Dog breaks boy's collar bone (From Southend Standard)
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Dog breaks boy's collar bone
3:10pm Friday 12th October 2012 in Echo News By Luke Lambert
Dion Mears with her sons Lenny and Aidan
THE mother of an injured four-year-old boy says owners of large dogs pose a risk to families by keeping their dogs off the lead.
Aidan Mears was knocked over by a greyhound leaving him with a broken collarbone and concussion. He was with his mum and five-year-old brother Lenny at the time whilst on a walk through Lake Meadows in Billericay when the dog ran over and knocked Aidan to the floor. Young Aidan was left in a sling and is “extremely shook-up” according to his mum.
Dion Mears, from Bramble Tye in Noak Bridge, said she couldn’t believe dogs weren’t kept on a tighter leash and says her son could have been in a much worse shape.
Mrs Mears, 38, said she loves walking her children through the park but since Aidan was hurt she fears he will never be the same around animals again.
“It was quite scary to be honest and Aidan has been in a really bad way since it happened. The dog could have hurt Lenny as well. When such big dogs are let loose in the park occurrences like this are possible and unfortunately for me it was Aidan who got hurt. The dog was not aggressive in it’s attack but that only proves how unpredictable animals can be - it could just as easily have been a pensioner.”
Hugh Reynolds, manager of parks and ground maintenance, said: "There are no control orders enforcing the wearing of leads in the borough, however it is expected that dog owners exercise caution when walking their dogs. If a dog can not be recalled immediately then it should not be let off the lead, for the safety of the dog and the general public."
Comments(15)
Mr. Pedantic
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4:08pm Fri 12 Oct 12
bignosechaff
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4:14pm Fri 12 Oct 12
Mr. Pedantic
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4:17pm Fri 12 Oct 12
bignosechaff wrote:Was it a Weimeraner?
A friend of mine had a grey hound and used to let it run round a field and I can tell you at full run it was quite scary especially when it headed straight for you
emcee
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4:53pm Fri 12 Oct 12
mrs m boone
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5:12pm Fri 12 Oct 12
emcee wrote:well maybe there should be safe area's for kids to play then,either that or all the wasted land around put proper area's for dogs to have a good run, a child free area,put 4 off these in each town there would not be a problem.and people are the one's that need a muzzle and kept on leads,the dogs are not a problem the owner of the dog must have felt awlful for what had happened to this child,could have been worse with the amount of dog attacks going on
Any dog should be kept on a lead at all times (preferably with a muzzle) especially when there are other dogs and people around. As we can see here, even though the greyhound was probably a very friendly animal and only enjoying a run about, the owner was clearly not in control and should have shown more responsibility in an area where there are clearly small children and other vunerable people/animals.
Almeda11
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7:52pm Fri 12 Oct 12
Chris Flunk wrote:l think what the article wae trying to say was that the DOG could equally have attacked a pensioner, or am l missing your humour here, probably!
"The dog was not aggressive in it’s attack but that only proves how unpredictable animals can be - it could just as easily have been a pensioner.” Do pensioners often attack toddlers?
SpaffSpiff84
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7:41am Sat 13 Oct 12
Major Incident
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9:38am Sat 13 Oct 12
iknoweverything
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11:05am Sat 13 Oct 12
cgb
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9:04pm Sat 13 Oct 12
This is called an accident. The child could have easily fallen over all on their own without any dog being involved. What a rubbish non-story
Lesley
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9:25pm Sat 13 Oct 12
beaulocks
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9:38pm Sat 13 Oct 12
bignosechaff wrote:Is that is because you have big ears and look like a rabbit?
A friend of mine had a grey hound and used to let it run round a field and I can tell you at full run it was quite scary especially when it headed straight for you
beaulocks
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9:38pm Sat 13 Oct 12
bignosechaff wrote:Is that is because you have big ears and look like a rabbit?
A friend of mine had a grey hound and used to let it run round a field and I can tell you at full run it was quite scary especially when it headed straight for you
Eric Whim
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5:23pm Sun 14 Oct 12
Chris Flunk says...
3:25pm Fri 12 Oct 12
Do pensioners often attack toddlers?