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Millport Avenue Lab Mix Under Quarantine After Biting Boy’s Hand

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A Labrador retriever mixed-breed dog is under a 2-week quarantine at home after biting a neighborhood boy in the hand, officials say. The child, an elementary school age boy who lives on Lakeview Avenue, had been walking past the 7-year-old female dog’s Millport Avenue home around 4 p.m. Saturday when he decided to greet the dog, according to a report on file with the New Canaan Police Department’s Animal Control section. The boy knew the dog, which was on its own property—on the porch, behind an invisible fence, the report said. The animal bit the approaching boy’s hand, which—though it was punctured by the bite—did not require a hospital visit, according to Animal Control Officer Allyson Halm. Nobody was home, though the boy felt he knew the dog well enough to visit, the report said.

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New Canaan Dog Quarantined after Bite Sends Victim to Doc

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A New Canaan dog is in quarantine at the police department’s animal control shelter after biting a person in the area of Kiwanis Park, officials say. Police at about 6 p.m. on Feb. 9 learned of the bite from urgent care physicians treating the victim. It isn’t clear just where or how severely the person was injured. The dog’s rabies was vaccination up-to-date, according to Officer Maryann Kleinschmitt, head of the police department’s animal control unit.