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A mother is calling for a new law requiring the owners of certain dog breeds to display a sign outside their house after her two-year-old son was attacked on Halloween. Danielle Gunston said that five adults and six children were trick-or-treating in Bexhill when a pocket bully dog attacked her son Alfred’s face. Alfred has a broken jaw and is missing teeth, and his mother said he will be left with scars from the 15 small punctures and two deep lacerations on his cheek and neck.
Ms Gunston has also called for awareness of what people should do in the event of a dog attack. “All of a sudden there was a horrendous growl and this dog came running and pounced on Alfred,” Ms Gunston said. “It pinned him to the floor. The children went running. They were screaming.” Alfred’s father and another man in the group managed to release him from the dog’s jaws.
Ms Gunston is proud of how brave her son has been during the ordeal. “We are in absolute awe of Alfred,” Ms Gunston said. However, his grandmother and his three siblings who were present at the scene are said to be “absolutely traumatised”. One of Ms Gunston’s children is now receiving counselling following the event.
Pocket bullies are a variant of the American bully breed. While the Bully XL variant became a criminal offence to possess without a valid certificate of exemption from February 2024, smaller pocket variants are not included in this law. Sussex Police is currently investigating the incident, but so far no arrests have been made.
Under the Dangerous Dogs Act of 1991, the offending dog has been put down. It was confirmed that Ms Gunston’s son Alfred is now recovering at home after receiving treatment at the Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead, where a metal plate was fitted in his jaw
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