Comments on: Dog Attack at Chaparral Park

By: Danielle

Danielle — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 03:47:19 +0000

Debbie, you are so right. Thank you for sharing this with us.

By: Debbie Eilers

Debbie Eilers — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 03:34:22 +0000

I used to take my male pitbull to the Chaparral dog park. Sadly, he was attacked twice on two different occasions by two german shepherds. I was told that these two dogs would often attack other dogs in the park. The owner was not apologetic. It would be nice if dog owners who have dogs, regardless of the breed, who have attacked dogs in the past would muzzle their dogs if they insist on bringing their dogs to the off leash dog park.

By: Richard and Sally Andrade

Richard and Sally Andrade — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:36:22 +0000

Pamela, please contact us ASAP, through “Fabian’s Law” email. We have been trying since this attack to contact you. It is because of what happened to us with our little poodle Fabian and what happened to Sydney that made us take action. We will talk more.

Richard and Sally Andrade

By: Michelle

Michelle — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:42:14 +0000

Wow. Continued prayers for Sydney!!! So did Jared appeal? What ever happened to Dopey? (sorry I was traveling and have gotten out of the loop)

By: Pamela

Pamela — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 17:03:44 +0000

Last Wednesday morning the holes in Sydney’s right side closed over and the oozing stopped. I could not believe how well healed her side looked by Wednesday evening. Her best friend, Chapman the Pug, came to visit her on Friday and they had a marvelous time together. Her fur is slowing growing back in and she’s beginning to look more normal again. She took the last of her meds this morning. It has been a very long 5-weeks! I still have to keep her relatively quiet. She cannot heard the tortoises or run around the back yard yet but we have some new “quiet” games that we play with her toys in the house. Next week we may try some short walks around the neighborhood. Thank you again to everyone of you who made her survival and recovery possible!

By: nancy

nancy — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 03:14:17 +0000

My husband and I have what we were told was a new breed; she is a beautiful pure white “miniature” American bulldog. I really think they got the miniature wrong, the reason I’m Posting is our 60lb bull dog was attacked by a pair of Great Pyrenees. God only knows how she made it back to our house. She had to have 60% of her body shaved to expose all of her wounds; she has four deep wounds that after 4 days they are still removing dead skin. I’m posting this story to ask: is it worth the pain she’s going through or should we just let her go????? I’ve struggled so hard with this decision. It’s almost unbearable to think of the pain she must have endured and she has such a long recovery. At what point is it crueler to continue treatment.

By: Pamela

Pamela — Sat, 29 May 2010 13:57:12 +0000

Yesterday was a big day for Sydney – all of her staples were removed! Her right side still has a long way to go. There is a lot of dead skin on her right, particularly around one of the puncture wounds from Dopey’s sharp teeth, so the areas are still open and continue to drain. Her doctor is pleased because it looks like they may heal over on their own and not require additional surgery to repair the tissue. So Syd still needs to wear the “cone of shame” for a while until her right side and all of the scabbing heals. Her pain medication has been cut back quite a bit, so yesterday was the first day that she seemed hungry and ate everthing that I put in front of her – what a relief! It has been such a struggle to get her to eat anything over the past week. She is quite the little miracle puppy and would not be with me today if not for all of the wonderful people that helped to save her, particularly Christina and Matthew who delivered us to the emergency hospital. Thank you again to everyone.

I encourage anyone interested in this case to request a copy of the public records related to Dopey to get all of the details. On Tuesday, the court ordered Dopey be put down. Jared was given 10-days to appeal the decision. It’s sad. Poor Sydney and Dopey are the victims in this incident. If Dopey had been well controlled, none of us would be in this situation and we would all be going about our lives blissfully oblivious to the horror of such a vicious dog attack. I wish there was another alternative to relocate Dopey to a safe place where he can no longer hurt or frighten people and pets, and be well controlled by someone with the knowledge and experience to handle such behavior.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 28 May 2010 17:28:28 +0000

Im so happy Sydney is healing well!
Jareds court date was 5/25… do we know what happened?

By: Pamela

Pamela — Mon, 24 May 2010 01:15:29 +0000

We’re nearing the end of the weekend and it has been a long one. Sydney is healing but getting her to eat and stay quiet has been quite the challenge! I have had to put up most of her toys to keep her from trying to play with them. She has never been a “chow hound”, but doesn’t seem interested in eating much of anything right now. I have tried, various canned food, hamburger, chicken, cottage cheese, scrambled egg & cheese (normally her favorite). I’ve resorted to pushing all of her meds down her throat because cream cheese, hotdogs and peanut butter no longer work. If all goes well, all the staples should come out on Friday and then we can begin to get back to normal. I have loved having a little snuggle puppy curled up next to me all weekend – normally, she doesn’t slow down enough for me to get this kind of attention

By: Karen

Karen — Sat, 22 May 2010 07:36:46 +0000

I have been following this incredibly sad story that luckily has turned into a miracle…!

Woohoooo for Sydney…..and best wishes for all involved that assisted this furry cutie and her mama! We all look forward to the updates — Sydney has accumulated allot of fans!