Wow, another sad Yorkie story! Please be aware of any large (and aggressive) dogs in your neighborhood! Be extremely careful when your Yorkie is playing with big dogs! We need to stop having all these Yorkie tragedies! I hope the owner and her granddaughter are not traumatized for life...
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LORAIN, OH -- One dog was killed and another was critically injured on Wednesday after being attacked by another dog that had escaped from its owner nearly an hour before.
According to a police report, Linda George was with her granddaughter, walking her two Yorkshire terriers up Williamsburg Drive around 5:30 p.m. when an Akita grabbed a terrier in its mouth and ''shook it around like a rag doll.''
George's daughter, who would not give her name, told a reporter that after dropping the dog, the Akita attacked the other terrier, which was on a leash held by her 5-year-old daughter.
''She was right there, and they're as big as she is,'' she said.
The police report said a neighbor was able to grab the girl away from the dog, which appeared to be ready to go after her.
The Akita left soon after, and police arrived to find it still running loose in the area, the report said, and they were unable to catch it.
The report said a police officer talked to the owner of the dogs, who lives across from George, and the owner told the officer that the Akita was one of three dogs that escaped when he tried to feed them at 4:45 p.m.
The dog's owner wouldn't comment.
George also would not comment, but her daughter said George had owned the 13- and 15-year-old terriers since they were puppies, ''so they were like kids.''
She said her mother was still grieving the loss of the dog, and she said it doesn't appear that the other dog will survive. She said it was at an animal clinic.
The police report said the officer, who had complaints of the Akita and two other dogs running loose two weeks ago, chased the dogs for 20 minutes yesterday before the owner arrived.
They were eventually caught and the owner took them home.
According to the report, no charges had been filed yesterday, and the dogs were left in the owner's possession.
Police wouldn't comment on the incident.
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