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Great Dane Attacks Smaller Dog at Elm and Grove Streets; Stitches Required

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Police fined a New Canaan dog owner $75 after his Great Dane broke a leather leash and ran across the road early one morning last week and attacked a far smaller canine. At about 6:10 a.m. on Sept. 17, the 4-year-old Great Dane attacked a Cocker Spaniel mix at Elm and Grove Streets, right in front of Karl Chevrolet, according to a police report. The smaller dog, part of a Kimberly Place family, needed five stitches in a rear leg after the attack, according to Animal Control Officer Maryann Kleinshmitt. The Great Dane owner was responsible for paying the vet bill, Kleinschmitt said.

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Afraid of Cat on the Porch, Woman Phones Police Prior to Getting out of Car

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A woman who pulled up to a Summer Street home on a recent afternoon grew frightened by a cat she saw perched on the porch of the house, and contacted police to shoo it away before she’d get out of the car, according to a police report. Police got the call around 3:40 p.m. on Sept. 10, at a Summer Street home near Lakeview Avenue, according to Animal Control Officer Maryann Kleinschmitt. “She was afraid it was rabid because it had something in its mouth,” Kleinschmitt said. Police arrived and found a friendly cat chewing on something, Kleinschmitt said.

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Believing Raccoon on His Property to Be Sick, New Canaan Man Shoots the Animal Dead

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Concerned that a raccoon he judged to be sick would travel off of his own property and come into direct contact with a person somewhere else, a Lukes Wood Road man last week took the rare step of shooting the animal dead, officials say. It happened at about 7:33 p.m. on Monday, Sept 8, according to a police report. An animal control officer responding to a call about a sick raccoon at the arrived at the 4-acre residential property and found that the owner had killed the animal with his own shotgun, police said. Animal Control Officer Maryann Kleinschmitt said the man’s weapon is legal and registered, that he’s a licensed hunter and that technically he’s within his rights to do what he did. “But I do wish he hadn’t done that because if something does happen [such as with a stray bullet], then it is a police matter,” Kleinschmitt said.

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Young Black Lab Found Roaming at Kiwanis Now Adoptable at New Canaan Animal Control [VIDEO]

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Adoptable Abbey Rose Black Labrador Retriever
The young black Labrador retriever found roaming at Kiwanis Park two Fridays ago has not been claimed by an owner and is up for adoption, according to the New Canaan Police Department Animal Control unit. Discovered at the nursery school in Kiwanis, the dog has been named ‘Abbey Rose’ by Animal Control and she’s probably close to one year old, Officer Maryann Kleinschmitt said. See the video above for more details. Animal Control can be reached at 203-594-3510.

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Poodle Wanders into Next-Door Neighbor’s House, Upstairs

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A poodle wandered from its own house on Elm Place on a recent morning, into a neighbor’s home and up to the second floor, police say. At about 10:10 a.m. on Sept. 6, police were called to an Elm Place house on a call of the roaming apricot-colored dog, according to a police report. Turns out the dog belonged to a next-door neighbor, a family that’s new to town, Animal Control Officer Maryann Kleinschmitt said. The dog hadn’t been licensed, Kleinschmitt said.