Dog-bite amputee who lost 3 limbs offered wheelchair ramp

Community pitches in to help dog bite amputee

Landscaping, construction Shayne and Jessica Valinsky said they had to help after seeing Caron's story and her positive spirits, on CBC News. The self-proclaimed dog lovers said they were shocked about the incident and offered to build a wheelchair-accessible ramp at the woman's home. "I had never even heard anything like that could happen," said Shayne Valinsky, who owns a landscaping company. "I just hope (the ramp) makes her life a little easier and frees up the money that she's getting donated for some other things that she needs." The couple has invited other landscaping and construction companies to reach out to them in order to help build more ramps. Caron's daughter, Danica, has also created a fundraising website for her mother with a goal of $100,000, as each prosthetic device could cost anywhere between $10,000 and $15,000 each.
For the original version including any supplementary images or video, visit http://news.ca.msn.com/top-stories/dog-bite-amputee-who-lost-3-limbs-offered-wheelchair-ramp

Victims of police dog bites in New London are mostly black or Hispanic

Danica lives there with her three siblings Arielle, 22, Wyatt, 18, and Tyson, 15 and the familys four dogs. Well have to redo the kitchen, and bring things down and widen spaces, and well see if thats all possible, Danica says. Its very tight for the amount of people who are living here right now. People have stepped forward with non-monetary donations as well. Shayne Valinsky, owner of Valinsky and Sons, a landscaping company, has offered to build a wheelchair ramp for the Carons front porch. My wife actually saw it on the news, Valinsky, 34, says.
For the original version including any supplementary images or video, visit http://metronews.ca/news/ottawa/748001/community-pitches-in-to-help-dog-bite-amputee/

Dog bites on rise in county

"It's not even close," Dr. Kenneth Cohrn, a forensic dentist in Lake Lady, Fla., told the newspaper. "The dog's dentition is so much larger than the pattern injury," he added, believing the bite was inflicted by a smaller dog. Phineas' owners hope those findings, which Brown said he had not seen, sway a Dent County judge to reconsider his opinion siding with the mayor. A state appellate court also is expected to consider the matter. The science of examining bite marks is debated but widely accepted by courts.
For the original version including any supplementary images or video, visit http://www.ajc.com/ap/ap/health/dog-bite-leads-to-legal-tangle-over-yellow-lab/nYw6T/

The statistics I received from the FOI request tell an even more stark story. In six of the 18 cases, the bite victims were not convicted of a crime. One would like to think that someone on whom police sicced an attack dog eventually would be found to be guilty of something. More alarming are the statistics on the racial makeup of the victims of police dog attacks in New London. There was a fairly even split between white and black or Hispanic dog-bite victims in 2008, but of the 17 bites in 2009 and 2010, the victims were overwhelmingly not white: 89 percent black or Hispanic one year and 100 percent black or Hispanic the next. There have been only three bites in the last three years.
For the original version including any supplementary images or video, visit http://www.theday.com/article/20130719/NWS05/307199958/1070/Victims-of-police-dog-bites-in-New-London-are-mostly-black-or-Hispanic

Dog bite leads to legal tangle over yellow Lab

Alphas always eat first. So eat first and then feed your dog and dont give them table scraps while you eat. Dont let your dog on the sofa and bed. A higher ranking dog always chooses the best sleeping area and its usually higher than all other pack members. Dont let your dog have free range of your entire house. Claim a room as yours.
For the original version including any supplementary images or video, visit http://www.ocregister.com/articles/dog-517861-dogs-owners.html