I think there are a lot of very irresponsible daog owners out there at the moment. The other day, I was walking my little shi-tzu and a man with two staffies was near me. I am frightened of these dogs due to bad experiences of them attacking mine in the past. I must have looked a bit scared, because he said to me that he would keep them on the lead. I carried on walking and sat down on the hill at dawson heights and next things this great big snarling black dog was hurtling towards me. it was horrendous. It grabbed my dog and all I could do was to try to keep mine off the ground whilst this things kept grabbing it. I virtualy had to strangel my dog with its own lead to keep it away from this mad dogs teeth.I couldnt pick mine up because I am pregnant and was scared the other dog would try to get me if i held my dog or knock me over. I was screaming. eventually the owner came and just grabbed his dog and started beating it around the head. i was totally shaken up. things have got so bad with these sort of dogs where i live that i am thinking about giving mine away, because the anxiety of walking her is huge. Its like facing a gauntlet of savage out of control dogs and stupid mindless owners every time i go for a walk!