Maud, a two-year-old terrier owned by Tom Parker Bowles, was left fighting for life after the 10-stone mastiff tore into her on Kensington High Street last Thursday.
It was the most glorious of mid-November London mornings - and it was time for lunch at a restaurant. Maud, my Jack Russell terrier, was beside herself with glee. So off we went...
The food writer had been walking Maud along Kensington High Street when they approached what he later described as a 'vast dog, possibly a cane corso', being held on a metal chain lead.