The paper apparently doesn’t realize that it’s a rare dog either.
This makes my case for “attack reports” rather well.
A -lot- of people have no clue what kind of dog they’re looking at unless it’s an incredibly common, obvious or well known breed.
I’ve actually had people come up to me when one of my Ibizans is with me and ask [I kid you not] “Is that a *dog*?”.
My Portuguese Podengo Medio is usually referred to as “such a cute little Basenji mix”.
One guy at PetSmart asked what kind of dog Odin was.
Is there anybody on earth who doesn’t recognize a ~Dobermann~??
Ugh.
Lord, I pray that this little pup and his mistress are reunited and the perps brought to justice.