Charlize Allen was injured outside a dairy in Selwyn last weekend after approaching Tama, a Bull Mastiff cross, while he was tied up.
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| Marsden with his Bull Mastiff mix that attacked the little girl |
Owner, Tai Marsden, 26, is now fighting moves by Charlize's parents, Chris Allen and Chontelle Johnstone, to have Tama put down.
"It wasn't a mauling. Tama was tied up with a chain and they went up to him. It's just common sense not to go pat a dog you don't know."
The dog was a regular at the dairy and there had never been a problem. "He's not a vicious dog and he's well behaved - he just looks a lot scarier than he really is," Marsden said.
He said his friends and neighbours, some who had children, were comfortable around Tama.
"We are sorry that it happened but nothing like this has happened before."
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| Charlize Allen |
Chris Allen said, however, that he would push for the dog's destruction.
"It needs to be put down, or I'll do it myself," he commented.
(New Zealand Herald - April 24, 2011)
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