The "dangerous" dog that savaged its owner in South East London yesterday (November 20), leaving her fighting for her life, attacked another smaller dog last year a local business owner has revealed.
Video footage seen by SWNS from February last year showed the huge white dog, which looked like an American Bulldog, approach a smaller dog which began barking.
The larger dog’s owner is seen losing control of her pet, which is on a lead, before being pulled and falling onto the floor. Her dog is then seen chasing and latching onto the smaller dog, before leaving with its owner following it.
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The business owner in Belvedere, who showed the video footage but did not wish to share it, said: “The lady’s dog is temperamental.
“It attacked this other dog – a small puppy. Its owner posted on a local Facebook group, trying to find out who the owner of the big dog was."
He added: “That dog was dangerous. I know that. If it was around, I won’t go out.” The post made on Facebook by the owner also adds that the smaller dog, a miniature poodle, required surgery after the attack with a large open wound in its back.
Police rushed to an address on Bedwell Road in Belvedere just before 9am on Monday to reports of a dog attacking a woman. Both the Metropolitan Police and London Ambulance Service attended the incident, along with an air ambulance.
The dog owner was was taken to hospital where she remains in a critical condition, while the dog died after being Tased by police in a bid to stop the attack. An enquiry into what happened is ongoing.
This comes after neighbours of the woman attacked described the dog that attacked her as a 'fruitcake' and a 'lunatic'.
One man, who gave his name only as John, said: “I’ve had rows with her before, one of the dogs was a lunatic. It was an XL Bully type. She’s been here about three years."
Another man named Wayne, whose partner lives nearby, added: "At one time she had three dogs. One was a pocket bully, a sweet little thing.
“But the big one was just a fruitcake. You can tell with dogs... I wouldn’t trust it. I think they were rescue dogs. They were always barking.”
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