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Dear PoPville – Dog Attack at New Hampshire and Webster St, NW
Dear PoPville,
My dog was brutally attacked last night at about 7:30 at the corner of New Hampshire Ave NW and Webster St. I hate to say it because I know this breed gets a bad rap, but it was a short, very stocky, light brown pit bull type dog. The owner either was letting the dog drag it’s leash or she did not have a good hold, as when I looked over I saw the dog charging us from a block away on 5th St. Fortunately my dog was able to defend herself, but a puppy or smaller dog would have surely been killed.
In all of the commotion I believe the woman called her dog Roscoe, but I’m not sure of that. There were two women that looked to be in their mid fifties, but I didn’t get a great look at them and they left after we separated the dogs. Please be cautious when walking your dog in this area, and pass along any information you may have about this dog and it’s owner to Animal Control.
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I think I may know the woman. What did she look like?
You know, that minority 99% of asshole pitbulls really ruins the reputation for all the rest of them.
This is my husband’s post, I was not walking with them last night but we were at the vet for hours getting our dog fixed up.
My husband and I work with a dog rescue and we always advocate for the “bad” dogs and do love the bully breeds… I hate that this owner and her dog have helped to make bad press for these breeds, but we had to describe the dog.
Our dog had several punctures and needed several staples. She’s having a horible painful day thanks to irresponsible owners!
How do I contact you with info? I’d hate to post details of the “possible” house in case it ends up being an unrelated, innocent party.
please email to dog.attack.info123@gmail.com
Petworth has a crazy amount of pitbulls. I have lived in many neighborhoods in DC (Columbia Heights last year) but nothing tops the # of pits in this area where I now live. Its scary because there are so many young children living here now too. The owners I have seen don’t seem particularly interested in training their pitbulls properly either. There is mid fifties woman with that kind of dog that lives south of princton. i see her walking on Warder. She chats with my husbanda and I think her dog is named Roscoe. Will check when I get home. We have a small dog too and if hers is dangerous then its should be put down.
thanks for checking! please let us know!
For this reason, I always walk my dogs with pepper spray on my belt. And I yell at anyone who is walking a dog off leash. I don’t care how much of an a-hole I sound like, it just really ticks me off.
And, I’m very sorry for the pain and suffering your dog is dealing with. Such a shame, but I’m glad it sounds like she is going to be ok.
Where can one buy pepper spray in DC? I walk my very small dog in the hood too.
I ordered mine off amazon.com and shipped it to my sister in VA (it’s illegal to ship it to DC).
Oh! Thanks. I have done a little research now, you can register with the police to owe a pepper spray in DC.
I bought mine out of state also – carried it on checked baggage on a flight from Florida.
You can buy it in outdoor stores in VA or MD (REI, Hudson Trail Outfitters, etc). At least that’s where I bought mine.
my husband hand no time to react but brace for the attack. He is a Soldier and his first instinct isn’t to run, but to protect his dog. He knew he may be able to outrun, but our dog probably couldn’t out run the charging dog. At the end of the attck there was much blood shed and the other dog’s owners shouldn’t have just disappeared. When my husband looked up, they were gone.
There is absolutely no excuse to have your dog off leash or out of control in an urban environment.
If the two dogs met on the sidewalk and scuffled because they didn’t like eachother, we would understand provided both dogs were leashed and could be controlled because the owner had a handle on the leash. In that circumstance, we would have gone separate ways and let it go. But in this instance, there was a blantant offence, that the dog was no under owner controll.
We don’t necessarily want the dogs head on a spike, we just want the owner to take responsibility of the situation.
I think I may have seen this dog around my block unattended (800 block of Upshur). Do you have a description of the owners?
There are too many irresponsible dog owner around. A chocolate lab attacked a large dog call Arnie who lives near the soldier’s home last week too. Now I am freaking out whenever I see a large chocolate lab.
Good point – it’s not just the Pits – one of my little dogs was attached by a large black lab a number of years ago (not in DC). It was terrifying and we escaped with just a torn eyelid but also a traumatized dog who still is afraid when she sees a large black dog (except for the one in my avatar photo, who was her best friend until she died).
Agreed! This was not to attack the pitts at all. Just to locate the responsible party…
The owners were two african-american women in their mid-fifties. My husband would know more… Hopefully he can respond soon.
Our dog wants nothing more than to be on top of me today… she’s terrified
She’s a 67lb dog! I couldn’t imagine if it were a smaller dog or a child… Thank you all for your imput! any more information would be greatly appreciated!
I’m really glad your dog is okay. Everytime someone posts something like this I think about what I would do it happened to my dog. She’s big too and could likely fight another dog off, but God forbid she was seriously hurt or killed. I don’t know what I would do (after I killed the owner of the other dog in a violent rage), but I know I would be beyond devasted.
I’m very sorry to hear this happened and glad that the dogs and owner are okay. I really hope the owners lean hard on the authorities to rectify this situation, either by doing something about those owners or their dogs. It would be extremely irresponsible to just give people a heads up that these dogs exist and not work with the authorities to ensure that something concrete is done.
I’m on it.
This comes up often, and people get it wrong constantly: it is NOT hard or illegal to get pepper spray in DC. I have had it shipped to me a number of times from http://www.sabrered.com, but there are plenty of other places that sell essentially the same thing they do. Just get some and carry it on your keychain, whatever.
