Gracie, a 12-pound Bichon Frise/poodle mix is expected to live, but on May 13 that was not the case when the little black fluff ball was mauled by a pit bull mix and a Cane Corso that were running the neighborhood with two puppies.
Kathleen Sullivan and her two daughters were waiting for the school bus at about 8 a.m. at the corner of Cedar Creek and Birch Hollow Drive. Gracie was standing with them and was on a leash.
Sullivan said the attack happened very fast and was violent.
“I saw the two big dogs and I really wasn’t alarmed, but they just attacked Gracie. The Cane Corso picked her up in her mouth and took her away,” Sullivan said. Gracie was found with puncture wounds and gaping wounds in her neck and side. She was rushed to Animal Care Center in Blue Ash where she underwent surgery.
On Monday night, the little dog had improved enough to come home.
“It is a long road ahead,” Sullivan said. “She will recover physically, but I don’t know about mentally.”
Citations have been issued to the owners of the four dogs that were running in the pack. Sullivan said she never even noticed the puppies with the larger dogs.
The two adults dogs were registered, according to Kurt Merbs, deputy dog warden supervisor, and the owners were issued citations for failure to control the dog.
Tavin Singh, of Jims Court, is the owner of the pit bull mix and Zuhair Al-Hayek, of Tylersville Road, is the owner of the Cane Corso. The puppies were not licensed. Imad Alyan, of Cincinnati, took ownership of them because the owner is in jail, according to the dog warden’s report. He was issued a citation for failure to restrain a dog and no license. All owners are scheduled to be in Butler County Area III Court on May 26.
Sullivan said she and her neighbors are concerned about the doges being back in the neighborhood because they fear a child could be injured.
“I am a dog lover,” Sullivan said. “My sister-in-law has a Cane Corso and it is a very gentle dog. Really, I blame it on the owners.” “I do not want the dog euthanized, but if the owners can’t be responsible, the dogs should be put up for adoption.”
After assuring her dog was cared for, Sullivan said she realized she lost a diamond and other jewelry in the incident.
“There was quite a scuffle,” Sullivan said. “Poor Gracie, she had no time to do anything.”
By law, a dog can be is declared a nuisance if it tries to attack a person or approaches them in a menacing fashion. The canine will be declared a “dangerous dog” if it has bitten a person (unprovoked or when the person wasn’t trespassing) or killed another dog.
The “dangerous” classification requires the dog’s owner to pay an extra $50 license fee and obtain liability insurance. The dog must wear a special tag, which has a picture of a snarling dog with sharp teeth inscribed on it, be in a locked enclosure, on a leash when off the property, and be spayed or neutered.
The most serious classification of vicious dog requires a dog to kill or seriously injure a person, and usually results in the euthanization of the dog.
(Journal News - May 19, 2015)
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I wonder if she'd feel the same if it were her children who were attacked?
ReplyDeleteWell exactly. She seems to subscribe to the idea that there are no bad dogs, just bad owners. Does she think this dog's aggressive behavior will change by giving it to a new family?! Should her idea actually happen and the dog be given to someone else... woe to any neighbors of this new family who are all sitting ducks - including their children and pets.
DeleteCANE CORSO!
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