COLORADO -- Asia Vanderwege said she never saw the signs that said "No Soliciting" and "Beware of the Dog."
The 14-year-old was attacked by two dogs last week when she went to a home to sell candy.
"I rang the doorbell and heard dogs barking," said Vanderwege. "I stepped back a little bit and then they burst through the screen door and came at me. Then they were biting me."
The bite on Vanderwege's wrist has healed, but she said she has a deeper gash on her hamstring.
The American Bulldog and Boxer mix have been taken to the Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region, and could be euthanized if the owner doesn't pay a $1,200 bonding fee in the next week. Both dogs have a history of biting people.
Vanderwege said she was selling candy with other teens who are part of a summer program called Rocky Mountain Teens. The kids go door to door selling candy, and top sellers get to go on trips. Vanderwege said participants sell alone or in pairs.
Vandewege said she doesn't take responsibility for what happened. She said she regularly goes to doors with "No Soliciting" signs, and sometimes, those people buy.
"There might have been a 'No Soliciting' sign, but that doesn't give the dogs the right to attack me," she said.
Vanderwege said she doesn't believe the dogs were at fault, and doesn't want them to be put down. She said the owner should do a better job restraining her animals.
The owner of the dogs, Dawn Last, said she's posted the signs in her yard to protect people.
"(The dogs) wouldn't have been dangerous if the girl had not come into my yard," said Last. "We've hung the signs, we've done everything they've asked us and now we're going to be punished again."
Last has a court date on July 5. The $1,200 she has to pay goes toward kenneling costs and testing for rabies. Last said she's having trouble coming up with that money.
(KRDO - June 8, 2011)
