Kyle police say a German shepherd type dog attacked and killed a Chihuahua in the Amberwood neighborhood on Monday, Feb. 17.
“It was shortly after noon,” Kyle Police Chief Jeff Barnett said, on President’s Day, which was a school holiday. “A young girl and her mother were walking their German shepherd when they passed another resident” walking the smaller dog. He said the bigger dog broke free of its leash, “and ultimately the Chihuahua died.”
The attack was the first since the city stiffened its Animal Control Ordinance earlier this month. The ordinance was rewritten and strengthened in the wakes of two dog attacks over the summer that resulted in the death of two pets.
Barnett said Animal Control Officer Briana Brecher is conducting an investigation that includes interviews with involved parties and going through the dog’s veterinary records, after which a municipal judge will decide whether the German shepherd is a “dangerous dog.”
Barnett said the newly rewritten ordinance puts more power in the decisions of the city’s animal control officers.
