Could I please take the opportunity to thank the two gentlemen who came to my aid outside Bury Knowle Park on March 3, when my dog was attacked by a larger dog and could not defend herself.

Thanks to Niko, who took the trouble to look after us to make sure we were okay.

Thanks also to the kind man who got off his bicycle and snatched my little dog out of harm’s way. I don’t know his name as I had to get away from the other dog for fear of another attack.

Whoever you are, thank you very much as I believe it would have been the end of my little dog if you hadn’t come along.

It seems, the age of chivalry is not dead.

M Kelly, Wharton Road, Headington, Oxford