Texas: Boy, 10, and woman attacked by Belgian Malinois

TEXAS -- Two people were attacked by a dog Thursday morning, one of those people ended up being taken to the hospital.

The attack just happened just after 7:30 a.m. in the 5700 block of Del Starr Drive in Corpus Christi.

  

 

One woman in her 40's and a male child were bitten by the dog, according to Officer Christina Brown with Animal Control. The child, 10 or 11 years of age, had a bite wound to the leg and was the one taken to the hospital.

Brown said the injuries were not severe and the child was taken to the hospital more as a precaution.

 

Brown said it doesn't seem as if the dog is always aggressive.

"He actually, once the owner came out, he was really nice and once I got him back here, he was actually really nice. He seems to be more territorial aggressive," Brown said.

 

 

The dog was taken by Animal Control for a 10 day rabies quarantine.

Note: Although the article doesn't say the breed, based on the really narrow face, I'm tagging as a Belgian Malinois. 

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(KRISTV - June 16, 2017)

Georgia: State Trooper and his K9 partner rescue three little puppies

Georgia Department of Public Safety added 2 new photos to Facebook on March 14, 2017

TFC1 Ennis was in southwest Atlanta yesterday in a known stolen car dumping ground.

He was driving in an abandoned subdivision when he saw three puppies that had been dumped in a briar patch. He knew no one was coming for them, so he and his K-9, Tek, brought the puppies to Headquarters where they were all promptly adopted.

A Trooper never knows what he may encounter on a shift, but a day with puppies is a good day. #gsp #gatrooper

Maine: K9 Attacks Fairfield Police Officer’s Infant Daughter

MAINE -- A Fairfield police officer’s infant daughter is in intensive care at Eastern Maine Medical Center after that officer’s town owned dog attacked the girl.

That’s according to Winslow Police chief Shawn O’Leary, who says it happened at the home of Officer Jordan Brooks in Winslow Friday night.

He says the dog took the 7 month old out of her crib and the family found the baby after the dog released the girl.

Chief O’Leary says the baby suffered puncture wounds and potential broken ribs.

She was taken to a Waterville Hospital, then transferred to Bangor.

O’Leary says both parents were home.

The dog, named Rex, is in quarantine for ten days at the Humane Society in Waterville.

O’Leary says the dog is not currently a working police dog and was supposed to begin training this month.

In the video, O'Leary is quick to say there will be NO charges that it was just an unfortunate accident. Hmm, they take a trained K9 dog home and leave it unattended loose inside the house. They have an infant that is left unattended. They didn't even know the dog had snatched the baby until they went looking for her. 

No baby should be left unattended with animals - even tiny dogs - but this officer and his wife should NEVER have had that dog loose where it could get to the baby. 

(WABI - March 2, 2017)

Charlottesville police to review training of K9 that bit girl

VIRGINIA -- Charlottesville police will assess the training of a police dog that bit a 13-year-old girl in June, as soon as the dog recovers from surgery.
 
Ringo, a 3-year-old Dutch shepherd, is recovering from a surgery unrelated to the biting incident, Charlottesville police Lt. Steve Upman said Wednesday. Once Ringo is fully healed, police will evaluate him and determine if he needs to be retrained. After the assessment is completed, Upman said, police can finish the review of the incident.

While investigating a vehicle with a stolen license plate in the 700 block of Prospect Avenue on June 25, city police called in a K9 handler and Ringo after detecting the odor of marijuana. When the K9 officer arrived, he walked around the suspect car before returning to his own vehicle to retrieve his dog. As he returned to his car, police said he accidentally hit the automatic door release button and released the K9.

A group of people, along with another uniformed officer, were standing on the opposite side of the street observing the investigation. When the dog jumped out of the car, police said it directly approached the group of people. The dog then reacted to a quick movement from the group and bit a 13-year-old girl multiple times, including on the buttocks and on the leg, according to police. The K9 was then taken under control by the handler.

The girl was treated at the scene before she was transported to the University of Virginia Medical Center, where she received multiple stitches to close at least one of her wounds.

Since then, the handler has been working regular patrol shifts, but has recently been off work due to vacation time and some training not related to the K9 unit, Upman said.

