A man has been banned from keeping dogs for two years after his pet British-American bulldog cross mauled a cockapug.
Andrew Whelan pleaded guilty on June 22 to being in charge of a dog dangerously out of control causing injury, handling stolen goods, and possessing the Class B drug cannabis. Court documents said the dog attack happened on Tuesday, February 8, when 36-year-old Whelan's British-American bulldog cross "Odin" injured a cockapug and its male owner on Weymouth Close.
Cheshire Police reported at the time that a dog had suffered a "serious injury to its leg" and the man walking it received "small cuts" to his hands. A post on social media from the cockapug's other owner said the attacking bulldog had "jumped the fence" and mauled her pet’s leg, leaving him “traumatised”.
