[floatr][/floatr]Telegraph: Japanese display team dog savaged pet spaniel, court told
A dog that was part of a canine display team bolted into the audience and viciously attacked a spaniel while also injuring its owner, a court heard. The Akita - a large Japanese breed - leapt off a platform and ran into the crowd rather than down a tunnel as soon as its lead was removed. The dog, called Diego, clamped its jaws around the head of a Cavalier King Charles spaniel. The attack left two puncture marks in the spaniel's head and the dog's owner was also bitten on the hand as she tried to prise Diego's jaws off her pet...Diego is described on the Solent Display Dog Team's website as "very gentle" and "good at obedience"...more...