'Nothing wrong with my Staffie,' says dog owner (From Bournemouth Echo)

'Nothing wrong with my Staffie,' says dog owner

7:00am Thursday 2nd July 2009 in

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THE owner of a dog which a woman claims attacked hers in Swanage has hit back.

As reported, Carol Osborne said she feared a child or elderly person could get hurt by the Staffordshire Bull Terrier which ran out of a house in Bell Street, Herston, and got into a tangle with her Jack Russell, Suzie.

But Andrew Kelly, who owns the Staffie, Arnie, defended his and his dog’s actions.

He said both dogs got into a fight together, it was not a case of his dog attacking Mrs Osborne’s.

Mr Kelly said he paid £700 of vet’s bills to Mrs Osborne and refutes that his dog has attacked other dogs around the town, as she had claimed.

He said Arnie was fine with his six-year-old daughter and was fearful of other dogs because he had been attacked before.

“If it wasn’t a Staffordshire Bull Terrier none of this would have happened. If it was two Jack Russells fighting it would have been different.

“We have had the RSPCA round and they took one look at the dog and said there was nothing wrong with him.”

Mr Kelly also has a report from the Canine Academy that says Arnie is fine with children.

Mrs Osborne maintained that the Staffie had attacked her Jack Russell, which was on a lead, after running out from a house.

She said the bills had been paid by Andrew Kelly but added that various people had told her his dog had attacked others.