OHIO -- A dog died after suffering an attack from two canines that got loose from their home. The incident occurred at 2:47 p.m. Oct. 31.
An officer responded to a call about the two dogs attacking another in front of a house. He went there and saw someone leading two American Bulldogs down the street.
A woman, 69, with blood on her hands and jacket approached him and said she was walking her Puggle dog on the sidewalk when the dogs attacked it. She carried it to a nearby garage.
The two-year-old dog was bitten in the throat and had difficulty breathing. It was wrapped in a blanket. Someone took the woman and her injured dog to a nearby animal hospital.
The wife of the man who owned the two dogs said the dogs got out of the house when her husband did not properly close a door that was not shutting properly. She found them attacking the other dog. The officer noted the dogs were "friendly to humans".
Oh, then it makes it OK for these dogs to have killed the Puggle. What is the point of saying, "Oh it was covered in blood but friendly to me." Well, so is Ted Bundy -- until he decides to kill you!
The woman said the dogs often chased and kill groundhogs they find on her property. She and another person were bitten when they tried breaking up the fight.
The injured dog had to be put down. It also had to be checked for rabies due to a recent case in Summit County.
The officer learned a witness went to the hospital due to chest pains because of the dog attack. She, however, seemed fine later, the report said.
KILLER DOGS BEING HANDED BACK TO OWNER
The officer told the resident to fix the door and keep the dogs quarantined for the required 10 days.
He cited the 40-year-old owner of the dogs, which was the woman’s husband, for allowing the dogs to run at large, animal bites, no registrations and no rabies vaccinations. He also said the dogs should be declared “vicious” due to the nature of the attack.
(Cleveland.com - Oct 31, 2011)