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A Berkshire mum has spoken of her horror after a dog mauled her 18-month-old puppy in an “unprovoked” attack.

Danielle McKee, 30, regularly takes her four dogs walking in Allens Field off Liddell Way in Ascot.

But on two occasions she says her pet Dogue de Bordeaux Alfie has been attacked by the same black-and-tan Staffordshire bull terrier – costing her £140 so far in vet bills and medications.

She has now spoken out to warn others about the dog, which she claims is an “accident waiting to happen”.

Danielle, who also owns a toy poodle, a Pomeranian and a Romanian rescue, said the first attack took place just after 9am on December 18 as she was walking through the wooded area of the field.

She said: “As I parked up the car I could hear this man shouting frantically for the Staffy, and I remember thinking ‘if you’re that frantic I’d rather keep my dogs away from you and your dog’.”

She said she was walking with her pets through the wooded part of the field when she saw her Romanian rescue’s wagging tail “go dead still”.

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“The Staffy was there sniffing," she said. "Then he took just one look at Alfie and he went for him.

“He saw him around the corner and ran to him.

“There wasn’t a stand-off, no sizing each other up, he just went for his throat.

“All the while its owner was shouting his name.”

She said the dog’s owner had come around the corner, but rather than do anything Danielle said he just stood and watched the commotion.

She said: “He didn’t care at all that his dog had gone for my dog’s throat.

“I was trying to get this other dog off and pull Alfie away and he told me to let go of Alfie.”

(Image: Danielle McKee)

Danielle said she let go of her dog, thinking he might shake the Staffy off himself and the man might call his dog off.

“But he just stood and watched for a good 10 seconds,” she said. “He was not fazed at all. It was as though it was a normal walk for him.

“If it had been any of my other dogs, they would have been killed by it instantly.”

She said they finally managed to separate the dogs, but the man took little notice of her outrage and did not apologise for the “unprovoked attack”.

“I’ve had dogs all my life, springers, Jack Russells, all sorts. But nothing has ever happened like this in all my life. Never in a million years did I think it would,” said Danielle.

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Danielle said she returned to the field with her dogs a few weeks later when they had another run-in with the same dog.

She said she had walked onto the field at a completely different time of day when the dog suddenly appeared through another entrance.

Danielle said Alfie did not realise at first that the dog was there, and ran past him.

But the other dog had seen Alfie, and went to bite him as he ran past.

(Image: Danielle McKee)

Alfie tried to avoid the dog as he tried to come back towards Danielle to avoid the confrontation, but the other dog attacked him, and “went straight for his throat”.

“Alfie ran past the dog and the dog went for him,” Danielle said.

Danielle said she was so fearful for her puppy’s life she took to hitting at the dog with a training collar in an attempt to force him to get off, while its owner – this time a woman – kept screaming “get off him”.

“It was just awful,” said Danielle. “At one point we both physically fell over as we tried to separate them.

“This time, though, Alfie didn’t just put up with it.

“My dog is twice the size of this Staffy and twice the weight, even though he’s just a puppy.

“I told the woman it was the second time her dog had gone for mine for no reason and that it was dangerous and needed to be kept on a lead.

“I know people who have Staffys and they make wonderful pets, but this one was just dangerous.”

(Image: Danielle McKee)

Danielle said the fight was a vicious one, and she suddenly became aware of “blood everywhere”.

“I had no idea where it was coming from,” said Danielle. “Alfie had hold of his cheek and the other dog had Alfie’s shoulder.

“There was blood everywhere.”

Danielle said as they were struggling to separate the dogs, the woman said “I’ve got to call my husband to help separate them”.

When the woman’s husband, who was the same man who had been walking the Staffy during the previous attack, arrived, the dogs had been separated. He asked his wife “who started it”.

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Danielle said the woman confirmed their dog just “went for” Alfie.

“They didn’t even apologise,” said Danielle. “They didn’t give me their name, address, anything – all the things you’re supposed to do if your dog is in a fight.”

Danielle took Alfie to Vets for Pets in Maidenhead on January 22 after the attack, where vets treated him for two puncture wounds to his shoulders and noted his eyes were reddened with bruising.

Her biggest worry is the effect it may have had on Alfie and his behaviour. “Since the attack Alfie has been very quiet,” she said. “Obviously he’s in pain as I can't cuddle him at all.

“I’m worried now that Alfie will be triggered when he sees another Staffy.”

(Image: Danielle McKee)

She now wants to warn other dog owners so the same thing doesn’t happen to them.

“That dog is an accident waiting to happen,” she said. “And it’s not helping the reputation of that particular breed either.”