Man shoots rottweiler after children attacked


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By: Katie Allison Granju, Producer
Date created: 10/26/2007

Two boys were being treated at a Nashville hospital after they suffered serious bite wounds from a Rottweiler.
 
The boys, whose ages were not released, were playing outside a home in Putnam County Wednesday when their father heard them screaming and ran to pull the dog off of them.

The dog belonged to the man's stepfather and was chained in the yard when it attacked.

Police say the dog's owner, Robert Smith, shot and killed the dog after the attack. He turned over two more animals to a shelter and they were euthanized.

No charges have yet been filed in the case.

 

Two boys attacked by dog


Cookeville TN Herald-Citizen
October 25, 2007 12:03 PM CDT
by Liz Engel, Herald-Citizen Staff

PUTNAM COUNTY -- Two boys attacked by a Rottweiler were transported to Vanderbilt Children's Hospital in Nashville for treatment after receiving serious dog bites yesterday evening.

The incident occurred around 5 p.m. Wednesday at 15680 St. Mary's Road outside Baxter, according to a report filed by the Putnam County Sheriff's Department.

According to the report, two boys were playing outside when their father, Lawerance Love III, heard the boys screaming. He ran outside and found a Rottweiler on top of one of the boys, and when he ran over to pull the dog off, he discovered both had been severely bitten.

The dog, belonging to the man's stepfather Robert Smith, was on its chain and still there when Deputy Chris Brown arrived.

In the report, Brown said that EMS transported both boys to Cookeville Regional Medical Center, and when he arrived later at the hospital, he was told the boys would be taken to Vanderbilt for further treatment.

The report also stated that the dog was shot by its owner after the incident, and Brown transported that dog and two others surrendered by the owner to the Cookeville-Putnam County Animal Shelter. Animal Shelter Director Laurie Green said those two dogs were put down as well.

Smith told the deputy that the Rottweiler had been vaccinated but did not have any papers.

As of this morning, no charges were filed in the case.