Florida: Judge Thomas Welch spared this dog's life in May after it twice attacked a child and then later a dog trainer. Now it's bitten a child.

FLORIDA -- Panama City Police and Bay County Animal Control are investigating another alleged dog bite on a child perpetrated by Marley the dog, which had been at the center of a dispute that received national attention.

JUDGE THOMAS WELCH DEFIED REQUEST OF COUNTY OFFICIALS
Judge Thomas Welch issued a ruling May 26 upholding an arbitrator’s decision that Marley, a German Shepard-Labrador mix who twice attacked a family member, is a “dangerous dog.”

But, Welch ruled, the dog should not be euthanized as Bay County officials had requested.

An appellate court has ruled in Bay County’s favor in determining that Marley the dog is a “dangerous” animal, and as such the family must fence him in and buy insurance.

BLAMING THE VICTIM, MAKING EXCUSES
The family argued the dog attacked the teenager out of a panic mode when he was toting a toy gun, wearing a mask and “roughhousing” with his brother.

The dog then later attacked a dog trainer, presumably a trainer hired by the owner Johnothan Jones, who's more focused on how he's been "wronged" by the county, bolstered by fruit loops on the internet insisting his dog did nothing wrong and his own delusions regarding the dog.

County officials have argued the dog should be put down because it posed a threat to the public.

Reports on the alleged attack were not available as of Tuesday morning.

OWNER STILL REFUSES TO PUT THE DOG DOWN
The dog’s owner, Johnothan Jones, posted on his Facebook page last night.

“We are a very sad family right now,” he wrote. “We knew that if Marley was not perfect on every level, we would lose him. We want to fully live up to our word and understand that Marley might not be ready for a domestic environment after 11 long months of negative reinforced stimulus and PTSD from his captivity. We've done the best that we could to make his path to success work. My family would like Marley to go to a sanctuary for other dogs like him. He is a victim in this on many levels and can say the media and the county want and will portray and use everything possible to make the perception as bad as they can.”

(NWF Daily News - Oct 25, 2016)

Earlier:

• Florida: Johnothan Jones continues to argue that his dog isn't vicious
• Florida: Vicious dog's owner tries to convince commissioners to remove dangerous dog designation
• Florida: Marley to keep 'dangerous' designation despite owner Johnathan Jones' best efforts