Five-hour op to save Bob the dog after attack

Nov 7 2008 by Sam Casey, Huddersfield Daily Examiner

Five-hour op to save Bob

A YOUNG dog was left at death’s door after it was savaged by two other dogs.

Sixteen-month-old border collie Bob needed a five-hour operation and is still being looked after by vets after he was attacked by two Staffordshire bull terriers.

He had his chest torn open, suffered a punctured lung and bite wounds to his legs and lost a large amount of blood in the incident in Rawthorpe on Monday.

Owner Eric Riding, 72, said: “I haven’t been able to sleep since. He’s my dog, my pet and it might sound silly but I have cried about it.”

Mr Riding, of Rawthorpe, was walking Bob on Rawthorpe High School playing fields when he saw the other two dogs a distance away.

He said: “They didn’t bark, they just ran over to where we were and laid into Bob, one at the back and one at the front.

“He was crying and screaming out.

“I had a walking stick and I started braying them with it, but they wouldn’t let go.

“They must have been at it for two minutes.”