Posted on 03/07/2013 8:31:50 AM PST by Slings and Arrows
SALEM, OR (KPTV) - A 6-year-old girl is recovering after she was attacked by a pack of Chihuahuas in Salem.
The attack happened Wednesday night on 17th Street Northeast near Nebraska Street, according to Salem police.
The girl was taken to the hospital but is expected to be OK.
Four of the Chihuahuas are now at the Marion County Animal Shelter under a 10-day quarantine. Once that is finished, a veterinarian will evaluate each dog for either adoption or euthanasia.
William Van Aken, the victim's father, said he and his daughter were on a walk to her school.
"We were only two blocks from the school when the five dogs just ran up barking and they ran straight after her and I thought they were just going to come up to us and back off, but the biggest one jumped up and bit her in the shoulder," he said.
A school crossing guard who was nearby chased the dogs away.
Neighbors said the Chihuahuas would routinely get loose from their yard and roam the streets.
"They actually tried to come at me and bite me but I was with my dog and he started barking at them," said neighbor Ryan Cade.
Since no one could say which dog out of the pack actually bit the girl, all but the quietest one were confiscated.
"It was bound to happen," said neighbor Barbara Gault. "We've seen them chasing after people all the time."
The dogs' owner told FOX 12 that children in the neighborhood often let the dogs out. He also said he understood it was time to give them up.
This is my youngest when he was only a few months old, if I recall correctly:
He now weighs about 75 lbs, which is small for a male.
Awwwwwwwwwwwwww!
Love that little pink belly!
Me too. I love their little tummies. Puppies. They’re wonderful.
Yup...:)
Halla has “puppy tummy” but Odin didn’t.
He’s always been an unusually hairy beast and upside down he looks like a Burt Reynolds centerfold...without the teddy bear.
;D
You’re so lucky to be able to always have a part of Zappa with you, forever.
:)
We weren’t ready for a new puppy, but we couldn’t pass up this chance. At the time, we had no idea that our Zappa was going to develop cancer. Thank goodness that we took our little Joey. It means so much to us. :)
I’m already fretting over the future.
Hopefully, Halla will grow up to be a healthy possible mommy someday.
[seriously, I can’t live without some bit of The Boy in my life]
“Some feel that he is a cruel, sadistic psychopath who may have antisocial personality disorder, characterized by a lack of empathy and remorse, and that he should remain locked up and never allowed near another animal again.”
I’m good with that.
[and there goes shopping at PetSmart]
Schmeegle is the exact reason I keep from making generalized statements, generally. Apologies to him and to you. Mea culpa.
Some people are only alive because it’s illegal to kill them.
That's why they're even featured in "Donate to Free Republic" advertisements. ;)
Many thanks to Salamander and Odhinn
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or the Doberman gets it!
The big dogs that hang out at my yard have no problems with little dogs that come to visit, but they don’t want anything to do with Chihuahuas.
No harm no foul. Schmeegle is very forgiving. : )
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