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The dogs - a mongrel, a golden retriever and a labrador - that allegedly attacked Mr How, his wife and their dogs. -- ST PHOTOS: SAMUEL HE
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->A dispute between two families has broken out in Upper Bukit Timah over their none-too-neighbourly dogs.
Businessman Adrian How said he and his wife, Jermaine, were walking their Kerry Blue terrier and Siberian husky past their next-door neighbour's house in Jalan Uji last Wednesday when they were attacked by their neighbour's three dogs.
According to Mr How, 34, his neighbour's gate was open and three dogs - a golden retriever, a labrador and a mongrel - rushed out.
The golden retriever went for his husky, while his terrier was attacked by the labrador. His wife, 35, was bitten on her thigh by the mongrel.
'My wife, who had the terrier on a leash, started screaming loudly and fainted. The dog owners only came running out after a minute.
'When we confronted them, they didn't apologise, and one of them showed us the middle finger,' said Mr How, who runs a chain of aesthetic centres.
His neighbour, Mr Jagjit Singh, had a different account of the events.
He said he was reversing his car from his driveway when his labrador, Rocky, squeezed through the open gate.
'When we came running, we saw that Rocky had bitten the terrier's neck. But our golden retriever and mongrel were standing quietly at the gate with the husky,' said Mr Singh, 40, who is in business development.
His brother, engineer Jagdish Singh, 42, said he chased the retriever and mongrel into the house and pushed Rocky away from the terrier. They do not know how Mrs How got bitten.
The commotion did not end there.
Mr Singh and another neighbour gave Mrs How water and tried to calm her down. That was when Mr How started hurling vulgarities and grabbed the left hand of Mr Singh's sister and banged it on the gate, said Mr Singh.
Yesterday, he showed The Sunday Times a medical report that showed his sister, Ms Manjit Kaur, 44, a teacher, suffered a contusion and fractured tendon on her finger.
Mr How denied injuring Ms Kaur.
Said Mr How: 'Our dogs are top show dogs in Singapore and got attacked by dogs who were pets. Our terrier had to be shaved because of her injuries and cannot be shown in an upcoming dog show. This is very traumatic.'
An upset Mr How sent in photographs of his terrier and his wife's injuries to online portal Stomp.
He said he received three stitches for a wound on his hand, while his wife had a scratch on her hand and puncture wounds on her left thigh.
Some netizens have expressed anger over the supposed attacks, but others cast doubts over whether three dogs - especially of a gentle breed like a retriever - would attack, and in such a fashion as described by Mr How.
Both parties made separate police reports, and the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) said it was investigating the incident.
An AVA spokesman said action would be taken against the owner if the dog was unlicensed, unleashed at the time of the incident or was supposed to be muzzled but was not.
Neighbours said they heard loud screams and saw only Mrs How carrying her terrier outside her house after the incident.
Shuli Sudderuddin
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The dogs - a mongrel, a golden retriever and a labrador - that allegedly attacked Mr How, his wife and their dogs. -- ST PHOTOS: SAMUEL HE
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->A dispute between two families has broken out in Upper Bukit Timah over their none-too-neighbourly dogs.
Businessman Adrian How said he and his wife, Jermaine, were walking their Kerry Blue terrier and Siberian husky past their next-door neighbour's house in Jalan Uji last Wednesday when they were attacked by their neighbour's three dogs.
According to Mr How, 34, his neighbour's gate was open and three dogs - a golden retriever, a labrador and a mongrel - rushed out.
The golden retriever went for his husky, while his terrier was attacked by the labrador. His wife, 35, was bitten on her thigh by the mongrel.
'My wife, who had the terrier on a leash, started screaming loudly and fainted. The dog owners only came running out after a minute.
'When we confronted them, they didn't apologise, and one of them showed us the middle finger,' said Mr How, who runs a chain of aesthetic centres.
His neighbour, Mr Jagjit Singh, had a different account of the events.
He said he was reversing his car from his driveway when his labrador, Rocky, squeezed through the open gate.
'When we came running, we saw that Rocky had bitten the terrier's neck. But our golden retriever and mongrel were standing quietly at the gate with the husky,' said Mr Singh, 40, who is in business development.
His brother, engineer Jagdish Singh, 42, said he chased the retriever and mongrel into the house and pushed Rocky away from the terrier. They do not know how Mrs How got bitten.
The commotion did not end there.
Mr Singh and another neighbour gave Mrs How water and tried to calm her down. That was when Mr How started hurling vulgarities and grabbed the left hand of Mr Singh's sister and banged it on the gate, said Mr Singh.
Yesterday, he showed The Sunday Times a medical report that showed his sister, Ms Manjit Kaur, 44, a teacher, suffered a contusion and fractured tendon on her finger.
Mr How denied injuring Ms Kaur.
Said Mr How: 'Our dogs are top show dogs in Singapore and got attacked by dogs who were pets. Our terrier had to be shaved because of her injuries and cannot be shown in an upcoming dog show. This is very traumatic.'
An upset Mr How sent in photographs of his terrier and his wife's injuries to online portal Stomp.
He said he received three stitches for a wound on his hand, while his wife had a scratch on her hand and puncture wounds on her left thigh.
Some netizens have expressed anger over the supposed attacks, but others cast doubts over whether three dogs - especially of a gentle breed like a retriever - would attack, and in such a fashion as described by Mr How.
Both parties made separate police reports, and the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) said it was investigating the incident.
An AVA spokesman said action would be taken against the owner if the dog was unlicensed, unleashed at the time of the incident or was supposed to be muzzled but was not.
Neighbours said they heard loud screams and saw only Mrs How carrying her terrier outside her house after the incident.
Shuli Sudderuddin
