A Rottweiler sentenced to death after it attacked and killed a chihuahua has now been allowed to live.
Chip the six-year-old rescue pet was alone and without a collar when he attacked the small dog being walked by its owners in the South Moor area of Stanley, County Durham on October 24 2021.
The snarling animal took Toby the chihuahua in its mouth and shook it from side to side as the couple desperately tried to free their pet, Durham County Court heard.
