TEXAS -- The Austin Police Department has been busy taking reports involving dogs the past couple days.
Including the case of the pit bull which killed a Chihuahua at Austin's dog park Sunday, police have responded to four incidents involving dogs this week.
At about 8 p.m. Sunday a pit bull confronted two people and trapped them on the front stoop of a house in southeast Austin, according to the police report. The 30-year-old man who owns the pit bull will be served a potentially dangerous dog notice from the incident, said Austin Police Chief Brian Krueger.
If a dog gets more than one potentially dangerous dog notice, it then gets bumped up to a dangerous dog, Krueger said.
"It pretty much acts as a warning," Krueger said, of the potentially dangerous dog notice.
Officers responded to the 1800 block of Second Avenue Southwest just before 11:30 a.m. Monday for a dog fight between a boxer and a golden retriever. According to the report, the 52-year-old woman and owner of the golden retriever was walking the dog in front of a house, when a young child opened the door of the house, letting the boxer out.
The boxer [attacked] the golden retriever, which was crossing the driveway of the house at the time, [and began mauling the Retriever]. The owner of the golden retriever was able to [rescue her dog] and she received minor scratches on her arm as a result. The boxer had a few abrasions on its front legs, according to the report. No citations were issued, Krueger said.
Monday evening at about 6:30 p.m., a 51-year-old woman was walking her dog in the 2000 block of First Avenue Northeast and crossed paths with a couple walking their Rottweiler. Both dogs were leashed. According to the report, the Rottweiler charged the woman's little dog and grabbed it. The woman intervened, separated the dogs and then got tangled up in the leashes.
The owner of the Rottweiler, Eric Uher, 27, said his dog did not grab the smaller dog, it just pinned it to the ground, according to the report. The man said his Rottweiler was just trying to play with the smaller dog. Uher was served with a potentially dangerous dog notice, Krueger said.
(Austin Post-Bulletin - June 26, 2012)
