she won't have the energy to start anything like therapy for that yet

But all in all, I can't believe how well my lad is recovering, the wounds, the lot ... it's gaining his strength back now which is the main thing, only been just over a week, so one step at a time still ...

Still unreal how it all happened and so upsetting but I am ever so grateful for the responses from you all on here, great bunch of guys and gals

I guess now I will have to catch up with who we're looking at re; replacing Wilder .... I am happy with the squad in Leo's hands ... heart of a lion that bloke and with a few coaches around him, I trust him in the interim

I hope whoever is next lets Leo stay here at the club

What a day! Did not expect it at all, I seen no chatter at all about Wilder going last night ... I thought he would get the next game at least. Ah well, it is sad it didn't work out but clearly, the squad weren't playing for him and he didn't believe in them either IMO. Recruitment still a massive issue long term

Let's hope the future for MFC is finally bright, we are due some good fortune ffs

Thanks, guys ... I appreciate you all. UTFB X
 
fmttmadmin said:
Very best wishes Cosmonaut to you, your mother and your dog.
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Thanks, matey.

We're getting there. She's just got back out of the hospital today again and healing up OK

Same with the little fella ... it's been exhausting but just relieved this whole thing didn't go South the way I thought it was going to this time last week. Still a way to go, but will be back at Mum's tonight to look after them still, it'll be a good while. I am so impressed with the recovery of the hound, they are tougher than they look those pesky Bichon Frise! As he is getting better you can tell how frustrated and bored he is getting, as used to big walks out daily which is breaking my heart more but can only do a bit at a time and let him heal.

I will keep you all posted as we go along ... still no answer from whoever the guys with the dogs were. Shameless stuff. I will be onto the Police again this week but really, I don't think there's much more I am going to get from them in terms of information, but I will find out whatever way it may be. They were excellent last weekend with their response time and helping out which I am so grateful for.

I take heart in how many good people there are out there in time like this too, though. People have been so good to us like you lot have with your responses. It gets me through.

Onward and upwards from now, fingers X'd, and let's hope the same for our beloved club. I hope for a win next match to cheer me, and we get the right guy in. (y)
 
Soap McTavish said:
Those lurches are notorious. The same ones killed a pug out my front window a few years ago. I know exactly who you are talking about. Between the black path and flats lane I do not walk my dogs there. Not so long ago the same people were out with them and a crossbow. Strange people. Hope the wee dog is better soon
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So sorry mate you had to see this happen to the Pug, Christ. I didn't quite take in all your post as I was glancing through them earlier.

Yeah. the circular walk around Flatts Lane Country Park, people think it is a lovely place for dogs and walking, which it is but at the same time .... there is no chance my Mother will be going there alone again, if ever. I doubt we will ever set foot in the place again which is a shame.

Not slagging the area off, it is lovely but it is just such a shame that thugs like that tend to be hanging around there ruining it for people and now made it a place I won't dare set foot in again, certainly not alone.

A crossbow ffs. If I crossed the likes of these guys with one of them I'd absolutely sh1t it. It is like they are completely oblivious to how intimidating they are.

It sounds like the folk who had the dogs that attacked my mother and dog were just out with them letting them hunt whatever they want down, without a care in the world and unfortunately, my Mother made bad timing bumping into them.

I have seen gangs of lads etc with all sorts of sh1te like this around, as I have always been so fond of walks over Eston Hills, Wilton, etc ,,, it wasn't so long ago my mother lived in Wilton Castle. Such a lovely location, but it's there too, just off Wilton Lane I have passed gangs of them before on quads or whatnot, balaclavas and dogs off their leads. But all of those times I got lucky and out of the way.

Just gutted the b@stards got hold of my Mother and hound. It has always been something I feared immensely, but you never think it is going to happen to yourself until it does.

I am going to be a lot more vigilant from now on and have to re-think where I am going to be doing my walks out and things when the lad gets fit. He ain't exactly gonna be running marathons soon obviously but I know he is already dying to get out over the hills or Rosey T, Saltburn ... some of his fave places we always go.
 
Cosmonaut said:
So sorry mate you had to see this happen to the Pug, Christ. I didn't quite take in all your post as I was glancing through them earlier.

Yeah. the circular walk around Flatts Lane Country Park, people think it is a lovely place for dogs and walking, which it is but at the same time .... there is no chance my Mother will be going there alone again, if ever. I doubt we will ever set foot in the place again which is a shame.

