I was walking my small dog on an old unmaintained access road way up the mountain, when three large dogs jumped out a truck window (guy was offroading), ran up, and mauled my dog. They left a 19 inch deep wound on her stomach and smaller ones on her back and chest.
These dogs would have killed her and only stopped because their owner wrestled the agressor dog off. He was extremely apologetic - the dog was a recent rescue and he didn't know she was AGRESSIVE, not just reactive. The other dogs just joined in.
I managed to get off the mountain with my bleeding dog (was parked at the bottom) and she survived emergency surgery. She's expected to recover but may need additional surgery because there was so much tissue damage. She's in pain. I'm still covered in her blood.
No one was really in the wrong here. The guy adopted a dog from a shelter, was told it was reactive, had it in training, and was in his car with only the driver side window open. He paid for her surgery. I'm just so freaked out that this happened. How do I make sure something like this never happens again? How do I help my dog recover??