Dogs attack man, small dog in Mt. Hood Village area

OREGON -- Two dogs attacked an elderly man who was walking with his small dog Friday morning, neighbors on Mountain Meadow Lane told KATU News.

Neighbors said the 86-year-old man was walking his puppy when two dogs broke through a fence nearby and jumped on them.

  

One witness said the man and his dog were both badly injured by the attacking animal; no word from officials on their current conditions.

The owner of the attacking dogs said this isn’t the first time they’ve gotten loose and hurt a passer-by.
The owner said he turned his two American bulldogs over to animal control after Friday’s attack.

"I relinquished the dogs. I had to do it for the community," said the owner, who didn’t want to go on camera.

The owner said he patched the hole that allowed his dogs to get out and attack a passer-by back in 2012.

 

 

In that case the dogs attacked a man and his dog, ripping off the dog's ear.

The owner has since put new wire in front of the aging section of fence, but said the dogs made a new hole to get through.

Animal control officials said the dogs are listed as an American Bulldog and a Boxer.

(KATU - Feb 28, 2015)

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