A New Canaan homeowner has vowed to install a physical fence after his or her dog managed to get past an invisible one and tussled with another canine, police say.
It happened in the area of South Avenue at Brooks Road, according to New Canaan Police Animal Control Officer Maryann Kleinschmitt.
At about 6:17 p.m. on March 15, a woman was walking her dog past the house when the dog, a pit bull, got through its invisible fence and “there was a dog versus dog,” Kleinschmitt said.
Neither dog was injured, she said, partly because “a passerby was there and she was able to get the dogs apart by kicking one of the dogs out of the way.”
The owner, who was home, didn’t realize the dog had gotten past the invisible fence made the decision to put up a physical fence on his or her own, Kleinschmitt said. The pit bull owner was cited for nuisance dog, allowing a dog to roam and failure to license a dog, she said.
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Police also have been dealing with several roaming dogs, including a chronic offender.
In a 48-hour span, animal control picked up a Bernese Mountain Dog three times, Kleinschmitt said. The animal had been wandering on Wascussue Court and Chichester Road, she said. It was picked up twice on March 16 and then again on March 17—the owner has been cited twice for allowing a dog to roam, an infraction offense.
Apparently, after picking up the dog, the owner would let it back outside at home, which didn’t do much good, Kleinschmitt said.
“The invisible is down and they have a hole in their physical fence,” Kleinschmitt said.
“We have him again,” she said. “He’s a sweetheart of a dog and I love him, but I’d rather have him home.”
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Police also had found a pair of small dogs—the breed is Coton de Tulear—roaming in the area of Weed Street and Wahackme Road (which actually isn’t far from the area the Bernese had been exploring) at 4:18 p.m. on March 14.
The owner picked up and licensed the dogs, whose rabies shots were up-to-date, Kleinschmitt said.