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My son’s six-month-old puppy was mauled to death in front of me by a massive bulldog – I felt helpless
A MUM watched in horror as her son’s six-month-old puppy was brutally mauled to death by a “massive” bulldog.
Anna Gurzhii was left heartbroken after her baby spaniel, Felix, was savagely attacked during a lunch-time walk.
A mum was forced to watch a ‘massive’ bulldog brutalise her son’s six-month-old puppy to death[/caption]
Photos show the beast being led away by its owner[/caption]
The 36-year-old took the pup past a restaurant in Bromley, South East London, on her way back to her Orpington flat, when she saw a man sitting outside with his unleashed dog.
Anna told MyLondon: “This guy was sat outside a restaurant on a kind of iron pipe or ladder with his dog not on the lead, and it basically stood up and ran straight at Felix and started attacking him.
“It was really shocking, I was really afraid it was going to attack me as well.
“I was screaming like crazy by this point and several people from the NHS clinic ran out of the back door, Paul, Emma, and Vannessa, they came to help and they were so brave.
“They basically pulled Felix out of that huge dog’s jaws which was really horrible to have to see.
“The owner was trying to take the dog back but it wouldn’t listen – it was just munching on my puppy.”
The terrified mum rushed her pet to the nearest clinic but his injuries were tragically fatal.
“He was so shocked and couldn’t really walk. He tried to vomit and couldn’t do that, he wouldn’t drink any water either,” Anna added.
A vet scan revealed serious internal bleeding which resulted in stomach and liver surgery.
After an overnight stay in emergency care Felix sadly passed away.
Anna said: “These type of bulldogs they need to be muzzled or they need to be on a lead and not anywhere near where kids are.”
The loss is especially devastating for the family as Felix was Anna’s 11-year-old son Nikita’s companion, and her own mental health support.
The Ukrainian has lived in the UK for eight years, she said: “For me he was a mental health dog. I’m having issues because of the war in Ukraine.
“My pregnancy was just after the war started and having this dog was like a dream. I’ve wanted to have a dog for so long.
“It was so good for Nikita, he was being so responsible. He’s 11 years old and would wake up at 6.30am to walk the dog! I was watching him even picking up Felix’s poop and making sure he wasn’t eating anything bad while he was out.”
She continued: “They would spend hours playing and training and feeding him. My son changed with the dog, it wasn’t just a friend but a responsibility as well. He could change Nikita’s mood in a second.
“Felix became part of the family and now it just feels so empty at home, so different.”
Anna has an appointment to report the attack to the police on Wednesday, February 22.
After an overnight stay in emergency care Felix sadly passed away[/caption]
I was horrified when I walked into my three-year-old son’s room to find him bleeding from the mouth – I feel helpless
A MUM has told of the horror moment she walked into her three-year-old son’s room and found him bleeding from the mouth.
Katie Brett, 31, says there have also been times she’s gone to check on her son Konrad in the night and he’s not breathing.
Katie Brett has opened up about the months of hell she’s endured with her son Konrad[/caption]
The 31-year-old says there were times Konrad would wake up covered in blood, or struggling to breathe[/caption]
The solo mum-of-two says she’s been through months of hell and, even after getting a diagnosis for her three-year-old, she still feels helpless.
Konrad has tonsils that are so big they block his airway, and is in need of surgery.
But the Lancashire mum says it’s been a long road to getting that answer.
She said: “It’s just horrible. There’s been so many times I’ve been crying down the phone to the hospital which is just exhausting.
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“It’s just so hard seeing your child so poorly, and knowing that you could put him to bed one night and he might wake up all because of his tonsils.”
She said Konrad contracted a mystery virus at just seven months old, which left him sick for eight weeks.
Then, one night, she received an alert on a sleep app and went to check on him and realised he wasn’t breathing.
She said the following months were horrific, as her wee boy’s tonsils were constantly causing him pain and he regularly stopped breathing.
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Katie says she would also find him bleeding from the mouth, and covered in blood.
The mum said she spent months fighting for answers, and claims she was dubbed an “overprotective mother” and even lost her job.
Then, when the family got Konrad’s diagnosis, they were told he needed surgery – which Katie says her boy may have to wait a year for.
She said: “It doesn’t just affect me and Konrad, it affects his brother Colton-Joe as well.
“There’s been times when Konrad has fallen poorly in the middle of the night, and I’ve had to drag them both out of bed in the night.
I just feel like there is nothing I can do.
Katie Brett
“Even one time Colton-Joe had to come in the ambulance with us, and then get picked up from the hospital by a family member.”
Katie called the recent months “very frustrating”.
She added: “You love your kids more than anything in the world, and you would do anything for them.
“But I just feel like there is nothing I can do.”
Katie’s sister Sasha Marsden was tragically murdered at the age of 16 in 2013 and the family holds an annual rounders tournament in memory of her.
Katie said: “We decided to raise money in my sister’s memory, we was suppose to raise money for Macmillan.
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“But the organisers said that if Sasha was given a choice, she would want to help her nephew so the money went to Konrad’s surgery instead.”
You can donate towards Konrad’s surgery here.