Man's wounds healing after being bit by stray dog

[Paladin]

http://www.thevictoriaadvocate.com/233/story/50077.html

Man's wounds healing after being bit by stray dog
Canine was killed after attack, tested negative for rabies

May 03, 2007 - Posted at 12:00 a.m.
BY DON MUNSCH - VICTORIA ADVOCATE

Lance Grote holds no anger toward the dog that bit him last week.

He reserves that disgust for the person or people who abandoned the canine.

Grote, 38, was bitten Thursday by a dog that was roaming around the Hidden Valley subdivision in rural Victoria. He learned Monday from Animal Control that the dog tested negative for rabies.

The dog was shot and killed in a field near the intersection of Deer Trot and Gentle Breeze drives Friday by David Walton, who lives on a neighboring street. The dog had been wandering around the neighborhood with another dog, which also was shot and killed. Grote and other residents said the dogs were strays.

Sgt. Mike Williams with the Victoria County Sheriff's office said the law allows people to shoot an animal in self-defense, so long as they do not violate any firearms regulations and local laws. But no one can just indiscriminately shoot animals, he said.

Grote said the sheriff's office gave residents the OK to shoot the animals if they posed a threat, so neighbors "took it upon themselves to hunt them down."

Walton said the dog that bit Grote appeared to be a "three-quarter pit bull/Labrador cross."

"He had been chased all day, so he knew people were out to get him," Walton said.

The other dog also appeared to have some pit bull pedigree, he said.

Grote was doing some yard work when the dog approached him from behind and bit him, he said. The bite left about a 1-inch gash and two punctures wounds on his left leg below the calf.

He said he and the dog played a "game of tag" after that, but the dog ran away.

"The dog didn't act crazy or anything," he said.

"I just went to the emergency room and they just washed it with soap and water," he said.

He received no stitches, but was patched up and received a tetanus shot. He didn't get rabies shots, as he awaited the results of the rabies test.

"It's tender, but it's healing up," he said about his leg.

Grote said he figured the dog was just hungry.

[pbandjelly]

He said he and the dog played a "game of tag" after that, but the dog ran away.

Um, so were they playing, or was the dog attacking?
that's conflicting sounding.
article sure makes the townspeople sound like crazy gun-nuts

took it upon themselves to hunt them down

ah, well.

[NcongruNt]

He said he and the dog played a "game of tag" after that, but the dog ran away.

Um, so were they playing, or was the dog attacking?
that's conflicting sounding.
article sure makes the townspeople sound like crazy gun-nuts

Sounds to me like the dog bit him, and acted playful. This seems reasonable, as dogs play rough a lot with this same kind of behavior.

[TX Rancher]

article sure makes the townspeople sound like crazy gun-nuts

took it upon themselves to hunt them down

ah, well.

I guess I didn't see the article as negative to gun owners. To me, it didn't take sides either way...