Terry the deer hound...looks just like an Irish Wolfhound...

still looking to talk to the owners of this dog . . .
Thanks to everyone who has pm'd -- several people report that he has bitten other dogs in the park. FYI, my dog is a spayed female. Terry is an unneutered male. Everyone seems to think he bites only other males.

Wonder if he's marching in the St Pat's Parade . . .

seriously, if you know the owners pls ask them to call me
THX

Drano wrote:
Bah, I dislike inattentive pet owners. Wish my kuvasz was still alive, he'd put paid to Terry's plans for (dog) world domination. He was kept under firm control but was not expected to tolerate attacks. Ah, well. I must say that a deerhound doesn't seem to be the best breed for city living, however...

I'm still looking for this dog/owners - this is a shameless bump up the page.
Norma their dog walker doesn't respond - so I still don't even know if she told the owners. Anyway, haven't seen the dog in the park this week... maybe they only allow him one bite a year, to get ready for March 17.
phooey.

Drano wrote: [quote=friendlypitbull]Something tells me that someone who is leting their un-neutuered male dog run unleashed isnt really going to care much that your dog got bit.

Yup yup. They are in their own world and F the rest. Having that breed in the city should be a big tip-off IMHO.

yeah . . .
the dog walker didn't appear to know the dog's history
It's conceivable that she didn't want to tell the owners, for whatever reason. Maybe she did know and didn't want to admit she had the dog off-leash with such a big group of dogs.

really, I have no idea.

I don't know if I should be calling Animal Control and reporting him. The city can compel a muzzle on a "dangerous dog."
None of this would be necessary if I had an inkling that the owners were dealing with the dog properly.

Ben wrote: I would avoid calling animal control if you can. We wouldn't want a couple of incidents to lead to a broad based muzzle law.

I think posting what happened here goes a really long way towards awareness so that we can police ourselves. I'm in the park every morning and now know to watch for a dog that meets this description. If I see something happen I will be sure to say something to the owner as I'm sure many other people will.

It could be that the walker wasn't supposed to let the dog off lease. If the owner is aware of the problem and the walker wasn't, well, the walker is aware now. Hopefully it was just a mistake and won't happen again.

generally speaking, I'm with you. I LOVE the off-leash scene in the park.

what's bugging me is hearing that this dog has bit other dogs in the past.
there's other dogs in the park that people know to avoid -- perhaps you're familiar with that one sort of disheveled man whose dog always Starts Something -- but in this case I feel like I need to keep trying to track down the owners to make sure they are dealing with it.
Pls PM me if you happen to see them and speak to them . . .

WHOA!

I just met the owners of Terry the deer hound. They were walking into offleash hours as we were leaving Sunday morning. It did not go well . . .

"Hi! Is that Terry? I've been wanting to talk to you. Terry bit my dog about a month ago, but he was with a dog walker so I've been hoping to bump into the owners...I gave your walker my number, but nobody ever called"

The very aggressive lawyer man that owns Terry proceeded to yell "LIBEL!" a few dozen times, told me I was crazy, and threatened to sue me. It was stunning.



"It's not libel, it's what happened. Your dog bit my dog. Your dog walker saw it, she was standing right there. I wanted to make sure the owners were aware, because the dog walker kept repeating my dog must be a male puppy. She's not, she's seven, female and spayed.
You need to deal with your dog biting - asking around, alot of people know Terry and told me he has bit before."

"NO! He has never bit a person"

"I didn't say he bit a person. I said he bit MY DOG, and you need to not be in denial about it, and talk to your dog walker about handling him."

"He is not a bad dog!"

"I didn't say he was a 'bad dog', I SAID he BIT MY DOG"

More "you're crazy" blah blah blah

His wife, Mary Jane, eventually broke off and said she was sorry
(*once*, in the middle of a dozen "you're crazy" and "that's libel, you better watch what you say, I'm going to take you to court")
She said "he's a lawyer."

I told her I took a picture of Terry right after it happened, if she'd like to see - if she thought it was not him or something. She said Norma the dogwalker had told her something had happened but it wasn't serious.

I asked for her phone number to talk in a less heated environment, at which time she walked off and said they were unlisted.

nice.

My friend later overheard them telling someone that Terry was being falsely accused


Just for the sake of clarity, so nobody goes running from the wrong big dog . . . there's a wolfhound with a 30-something couple for owners, a guy and a woman with a blonde pony tail.
That's not the offending family.
Terry the deerhound's owners are more late 40s or 50-something. The wife has short bleach blonde hair, the husband is quite tall and boney, with a blind hostility and profound lack of ethics and people skills.

wow.

armchair_warrior wrote: the male owners sounds like a stero type of a lawyer most people love to hate.

dunno, shouldn't they be more level headed?
I know more public interest lawyers, less screaming attempted intimidators off a sitcom.

I took a cell phone picture at the time it happened, just in case the owner needed proof it was actually their dog. I offered it to the lady on Sunday, at which point she admitted the dog walker *had* mentioned something to her.
Anyway, I didn't think the wanted poster approach was going to be productive . . . .

I'm going to call the Parks Dept enforcement. The owners totally deny that there is a problem with their dog biting, and so aren't dealing with it the right way. And that's just so wrong.

quijibo, why didn't you say hello?
Were we being screamed at? If so, that WAS us!
The icon is something I grabbed off the internets...

Anonymous wrote: If the deerhound is the weird looking gray dog that looks like a muppet, I see him almost every morning getting walked with the other smaller white dog (sorry - don't know dog types...). Will PM you with location of residence - this type of behavior is not very neighborly.

I'd appreciate it. The dog walker said they lived on Sixth Ave.