A local dog is undergoing a 10-day quarantine after biting its owner’s girlfriend during a walk in New Canaan, police records show.
The dog—a brindle male Dutch shepherd type canine—bit the woman after becoming “reactive against another dog” during a walk on June 5 (a Friday), according to a case report filed by Officer Sean Godejohn, head of the New Canaan Police Department’s Animal Control section.
Godejohn traveled to the New Canaan Fire Department to respond to the dog bite report. There, the victim already was in an ambulance being treated for the bite while “a bystander was holding the dog on leash” for her, he said in the case report, obtained by NewCanaanite.com through a public records request.
“This officer took the dog immediately from the bystander once this officer established that she was not the dog owner,” the report said. “This officer had a firefighter retrieve the snare pole from the New Canaan Animal Control vehicle as the dog started to show signs of aggression. The dog had its tail between its legs, the dog’s hackles on his neck and back were raised, the dog’s teeth were slightly visible with a low growl. This officer was able to safely place the snare pole around the dog’s neck. The dog did bite the snare pole in the process. The dog did not appear damaged or injured from biting the snare pole.”
Godejohn put the dog in the back of the Animal Control vehicle. A firefighter told him that a dog trainer was en route to pick up the dog, whose rabies vaccination is up-to-date, the case report said.
At about 3 p.m., 30 minutes after arriving, a local man picked up the dog, who was scheduled to undergo a 10-day home quarantine through June 15, the report said.
[This article has been updated by removing the dog’s name and street of residence.]