Not slagging the area off, it is lovely but it is just such a shame that thugs like that tend to be hanging around there ruining it for people and now made it a place I won't dare set foot in again, certainly not alone.

A crossbow ffs. If I crossed the likes of these guys with one of them I'd absolutely sh1t it. It is like they are completely oblivious to how intimidating they are.

It sounds like the folk who had the dogs that attacked my mother and dog were just out with them letting them hunt whatever they want down, without a care in the world and unfortunately, my Mother made bad timing bumping into them.

I have seen gangs of lads etc with all sorts of sh1te like this around, as I have always been so fond of walks over Eston Hills, Wilton, etc ,,, it wasn't so long ago my mother lived in Wilton Castle. Such a lovely location, but it's there too, just off Wilton Lane I have passed gangs of them before on quads or whatnot, balaclavas and dogs off their leads. But all of those times I got lucky and out of the way.

Just gutted the b@stards got hold of my Mother and hound. It has always been something I feared immensely, but you never think it is going to happen to yourself until it does.

I am going to be a lot more vigilant from now on and have to re-think where I am going to be doing my walks out and things when the lad gets fit. He ain't exactly gonna be running marathons soon obviously but I know he is already dying to get out over the hills or Rosey T, Saltburn ... some of his fave places we always go.
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I've been in bits reading about what you and your mother and the hairy fella have been through Cosmonaut. I really don't know what to say to you. Just be strong and hang in there mate.
 
That is hard, hard just to read. My thoughts are with you and profound hopes for better news for you and your family.

Wishing you love and peace.
 
Hi Cosmo. What is your little fella's name. Tell him plenty of people are looking out for him. And your mam of course.
 
Cosmonaut said:
He's always been a fit lad, never been sick far as I recall and strong as an Ox .. just turned six recently. A beautiful Bichon Frise, talented and insists on entertaining anyone. His character completely turned over the last 24 hours, initially, I thought it was anxiety as he was acting like he does when he sees a house spider .. terrified of them, but thinks he can fight anything else :ROFLMAO:

He's not got any better through today, he completely deteriorated around 7pm, and I've had him cooling down in the shower room, had to lift him in. Checked his temperature under his arms and around chest, feels like he has been in a microwave but I have been told to hold off admitting him anywhere just yet which I find odd. I guess services are overwhelmed though but a temperature that high, shaking like a leaf, I would've thought that is a genuine emergency. I genuinely don't know what I am doing, it is the first time anything like this has happened to him.

He's really weak right at the minute. I've been on the phone all night getting advice from other emergency vets, the prices I was quoted earlier for a full night/s then treatment prescribed on top if they live, blew me out the water .. there's nothing I can do but use PDSA now, even though we pay White Cross £22 a month, it's just for basic care. Insurance was recently canceled while things were tight much to my chagrin but I was intending on restarting the policy shortly.

I have been so busy moving house, the lot .. I knew something was typically bound to happen while his health insurance was paused .. this is genuinely, really, the last thing I need after still recovering from a full-on nervous breakdown at beginning of February. Without the hound, I dunno if I'd still be here right now.

I've been told I am unlikely to get him seen before nine, as it wouldn't be worth it taking him in anywhere near me now anyway in the state he is in, as he'd be more stressed while he waits at the surgery ...

So as advised, I will be keeping an eye on him all through the night, not getting any sleep ... and obviously to try to get him to drink water but don't stress him out either as apparently he is reacting to me flapping about the whole thing too (which I know dogs do) but I am worried sick. It's amazing how they pick up on your mood even when you're not being vocal or even in the same room, isn't it??

I have been sat in the bathroom bawling into a towel all night, he's meant everything to me these past years and I really haven't got it in me, to be honest, to lose him out of the blue just like that, after the couple of months I have already had. Anyway, wish me luck FMTTMers .. just thought I'd type in an update while I am in the wars a bit, and things have taken a turn for the worse tonight. I am not looking for sympathy that's for sure though, I just know how utterly brilliant dogs are and I am worried sick, I love my lad like he's a son. The dog owners on here will get it.

when things like this happen you realise how pathetic football truly is 🤡 .. kidding obv

Dog power
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I took my dog to the vet last week, they gave me pain killers to keep him comfortable ‘until it’s time’ - gutted.
 
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