Police: Stolen Bulldog ‘Poppy’ Safely Returned to New Canaan Family

Police confirmed Tuesday that the dog left inside an SUV stolen Feb. 2 from downtown New Canaan has been returned. Poppy, a 2-year-old French bulldog, “has been found and safely reunited with her owner,” according to a press bulletin issued by New Canaan Police Lt. Marc DeFelice, the department’s public information officer. The Range Rover, left running with the dog inside, was stolen around midday that Sunday from Main Street near East Avenue, police have said. The vehicle is still missing, DeFelice confirmed. 

It isn’t clear just how Poppy was found.

Dog Quarantined, Returned to Rescue After Biting Incident

A Hickok Road mixed-breed bulldog underwent a 10-day quarantine at home last week after attacking another dog in the neighborhood. The aggressor dog, Winnie, escaped her residence on the afternoon of Jan. 15 (a Wednesday) and attacked a black Labrador retriever, causing lacerations to one ear and a leg, according to an incident report obtained through a public records request. 

She “was bitten multiple times all over and required stitches,” according to the report, written in part by Officer Carlos Prado and in part by Animal Control Officer Sean Godejohn. She underwent care at Cannondale Animal Clinic. The victim dog’s owner also was bitten on his right hand during the altercation, which required bandaging but not medical care, the report said.

New Canaan Dogs Quarantined After Biting Delivery Man

Two New Canaan dogs are undergoing quarantine after biting a delivery man on Cheese Spring Road last week. On the morning of Dec. 2, New Canaan Police received a call from a Yonkers, N.Y. man saying that at about 4:45 p.m. the prior day (a Sunday) he’d been bit on Cheese Spring at Knollwood Lane. He was making a delivery when “two dogs bit him on both his legs,” according to an incident report obtained by NewCanaanite.com through a public records request. The delivery man went to the Norwalk Hospital ER for treatment, according to the report, written by Animal Control Officer Sean Godejohn.

New Canaan Animal Control Frees Hawk Snagged in Chicken Coop [PHOTOS]

Police on Wednesday night freed a red-tailed hawk that had become stuck in a southeastern New Canaan chicken coop. Authorities were notified of the problem on Buttery Road at about 3:30 p.m. on Nov. 20, according to Officer Sean Godejohn, head of the New Canaan Police Department’s Animal Control section. “The hawk presumably flew into the coop to get a chicken and got stuck,” Godejohn said. The bird was not injured, he said.

New Canaan Dog Owner Fined After ‘Buzz’ Bites Jogger

New Canaan Police fined the owner of a Great Pyrenees mixed-breed canine after he (the dog) bit a passing jogger two Thursdays ago. At about 8:30 a.m. on Oct. 17, Officer Sean Godejohn—head of NCPD’s Animal Control section—received a call from the wife of a man who’d been bitten by a neighbor’s dog while jogging down Father Peters Lane, according to an incident report obtained by NewCanaanite.com through a public records request. 

She “told this officer that he was bit on his right buttock” and the husband added “that the dog tried to bite him again on his hand,” according to the report. 

The man “fled from the dog” and “the dog did not follow him,” it said. He added “that the dog always barks at him when he jogs by” the animal’s house, the case report said. Godejohn was able to verify with Pound Ridge Veterinarian that the two-year-old dog is named ‘Buzz’ and identified the animal’s owner.