John T. Salatti
Vice President, Bloomingdale Civic Association
(202) 986-2592
"Together, Building a Better Bloomingdale"
On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 11:06 AM, Teri Janine <terijanine@gmail.com> wrote:
Patrick,
I think this matter *may* have been handled pursuant to DC regulations. I say may because I was under the impression that you could have a pit bull in DC but I am not sure about pit mixes. I believe that, purauant to DC regulations, the standard procedure is not to remove the offending dog when an attack results in an injury that is not deemed serious. Nonetheless, I'll reach out to my contacts to confirm or correct my understanding of the relevant regulations and to determine what options are available to protect our community. In the meantime, I would encourage neighbors, especially those on Adams and Bryant, to document and report EVERY occasion when either or these dogs is out and about. Building a record of these incidents is critical.
Best,
Teri Janine
Sent from my iPhone
On Jun 25, 2012, at 10:30 AM, Patrick Hudak <patrickhudak@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
> Sorry to raise another issue so quickly after expressing concern about the trees, but...
> I'm greatly disturbed by the post (see below) in Scott's blog about the dog attacks, partly because I sometimes walk our dog on Adams and Bryant. It sounds like these may be the dogs that were involved in an attack several months ago.
> It's hard to believe that the city isn't doing something about this. At a minimum, shouldn't the owner get a hefty citation and/or these animals removed? Isn't there someone (Cathy Lanier?) or some group in the city we should be pressuring to address this problem? I wouldn't be surprised if these dogs attack a person, at some point. I simply don't believe the city is powerless to rectify this situation quickly and completely.
> Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter.
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> Patrick
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> [ 9 ] Another Dog Attack
> From a Bryant Street NW resident:
> I feel that I need to warn the neighborhood about two dangerous dogs.
> Sunday morning at about 10am, I took my dogs out front to take them for a walk. My front yard is fenced so my dogs ran to the gate and I put their leashes on near the gate. As I was bending to pick up the leashes, suddenly two dogs off leash and with no owner in sight ran up to my yard. The dogs were a black male pit bull mix with a white around the neck, and an off-white female pit mix. They were both stocky and the male was not neutered and the female had previously had puppies.
> Naturally curious, my dogs put their heads through the fence to sniff the new dogs. Suddenly, the off-white female lunged at one of my dogs and grabbed his muzzle in her mouth. The black male jumped at my second dog who got his head back inside the fence before he could grab him. I quickly reached over the fence to hit the female on the head to get her to let go of my dog. She did, but in the struggle to keep the gate closed and get my dogs back, the female lunged and grabbed my dog again. I tried to kick her through the fence, and hit her again on the head until she released my dog. I then quickly got my dogs back inside my house, saw that my dog did not have any serious wounds, grabbed my phone and took off after the dogs. These two dogs ran down Bryant St towards 1st St, and then turned south on 1st St. Several people were out and at the sight of these two dogs running off leash, they reacted in such a way as to indicate that they perceived these dogs to be dangerous. The dogs then turned west on Adams St NW and ran towards 145 Adams St NW, where they entered the front yard through and open gate. When I reached the house, both dogs started to bark aggressively at me but did not come back out of the yard - even though the front gate was ajar.
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> I immediately called 911. Animal control and the police were dispatched. One of the neighbors saw me outside, and asked me what I was doing. I told her the two dogs outside 145 Adams St had been running loose and attacked my dogs un-provoked in my yard. She started to yell at someone, and a man came out of 145 Adams. She yelled at him that his dogs had attacked my dogs. I approached him and asked him if he was aware that his dogs were dangerous, had been on the loose, and had attacked my dogs. He never responded to me. He merely came out and closed the gate and took his dogs inside his house.
> When the police arrived, they took my information and statement. They also took the statement of another man who saw the dogs run by. He gave the address of a woman on 1st St NW who knows about these dogs. According to him, these dogs have been moved back and forth between 145 Adams St NW and 126 Bryant St NW. (If you will recall, 126 Bryant St NW was the location of the two dogs last summer that attacked and mauled my dog while a friend was walking them for me. My dog who was attacked on Sunday is the same one who was mauled last summer.) The police took his information as well and told me that I could go home and they would stop by my house when they were finished.
> When animal control and the police stopped by, they told me the owner had been cited for having his dogs off leash. However, because this wasn`t a bad attack, they were unable to pick up the dogs. (My dog suffered a 1.2`` tear in his upper lip, and I am taking him to my vet today to see if it will need stitches.) It is my understanding that these dogs were not licensed nor vaccinated against rabies. As a result, those dogs are now under quarantine as are my dogs (who are vaccinated and licensed). I expressed my frustration because the only reason the attack wasn`t worse was the fact that my yard was fenced. Also, I do not understand how any dog can be left with its owner when it isn`t vaccinated nor licensed, both of which are required by DC Law. On top of it, the final straw was that as I was giving my dogs` information to the animal control officer, his biggest concern became that my dogs licenses expire June 30th and that I needed to renew them.
> Please tell everyone to be on the lookout for these dogs. They have been spotted running loose before, and are clearly aggressive and pose a danger to other dogs as well as possibly to children. If you see them loose, please call 911 and animal control to report the owner, who will be in violation of quarantine. Also be careful if you leave your dogs in your fenced front yard. These dogs did not hesitate to approach my dogs and attack them through the fence. I don`t want anyone else to experience anything worse.
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