A New Canaan dog underwent a home quarantine this month after biting an Uber Eats driver in the calves, records show.
At about 5:33 p.m. on Oct. 1 (a Wednesday), the victim—a 40-year-old Stamford man—made an Uber Eats delivery for a “Susan G” at a Weed Street home, according to a New Canaan Police Department incident report obtained through a public records request.
The man told police “that the instructions for the delivery stated that he should ring the bell upon arrival,” said the initial report, from Officer Giancarlo Vincenzi. After ringing the bell several times, “it appeared that nobody was home,” the report said, and just then “a medium sized dog with white fur approached him while barking loudly.”
The delivery driver tried to calm down the dog “and then felt some pressure on his calves,” the report said.
“[A]t this time he realized the dog had bit him on each calf,” it said.
The delivery driver was wearing long “jogging” style pants and the bites “did not break the skin,” leaving only minor bruising on the right calf, the report said.
The following day, Animal Control Officer Sean Godejohn contacted the dog’s owner and found that a five-year-old female Wheaten Terrier, ‘Harley,’ resides at the house, according to the incident report. The dog is vaccinated through next May, Godejohn said in his supplemental report.
Harley was quarantined on-property at home through Oct. 11, it said. No tickets were issued.