What happened afterwards? This question is on the lips of everyone who witnessed the traumatic dog attack in Horison earlier this month.
Bruce (surname withheld as per his request), the owner of the dog, contacted the Record and provided some details as to what has been happening since the attack.
“I have made contact with all the victims and set up appointments to meet with them. I am offering financial and medical assistance to all of them. I will keep in touch to check their progress,” he said.
He also said the Roodepoort SPCA inspector inspect their property and gave them the all-clear, but he was in the process of making some changes to his property. “I have put up an extra gate to make sure everything is secure and to prevent something like this from happening again,” Bruce said.
By law the Roodepoort SPCA could only keep the dog for 24 hours for assessment purposes. According to Michelle Kok, training inspector, the owners asked if the dog could stay a little longer. “We did all the tests needed and, as far as I know, the tests did not show anything wrong with it. The owners came to collect the dog from us about a week after the incident, and it was very calm and loving towards them,” Kok said.
According to Bruce he asked the Roodepoort SPCA to keep the dog until he had done the changes to his property.
“But, it was not the only reason. I also did not want to bring him home so soon after the incident. I wanted everything to calm down a bit and not risk a repeat performance,” Bruce said.
He said they were happy to have their beloved pet back at home and will do everything in their power to make sure everything is safe and secure.
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