Tiny Terror - A 6-pound Chihuahua ruled vicious

[Champ]

DES MOINES (AP) — A hearing officer has ruled that a 6-pound Chihuahua is a vicious dog after he nipped two children and his owner must buy a $100,000 insurance policy or move him out of the city limits.

Squirt bit a child on Aug. 17 to deflect an attempted kiss. He nipped another child who tried to feed him a cracker on Oct. 6. Neither child was seriously injured, but both were taken for treatment.

That's when animal control officers moved to have the 3-year-old Squirt classified as vicious under a city ordinance.

Hearing officer LeAnn Ducey agreed Wednesday, despite a parade of character witnesses who testified earlier this week that Squirt doesn't fit the definition. Besides, owner Laurie Staver said, she can't find a company willing to insure any dog with two bites on his record.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2004-10-28-bad-doggy_x.htm

[indigobusiness]

1. That little shit

is liable to wind up in the tacos.

[radwriter0555]

3. Time after time, I've asked AC officers what the most bites they get

reported on, and it's chihuahuas!

They might be little, but they can get pissed when harassed.

[China_cat]

2. When are people going to learn

That little dogs and little kids are a VERY bad mix. I'd bite, too if I saw something at least 5 times my size coming at me.