Doggy people - advice please!

So I was walking my dog the other day, and a guy on the side of the road asked if I knew anything about two strays wandering the street. One was a black and white pitbull, the other a caramello guy dog/pointer type dog. His own dog was behind a fence.

These two dogs had been out before on my road. They were registered and we tracked down the owner, who advised that they were safe dogs, and he was doing what he could to keep them within his property.

As I was starting to tell this to the guy, the pitbull first lunged at Duncan, and then at me. Duncan has a bite scar on his hip. The nipped at me, but I have no injury. It seemed to take forever, I've never been so panicy in my life.

Thank God that guy was there. Once he made the decision to get inbetween me, my dog and the pitbull, he did so assertively and I believe he saved us from any further harm. I got as far away as possible as quickly as possible, he called the pound.

I have never been afraid of dogs in my life, now I can't go near a labradoor, jump at a chi, & was incredibly nervy around Dad's boxer. This so isn't me. Today Duncan is having a play date at my house with a huntaway cross, and they seem to be really enjoying it. My hearts still racing, and the dogs are here all day. Maybe I'll relax soon.

We're contenplating getting a second mini. There is a 3yr old fixed well socialised male in our area who is up for sale at the moment. Dogs are pack animals - would a stray be less likely to attack if I have two in my hands? Would it be fairer on my dog, who gets walked nearly daily for an hour anyway, when another child came along? What issues does a second dog help, what does it hinder? Or am I being selfish? We have a fully fenced yard, an even bigger fully fenced area to run in right next door, and can afford the food and rego costs etc. We probably can't afford to insure another animal though.

Any thoughts, ideas and opinions appreciated, while I try and 'nut out' my current dog situation.

Nope, other side, past Lincoln. Maybe they're super-roamers ;)

One of the reasons that pitbull attacked your dog is probably cause your dog was on a lead.   When a dog is on a lead they are in a very vulnerable position and the other dog roaming would've picked up on this.................learnt this at Dog obedience classes.

But yeah I agree with Angel if that owner was doing everything he could that dog would not be out and about full stop and imagine if that was your daughter that dog attacked and not your dog so he definately needs to be reported.
Unfortunately once those sort of dogs start attacking things they do get a taste for it and can end up vicious dogs and thats when problems start.
I'm a dog lover but dogs like that do need to be dealt with as they are a danger to everyone and everything when they get out of hand...........as a dog breeder told me they kinda go crazy in the brain which makes them fight and stuff so sometimes its kinder to put them down.

My mum was a dog breeder, and she always maintained two dogs weren't any more trouble than one and we had up to 10 at any given time. They were dacshunds though so don't take up much room.

She sold a number of pups to people with existing dogs and they got on fine, I remember she sold one to a couple with a lab and the dachy did become top dog, more to do with the docile nature of labs I suspect.

I've been walking my dog before and had a stray dog come up and try to attack my dog, the whole territory thing, I rung up dog control and they found the dog, its owner etc and sorted it out. Even if the dog doesn't attack you/your dog, you still need to report it in case it attacks someone else. They also keep a record of how many times dogs "escape" even if they're registered as there may be fencing issues and things like that.

In relation to your question, having another dog won't necessarily stop a stray attacking, your dog might not like suddenly having another dog to share the house with... We've always had more than one dog, currently we have 3, 2 of them are male and both want to be "top dog" which can cause issues of fighting from time to time... Having more than one dog can be a pain when walking, esp if they are big dogs and pull on the lead! They can also bark for attention too I've found. Don't know if that helps you in anyway but hope it does!