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Elm Street Woman Threatens To Kill Neighbor’s Poodle

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An Elm Street woman last week told authorities she would “pepper spray” or “kill” a neighbor’s dog following an apparently false complaint that the animal had bitten her aide, police records show. At about 2:42 p.m. on Sept. 20 (a Sunday), police were called to a Prides Crossing condominium on a report of a dog bite, according to a case report filed by Officer Austin Malizia and obtained by NewCanaanite.com through a public records request. There, the complainant said she’d seen a woman bit outside the condo complex by her neighbor’s dog, the report said. 

The aide told police she was outside “when a black poodle came up to her and bit her in her leg,” the report said. The aide said “she was so startled, she fell over into the bushes,” it said.

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Police Order Quarantine After Dog-on-Dog Bite at Waveny

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A Stamford dog finished a home quarantine ordered by New Canaan Police last week after receiving a complaint that the animal bit another canine at Waveny Park, records show. During the Sept. 5 incident at Spencer’s Run, a dog named ‘Gunther’ bit the complainant’s dog on the lip while resource-guarding a water bowl, according to a case report filed by Officer Sean Godejohn, head of the NCPD Animal Control section. The owner of the victim dog—a three-year-old, tricolor Bernese Mountain Dog male—phoned police the week after the biting to report it, Godejohn said in the case report. The victim dog is up-to-date on his vaccinations, it said.

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New Canaan Dog Bites Local Woman

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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.

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Report: ‘Mouse Infestation’ at Animal Shelter; No Fire Alarms, Smoke Detectors or Security Cameras at Facility

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There are no fire alarms or smoke detectors in the New Canaan Animal Shelter, which has a mice infestation, documents show. There also are no security cameras at the Animal Shelter, which was shuttered last month following a fire whose cause hasn’t been determined, according to a fire investigator’s report obtained by NewCanaanite.com through a public records request. 

Located in a former incinerator building at the Lakeview Avenue Transfer Station, a complex informally known as “the dump,” the Animal Shelter has been offline since a fire that was discovered at about 11:30 a.m. on Feb. 20. There were no animals in the building at the time and no one was injured. The shelter itself has had several ongoing problems, according to information contained in an incident report filed by Assistant Chief Russ Kimes, who was tapped by the Fire Department to conduct an investigation. 

Used primarily to house dumped, lost or abused dogs and cats, the shelter “does not have a monitored fire alarm system, and also does not have any local smoke detectors,” Kimes said in the report.

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New Canaan Dog Undergoes Home Quarantine After Biting Amazon Delivery Woman

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A New Canaan dog this month finished a 10-day home quarantine after biting an Amazon delivery person, records show. Police were dispatched to Waveny regarding an animal bite on Feb. 21 (a Saturday), according to a case report filed by responding Officer Emily Clark, obtained by NewCanaanite.com through a public records request. On arrival, she met with the 23-year-old Norwalk woman and Amazon delivery driver, who had been dropping off a package at a Weed Street residence “when a dog nipped at her right leg,” according to the case report. Though she declined to receive medical attention, the woman “stated that she wanted to document the incident,” the report said.