A police dog brought into a classroom for a demonstration of its drug-sniffing skills bit a sixth-grader in the face as she and classmates were petting it.
The girl, whose name was not released, was not seriously injured in Monday's attack. A school nurse cleaned her wound, and the girl was treated at a hospital and released.
Dave Rarick, a spokesman for the New Albany-Floyd County school system, said the dog apparently became "spooked" during the classroom demonstration at Hazelwood Middle School.
New Albany Police Chief Merle Harl said that when the students were leaving, one child asked to pet the dog. The officer handling the dog said the student could. But then a group of children ran at the dog, which bit the girl.
"It was not the dog's fault. I guess the dog got scared, and if not scared, at least uncomfortable," Harl said.
I am not a big believer in having kids pet strange dogs. I avoid those situations with my dogs, and I think you take an unnecessary risk doing this with your adult dogs. Puppies and young dogs need to be socialized with kids, but adult dogs don’t.
The girl, whose name was not released, was not seriously injured in Monday's attack. A school nurse cleaned her wound, and the girl was treated at a hospital and released.
Dave Rarick, a spokesman for the New Albany-Floyd County school system, said the dog apparently became "spooked" during the classroom demonstration at Hazelwood Middle School.
New Albany Police Chief Merle Harl said that when the students were leaving, one child asked to pet the dog. The officer handling the dog said the student could. But then a group of children ran at the dog, which bit the girl.
"It was not the dog's fault. I guess the dog got scared, and if not scared, at least uncomfortable," Harl said.
I am not a big believer in having kids pet strange dogs. I avoid those situations with my dogs, and I think you take an unnecessary risk doing this with your adult dogs. Puppies and young dogs need to be socialized with kids, but adult dogs don’t.
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