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BY TERRIE HENDERSON
thenderson@nwitimes.com
219.933.4158 | Friday, December 01, 2006 | (No comments posted.)
CALUMET CITY | Two dogs seized by the city animal control department after they killed another dog have been loyal pets, their owner said.
Justin Salgado said he hopes he will see the pair of Rottweiler-boxer mixes again.
"They chase cats and squirrels," Salgado said. "Dogs are dogs. They actually get along with the kids real good. They have never bitten a person."
Salgado bought the 20-month-old dogs for protection for his elderly parents, who live at 409 Price Ave. He said the dogs are usually kept in a fenced-in area but sometimes get loose.
"We got them as puppies ... I couldn't believe (the attack) happened," he said.
He said he was at work Wednesday when one of his dogs entered a fenced-in yard about a block away at 22 Harding Ave. and attacked and killed a Chihuahua belonging to Patricia Ruth Valle.
Salgado said he doesn't know what will happen to his pets, but he hopes they will be returned after the observation period.
"The police and the dog catchers said they have to keep them under observation for three days," Salgado said. "They've been good. They weren't dangerous. Practically everyone in the neighborhood has a dog."
The dogs are being kept in separate, secure cages pending further investigation by Cook County Animal Control, Calumet City Police Investigator Marco Glumac said. The city's animal control will issue any citations to the dogs' owner, he said.
A Cook County Animal Control employee refused to comment on the record when asked what will happen to the dogs. Several attempts to reach Cook County Animal Control Director Dan Parmer were unsuccessful.
Wednesday's incident was not the first time a neighborhood dog had been attacked. Helen Sharp, of 26 Harding Ave., said about a week ago her dog was attacked by a large dog.
Her dog Paws may not survive the attack, Sharp said.
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