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    I second not cuddling him and even avoiding other dogs. I would start his exposure to other dogs as soon as possible in your absence.dogs take alot of cue from the owners. If you have fear and doubt he will act on it. . Talk to a day care place maybe start sending him before he gets fear full of dogs. His fear will grow with isolation.

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    Everyone has given great advice. I just wanted to add how sorry I am this happened to your pup.

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    I am so, so sorry this happened to your sweet baby...I just want to say that you have to count your blessings that the pit bull did not kill your dog..

    But this could happen with any breed of dog...not just pit bulls.

    And as far as comforting him, I have to politely disagree with the others here...if this were my dog, I would be giving him all the love in the world right now.

    Just wanted to send best wishes for a speedy recovery....and hope your dog will be okay...

    It certainly is an awful thing... a dog owner's worst nightmare.

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    Quote Originally Posted by lovemylabby View Post

    And as far as comforting him, I have to politely disagree with the others here...if this were my dog, I would be giving him all the love in the world right now.

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    she was correct. My cuddling referred to more of protecting him and isolating from dog interactions . Also cuddling when he get doubtful.
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    I am so sorry to hear this has happened to your dog and to you. Molly was attacked by a pit over two years ago. It took me a long while to get her to be comfortable on a leash near other dogs. I also have to add that it affected me terribly.The good news is that I managed to get her through the aftermath. My greatest concern was that I was going to lose her in the fight and after that was that the fight would make me lose months of training her to be a service dog. The end result was that I am no longer comfortable at a dog park so we don't go. I have found other outlets for her to play with dogs I know and trust. Sorry for the ramble but your post really hit home with me.

    I hope you speak to the camp and I truly hope that the owners of the other dog are paying for your vet fees as well as are taking their dogs actions seriously enough not to put other dogs or humans in harms way. I agree with TuMicks post whole heartedly. Also please take time to deal with the trauma this has caused you.

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    I have not had my dogs attacked like this. I gripe a LOT about out of control dogs on the trails around here. Sometimes it seems like every day is "National Doggy Liberation Day" where we all just let our dogs run amok. I have had to defend Ram Jet Rocket Dog from a pack of 3 loose dogs. But they were not intent on hurting her, they had just "packed up" and were aggressive and massively out-numbered my one young dog. OTOH, my dog is/was dog-aggressive. I TOOK HER TO THE BEHAVIORIST to work on this. I think I paid somewhat over $100 for 7 sessions. She now has her CGC title from AKC and is much more confident and relaxed when other dogs are near.

    If my dog had suffered like the OP's dog, I would be incredibly traumatized. And angry. But that's me. We all respond differently. Me, I'd be in an attorney's office in a New York minute.

    I worked in health care for over 45 years. I just urge the OP to begin to take some productive action (even if you don't necessarily know what action is the best in the moment) because retreating to an emotional bunker is not productive and delays healing. I'm offering this from my heart. I think we all have gotten an emotional shiver from the story because we KNOW how it would damage us.

    There are ways to help this pit-bull. If no one does anything for him, his life will be miserable and short.

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    Eventually we will get back out there and see other dogs. I'm not sure how Riley is going to react. I know I'm no where near ready to be around other dogs. You here people talk about things like this and of course feel horrible but being apart of it is a whole other story. I'm beyond traumatized myself so I can only imagine what Riley must be thinking. And I was the one who had him on the leash and fear he's going to be scared of me taking him out. After it happened he wouldn't come out of his kennel. He does come out now but he's still so skittish (reality its only been about 36 hours). He doesn't bark or growl ever, and now is on high alert and he's barking out the window and growling. I'm not sure what to make of it.

    Thankfully he is alive but in that moment I thought I was watching my dog get killed. Had we not been at camp and had help from complete strangers that may be exactly what would have happened. The dog tried lunging at Riley again after he let go but others were able to hold him back.

    I haven't talked to the other family yet but I believe they will pay my vet bills. I will mention the behaviorist to them but honestly I won't be looking it up or doing any leg work. I will be calling the campground owners as well. I honestly do not want the dog there at all but at a minimum I think the muzzle idea is great. I have to take care of Riley and try and figure out how to help him through the emotionally and physical pain he's suffering from. And I have to figure it out for myself too.

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    My friend's dog (some of you know him, a yellow Lab - Badu) was attacked by a Staffordshire terrier when he was around a year old. The dog locked his jaws on Badu's throat, luckily most Labs have lots of loose skin in that area. He wouldn't let go, Badu was squeaking, and the other dog just hung on his throat. Luckily, a guy ran to them with a bottle of water, poured the water on the dogs and the Staffordshire let go.

    My friend was very shaken by this, but she didn't act differently towards Badu, she continued socializing him, and Badu forgot very fast about this event. He wasn't hurt, he had a few spots on his skin from the Staffordshire's teeth, and these healed quickly.

    My dog was attacked a few years ago by a Lab (proof that the breed doesn't matter) the same way, he wasn't hurt (loose skin around the throat, again), but I ended up with a bitten up hand that eventually got infected although I went to the doctor immediately (sigh).
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    I'm so sorry to hear that this happened to you, and I can relate to the experience. Bubba was attacked when he was less than a year old, now I can't remember how old exactly. He had to have emergency surgery and almost lost half his ear. My reaction towards off leash dogs definitely changed. When an off leash dog ran up to us if I had any thought that it might be aggressive, I would put Bubba behind me in a sit/stay and tell the dog to go home. But I didn't coddle Bubba or act afraid, I just took charge more. I would say that Bubba changed only slightly from the experience. He still loves playing with other dogs, but, for example, if he's going for a ball, and so is another dog and they reach it at the same time, he'll let the other dog have it. I think he's decided "its not worth it" haha.

    If you keep up with your pups socialization, and make sure they have good experiences with friendly dogs you know, I'm sure that it won't impact them in the long term.

    And I would definitely report the dog.
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    I"ve had a long history of bad experiences w/ my one set of neighbors (actually his 2nd wife) attacking my dogs over the years, because they have no desire to control their dogs or teach them good social skills. At first it was a pair of husky/ mal / golden mixes. I fenced my entire acreage to the tune of $6000... and was so mad I was prepared to shoot to kill if their dogs tried to come in. Obviously that didn't make them happy, but it is my legal right under our county laws. Finally, their Golden Ret (of all things) rescue bit ME. After I spoke to them and got nowhere basically, I called animal control just to make a complaint on record (didn't want to press charges because I was STILL hoping it'd be a wake up call finally). Nope, ends up I was the 3rd one to be bit by the dog. Then my 70yo neighbor was bit one day. That was it.... called ACO, they gladly came, put the dog on lock down for rabies quarantine, then ordered it PTS 10 days or so later.

    So I echo others above, don't sit back. It rarely gets any better w/ this type of owner. Educate yourself on your local dog ordinances and take copies to the dog owner and the campground owner. File a report. Send owner a copy of vet bills and insist they pay. You have witnesses so it sounds like you are in good shape. In the meantime, get your pup back out to good safe places and proceed w/ life. Good luck and keep us posted. Anne
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