The others look like Chi or rat terrier mixes and this one
looks suspiciously like a Portuguese Podengo Medio.
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.
No he didn't. The bigger dogs were just being good natured. Either dog could have easily torn his ass up, and if they did you wouldn't think that was so cute.
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They can just be drop kicked. End of problem.
That’s exactly who I was referring to.
:)
My sister had two long hairs. One was dumber than dirt. The other wasn't much better.
The others look like Chi or rat terrier mixes and this one
looks suspiciously like a Portuguese Podengo Medio.
Looks like a Jack Russel Terrier got mixed in somewhere along the line.
There was no fighting, Bobble just growled and each time Chloe and Goldy both laid down and bared their throats. After that, it was cool. Bobble is okay with the Shiu Tzu across the street. And he loves our new chihuahuas that I adopted on Saturday.
Chihuahuas are the yappiest, nastiest dogs I’ve ever encountered.
I see a little Pit in all them dogs.
xoxo,
Chet99
My dog attack check list....
1) Large and/or aggressive breed of dog? Not really.
2) Running loose? >1 running loose? Yes.
3) Prior reports of aggressive behavior? Yes.
4) Unreasonable expectation of passivity from owner, often despite #3 above? Yes.
I’m sure he did...but the owner might object.
The only way to test for rabies is to kill the animals....
Oh really? This is from four years ago.
PRESS RELEASE 2/5/09 New Rabies Test
Dyne Immune, LLC announced their new, portable Rabies RAPID™ (Rapid Antibody Portable Immunodetection) Screen, which can detect the presence of rabies in an animal saliva sample within 30 minutes, providing vital information much sooner than traditional testing methods. The screen allows veterinarians, animal control officers and other professionals to check for rabies in animals that are still alive, eliminating the long wait (10 to 14 days) and hefty price tag associated with typical post-mortem rabies testing.
http://www.talktothevet.com/VETNOTES/rabiestest.html
We have consensus.
I thought they looked like mutts too. Typical MSM fact checking.
Yep....the pibbles and such I’ve known were in danger of thumping you to death with a frantically wagging tail, but the chis wanted blood in the worst way. Except one, and she was an intact female we picked up as a stray, estimated age 15. She was sweet and gentle.
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