Dog Sentenced To Obedience School

A dog that attacked two Chattanooga police cars has been sentenced to obedience and canine good citizen classes.

The Chattanooga Times Free Press reported Winston, a mixed-breed, will also have to wear a tag that says he is “potentially dangerous.” The newspaper said a judge ruled Thursday that charges against the Winston’s owner will be dismissed if the classes are successfully completed.

Owner Nancy Emerling had been given a citation for Winston being a “potentially dangerous dog.”

Emerling previously said Winston got out of a fenced-in area at a welding shop March 14.

By the time staffers from McKamey Animal Care and Adoption Center captured Winston, he had chewed two tires and the entire front bumper off a patrol car.

Determined Bulldogs Munch On Police Car

What happened to a Chattanooga police officer’s car was certainly under the radar.

A city police spokeswoman that Officer Clayton Holmes had been checking traffic speeds with radar and stopped to fill out a report when he felt his car shaking. He found a bulldog chewing on the tires. After the dog attacked two passing cars and a second police car, officers used pepper spray and a Taser on it, but the animal wasn’t deterred.

By the time McCamey Animal Center staffers captured that dog and two others, it had chewed two tires and the entire front bumper off Holmes’ patrol car.

Officer Rebecca Royval said the dogs got out of a fence at a nearby welding shop. The owner was cited and the dogs were removed.