“Due to all of these factors, the K9 has not been on the street and will remain inactive until the assessment and our review is completed,” Upman said.

(The Daily Progress - Aug 5, 2015)

Omaha couple hospitalized after dog attack

NEBRASKA -- An Omaha couple is recovering after being attacked by a dog near the town of Martell Saturday morning.

According to the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office, Stephanie Lawyer and Andrew Powell went to Mary Kumpost’s home at 14005 SW 42nd St. around 10:30 a.m. to purchase a puppy.

Kumpost’s 5-year-old Dutch Shepherd, named Glock, somehow escaped its 6-foot-tall kennel and bit both Lawyer and Powell, the police report said.

The attack was unprovoked, according to the report. Both Lawyer and Powell were taken to Bryan West with multiple cuts and bite wounds to their left elbows, back and thighs.

The report said Lawyer and Powell’s injuries were not life-threatening, and the dog’s rabies vaccination was valid through May 2016.

The dog will be confined for 10 days prior to a veterinary exam, the report said. Deputies said on Sunday that no citations have been given.

Mary Kumpost is well-known among the Lincoln community for her work training police dogs.

In 2002, tragedy struck Kumpost's family when a 2-year-old German shepherd the family was training for the Lincoln Police Department escaped its kennel and killed her 4-year-old son.

(Lincoln Journal - Aug 2, 2015)

Georgia: Florida police officer wants answers after Warwick Police Officer Thomas Frye kills his K9 partner, Sasha, then lies about it

GEORGIA -- A retired South Florida police officer is on a mission to find out how a Worth County K-9 died a horrific death and why nothing was done about it for a week and a half.

Sasha, a 10-year old narcotics dog with the Warwick Police Department died inside her Handler's police vehicle.

City officials weren't notified of Sasha's death FOR TWO WEEKS. Frye resigned (when they resign, rather than being fired, they're eligible for their police officer pension) and Sasha had to be dug up for a necropsy. Officials believe she died of heat exhaustion.

Now, the man who brought Sasha to Warwick wants answers.

Sasha was retired from a police agency in South Florida because she was afraid of thunder, but when she went to live as a family dog she didn't seem happy. That's when Eugene Bedel, arranged for Sasha to go back to work as a narcotics dog in Warwick.

Retired Miami Dade Police officer Eugene Bedel is on a mission to get answers as to why Sasha, a gentle and loving dog died the way she did.

"I want to be the voice for Sasha, no K-9 should be treated that way," said Retired Miami Dade Police Officer, Eugene Bedel.

Like most people, Bedel was shocked and disgusted when he heard she died and about her struggle to save her own life.

 

Thomas Frye wants you to believe Sasha opened the door to the SUV
climbed inside and then pulled the door shut - ON HER OWN

"When I saw what that car looked like, that isn't the dog, to see what she went through? What she did to try and save her own life," said Bedel

Sasha's handler former Warwick police Lieutenant Thomas or T.J Frye says he went out of town and when he got in the car for work Monday, he found her dead in the front seat.

"Three days and no one checked on the dog," said Bedel.

Frye claims the dog let herself in the car, because he forgot to lock up the SUV. But Bedel says the story doesn't add up, and he's not the only one.

A page has been started on Facebook, ‘Justice for Sasha' where folks are speaking out on her death.

"No one believes that dog opened up the car door and put herself in there and closed the car door," said Bedel.

 

 

But he's also upset with how long it's taken for the incident to be investigated it wasn't reported to animal control for 10 days.

He says he wants to make sure Warwick never gets another K9 officer.

"I personally made arrangements for that dog to go there, so I feel personally responsible for her death," said Bedel.

Now, he won't give up until justice is served.

Thomas Frye will face another kind of justice

He plans on going to the city council meeting Tuesday night at 7 p.m. to see if he can get anymore answers from elected officials. He also is working to see if he can get stricter legislation put into place dealing with situations like this.

The Worth County animal control officer says she has completed her investigation, she is turning is turning over her findings to the DA who will then hand the case over to the GBI.

(WALB - Sept 20, 2012)