A person was reportedly attacked by a dog on State Street in the city and has multiple bite wounds. Police and Mercy medics are responding to 160 State St., lower apartment. The dog is now confined.
UPDATE 12:24 p.m.: An animal control officer is on scene and working to determine the status of the dog that bit a man. The dog is in the basement of the building where it lives. It is an older golden retriever/Labrador retriever mixed breed. It was playing inside with a newly acquired puppy that is a boxer mixed breed. The couple who owns both dogs was at home. The animal control officer said he was told the dogs have not been getting along well. Their play began to get aggressive and there was growling. The male resident tried to break up what became a dog fight and was subsequently bitten by the older dog, said the animal control officer. The man suffered bites on an arm and a leg, which will likely need stitches, and he was transported to UMMC.
I guess my first question is
I guess my first question is always........what did this person or someone else do to the dog? Was there any abuse involved? Mmmmmmm.
Living in the basement? That
Living in the basement? That in it self sounds a bit wrong to me.
maybe its a really nice
maybe its a really nice basement
really lisa ? the story is
really lisa ? the story is one paragraph...... the man got between two dogs that were fighting and got bite. no one abused a dog. my first question is did someone abuse the story? ha ha ha
Lisa's comment was posted
Lisa's comment was posted before the update.
Also, the story doesn't say the dog was living in the basement.
The dog was in the basement while I was there while animal control sorted matters out. It wasn't clear at that point whether the dog would be taken to the shelter.
Thanks for the story Howard.
Thanks for the story Howard. Lisa and Bernie, don't jump to conclusions...Remember what assumptions get ya. Personally, I have a fully furnished basement with playmats, heating and A/C and a large section properly gated in for a doggie playyard so they aren't cooped up when I'm at work (2 dogs about 1 & 2 yrs old). They get water and everything else they could ever need. Not all basements are filled with mold and standing water lol. And sometimes dogs don't like each other and they fight. We weren't there though.