NSB Cops: Family dog temporarily quarantined for nip to 1-year-old baby's ear that caused 'minor abrasion' | Headline Surfer / Award-Winning 24/7 Internet News Site Serving Daytona Beach/Sanford/Orlando, FL

Dog quarantimned after grazing baby who touched a painful tumor in its paw

A New Smyrna Beach family's 8-year-old Staffordshire Terrier, similar to one shown here in this Wikipedia photo is under a brief quarantine after nipping a baby girl on the ear when she touched an inoperable tumor on its paw.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- An 8-year-old family dog, a Staffordshire Terrier named "Guiness," who nipped on a 1-year-old baby's ear that caused a small abrasion after she touched a painful tumor on its paw, has been quarantined. But the dog is expected to be returned to the family within a week, police said.

The incident was reported to the county Health Department when the father of the little girl took her to the family doctor for a "minor abrasion" on her ear on Sept. 25, according to a police report, documented Monday after the incident was reported by the health department to police here.

The dog was quarantined by NSBPD and is due to be returned to he family by Saturday. "This incident does not meet the requirements for a dangerous dog incident," police officer C.F. Norman wrote in his report dated today.

Here is a synopsis of what happened as reported by Norman in his report: "(The dog's owner) advised me that his dog nipped at his daughter's left ear after she touched a tumor on its paw. The dog is approximately eight year's old and is not able to have the tumor removed. (The owner) and the Health Department advised that the incident was very minor. (The man's) daughter was treated for a small abrasion on her left ear by the family doctor."

The dog was quarantined because it was two months behind on its shots, the officer said in his report. Because of the circumstances, Headline Surfer / NSBNews.net has decided not to identify the father, except to say he's 34 year's old.

The police report described the dog as a Staffordshire Terrier with a white coat.

American Staffordshire Terrier Here is a link describing this breed: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Staffordshire_Terrier.

Fast Facts: Notable Staffordshire Terriers

# Pete the Pup, in several Our Gang films (later known as The Little Rascals) during the 1920s and 1930s;

# Sergeant Stubby was the most decorated dog in military history and the only dog to have been promoted during battle. He fought for 18 months in the trenches for France during World War I for 17 battles. Stubby warned his fellow soldiers of gas attacks, located wounded soldiers in No Man's Land, and listened for incoming artillery rounds. He was also responsible for the capture of a German spy at Argonne. After his time in the war, Stubby met US Presidents Woodrow Wilson, Calvin Coolidge, and Warren G. Harding. He was awarded life memberships to the American Legion, the Red Cross, and the YMCA. Sergeant Stubby died on March 16, 1926;

# Jack Brutus, the official mascot of Company K, First Connecticut Volunteer Infantry during the Spanish-American War;

# Bud, the first dog in the US to take a cross-country drive in 1903 with his owner Horatio Nelson Jackson and a bicycle mechanic, Sewall Crocker. “Bud soon became an enthusiast for motoring," Jackson bragged, especially after his masters put a pair of their goggles on him to keep the stinging, alkali dust out of his eyes.

Source: Same Wikipedia page as the link.

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