Originally Posted by Nicci

I was bitten quite badly as a teenager by a Springer Spaniel called 'Boomer' who was a latchkey dog, his owners used to let him out to roam all day when they went to work, walking one of my Grandfathers puppies one morning we both encountered Boomer trying to defend the puppy who I had scooped up into my arms, my hands arms and legs were badly bitten and scratched one area on my leg needed skin grafts..thats how bad it was.
Years later I re-homed a Springer out of rescue (I've always liked them, even after being badly bitten) was told she was great with kids and okay with other dogs we had her a few months and one morning she decided to launch herself at next door nieghbours three year old again whilst trying to stop the attack I again for the second time got badly bitten by a Springer (the baby wasn't hurt, just shook up) I decided it would be kinder to have her put to sleep seeing her reaction to the baby that day it also scared the hell out of me because we ourselves had a daughter, the vet suspected 'rage' syndrome but we didn't get a definate diagnosis.