  Just so I dont have to keep telling everyone over and over again, yes Dougie was attacked by a dog today. I was cantering along the school oval and a group of girls I knew called me over. They had their dog (some sort of American Pit bull) with them, muzzled and in a harness, they asked for a ride so they tied the dog up to a tree and got on doug. She got half way across the oval and the dog somehow got out of his harness and starting running at Dougie. We were screaming at her to jump off and as I ran towards dougie I could see the dog trying to attack him, but it had its muzzle on so he just managed to scare Doug a bit. Someone grabbed the dog and started walking it home, I got on Dougie and walked him around a bit to stop him shaking and snorting. I heard someone screaming at me so I turned around and someone had took the stupid dogs muzzle off and it was running towards us again. I jumped off, not having enough time to fling dougies reins over his neck I had to hold onto the short of one side. The dog starting ripping at his legs and it kept jumping up and grabbing a hold of Dougies neck and just hanging there while Dougie spun around in circles (me still holding him in case he ran off and the dog went after him).
I remember kicking it and screaming for someone to grab the dog but no one would go near it, about ten people were there, just standing watching. In the end I managed to kick the dog really hard and grab a hold of its collar, someone took it off me and I grabbed a hold of Dougie and just started walking home.
I went into shock and didn't look to see if he was hurt, I knew there was blood on him and the dog but I just kept walking. Eventually someone jumped out of a car and started taking over, checking to see where he was bleeding. Some idiot rang 000, getting a ranger, the police and a vet on the scene but I sent a kid to my place to get the float over to get dougie to a vet quicker.
I managed to regain my senses and took my shirt off to apply pressure on his wounds (sorry to those who saw it) 11 major lacerations all up. The vet was called and gave him a tetnus jab and several antibiotics, the owner of the dog agreed to pay the bill. He should be ok health wise, but he is now very nervouse and hates sudden movements. (note: The dog is now dead HAHAHAHAHA) 