Before organizing the pitch-fork mob, if the owner can be identified please try a civil discussion about your concerns. Perhaps it was an errant occurence the cause of which was beyond your notice. As a dog owner, I know that the sight of another dog charging is very scary, but as a dog owner I know that sometimes one’s dog will act completely out of the blue. Should, however, this be a regular habit then yes some action is necessary.
I am sorry for your girl’s suffering. She is the injured party. Absolutely. But if you saw the dog charging from a block away, why didn’t you take evasive action like crossing the street or stepping behind somebody’s front gate?
The “block away on 5th St.” means that the dog was at most 50 feet away – it is a VERY short block. There was likely nowhere for this person to go to avoid the situation. Please don’t place the burden on the responsible dog person – there is no excuse for not having control of a dog in an urban environment.
Simmer down. I am not placing the burden on the original poster. I acknowledged that when raising the question. And perhaps he did try to get out of the way. Nothing is said in the original post and that is why I ask. The only thing I know is that in a similar circumstance, in the heat of the moment I wouldn’t be worried about culpability rather I’m instinctively react to get my pup out of harm’s way. And let me reiterate, I realize that might not have been a possibility and that is why I am asking to get more information.
A pit bull was charging at her? how quickly would she be able to cross the street? and then the pitbull want run another 30 feet to cross the street? Not every yard in petworth has fence/gate. I think we need zero tolerance. yes, dogs at “out of the blue” but as an owner you must be able to control your dog during every “out of the blue” monent. If a pitbull is to strong for you to contain on a leash then you should not own a pitbull. No other options. The dog needs to be removed from the home and given to someone who will probably care for it or put down. What if that was a child the dog attacked?
Exactly.
Why the OP et ux “do love the bully breeds” why?
Really. This is not a rhetorical question. And don’t tell us that MOST of them are fine. I ride my bike past that intersection every day, so “Most are nice” doesn’t cut it.
Not rhetorical, and hardly a question at all.
And the OP and spouse “do love the bully breeds” why?
my husband hand no time to react but brace for the attack. He is a Soldier and his first instinct isn’t to run, but to protect his dog. He knew he may be able to outrun, but our dog probably couldn’t out run the charging dog. At the end of the attck there was much blood shed and the other dog’s owners shouldn’t have just disappeared. When my husband looked up, they were gone.
There is absolutely no excuse to have your dog off leash or out of control in an urban environment.
If the two dogs met on the sidewalk and scuffled because they didn’t like eachother, we would understand provided both dogs were leashed and could be controlled because the owner had a handle on the leash. In that circumstance, we would have gone separate ways and let it go. But in this instance, there was a blantant offence, that the dog was no under owner controll.
We don’t necessarily want the dogs head on a spike, we just want the owner to take responsibility of the situation.
What a perfectly rational reply. Thank you. And yes, the owners’ of the attacknig dog should be ashamed for leaving the scene. The only possible excuse would be trying to separate the two dogs. But if there were two owners present, one should have stayed and exchanged information.
Thank you.
We work with a doberman rescue and understand that dogs get targeted for their breed and not their actual personality. We have friends with pitt/pitt mixes and I do like most of the pitt/ pitt mixes I meet.
The statement was to ensure everyone that we’re not out for pitt bull blood, we just want this particular dog’s owners to act and be responsible for their dog.
This post is not meant for a place to determine the validity of bully breeds. Just to help find the responsible party and warn the community of this particular dog.
If anyone has any information, please email us at dog.attack.info123@gmail.com
Thank you and I hope all of you and your dogs feel safe on their nightly walks!!
Between the shooting at 5th & Crittenden, home invasions in the area, and this dog attack, Petworth seems to be heating up in a bad way. All of this occurred in PSA (Police Service Area) 407. I encourage all concerned people in the area to attend the PSA 407 meeting on Thursday night at 7 pm, 801 Shepherd St NW. Squeaky wheels get the grease, as they say.
What is this about home invasions? I track the MPD twitter account and haven’t caught that happening in Petworth.
There were 2 break ins in the past month on the 4600 block of New Hampshire. Doors were kicked in during the day.
Unless people were home, that’s a burglary, not a home invasion.
It might help to describe the dog, i.e. it’s fur color. If you want to make sure this doesn’t happen again to anyone else,. My dog was bit by an off leash golden retriever about a month ago on Quincy st.
the dog was light brown…
Success!
Thanks to the responders, we were able to track down the owner… apparently the owner is an elderly woman on a fixed income. The dog got away from the dog walker. When my husband tracked them down, the dog walker admitted that the other dog (not named Roscoe) was responsible for starting the fight. The woman has agreed to pay our vet bills in 3 monthly installments as she’s on a fixed income. We are certainly willing to work with this.
We really appreciate the dog walker stepping up and telling the truth about the circumstances and I hope since it was the fault of the dog walker, she aids the elderly woman in paying us back.
Thank you all for your concern. We will let animal control know about the incident.
That is all very good to know that the dog owner and the dog walker help to pay the vet bills. However, that does not root out the problem. If that dog is not trained properly it might happen again. I hope the owner and the dog worker will get the dog’s behavior corrected to avoid it happen again.
The dog walker should be fired. If your whole job is be responsble for a dog and you fail then you are grossly incompetent. An elderly woman shouldn’t own and large, strong and/or agressive breed of dog.