Maddison Green, of Trebanog, Rhondda, was bitten when she went to pet the dog as she was being taken to bed while staying at the house in Newport.
Maddison is now recovering - but her father is now calling for a loophole in the law to be closed. As the attack happened on private property, the husky does not have to be put down.
Maddison's father, Craig Green, claims that the dog's owner is refusing to have his beloved pet, called Zeus, put down.
Mr Green claimed Zeus jumped forwards and bit Maddison's face.
She underwent a two-hour procedure in the Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport to have 80 stitches in her left cheek.
Mr Green is calling for the dog to be put down - but says his stepfather, Dave Sellwood, 41, has said no.
Mr Green, 28, said: "I cannot believe that there is nothing we can do to prevent this dog from attacking again. My stepfather is refusing to put the dog down. He regards it like a child. But it could have killed my daughter. Maddison has been brought up to call him granddad."
A loophole in the law means attacks on private property cannot be prosecuted, though that is due to be changed next year.
Mr Green said: "The law should be changed right now. We have to stop this from happening. How can a little girl be injured and no one be held responsible?"
Mr Green said that on the night of the attack last Saturday, Maddison was staying with her grandmother, Catherine Sellwood, at their home in Coedkernew, Newport.
Mr Green and his partner, Cerys Shirley, 24, had left her with their son, David, 4, and his brother's children to stay the night.
He said: "When we got the call about what had happened it was horrible. Cerys is devastated - it seems utterly unfair that no one is responsible for this in the eyes of the law."
He said: "When we got the call about what had happened it was horrible. Cerys is devastated - it seems utterly unfair that no one is responsible for this in the eyes of the law."
More than 6,400 people a year are admitted into British hospitals for micro-surgery to life-changing injuries caused by dogs. One in six victims is under 10.
Mr Sellwood said: "Craig wasn't even here when it happened, whatever he says is just hearsay. Apart from that, I've got nothing else to say."
(WalesOnline - Dec 27, 2013)
I don't think that it's right to only have the fathers side of the story. His child was bitten, and he could twist the story any which way he wants to get people to want the dog put down. And if anyone knows three year old little kids, they just love to pull dogs hair, and climb all over them, and step on them. After awhile I wouldn't take someone crawling all over me either. Especially if it hurt and I couldn't tell anyone because I can't speak. I don't know if this was necessarily the reason for this case, but it is for most of those "one in six" instances. Everyone just rushes to put the dogs down when they were just keeping themselves from being abused any further. If this dog has been around for years without any problems, I guarantee there was a reason behind what happened.
ReplyDeleteStop treating animals like they're family if you're just going to treat them like garbage and 'put them down' anytime they do something wrong. Or at least find put what actually happened first.
That being said, if the dog attacked the little girl for no reason, which the father has no way of knowing either way, then maybe, humane actions should be put into place.
In China, they eat dogs....
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