The Amazing Adventures of Archibald Esq.

Can you Believe It?!? Tiny Dachshund Faces Death Row

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Can you believe it? A dachshund who stands a mere 8 inches high is being threatened with termination for being — get this! — a ‘dangerous dog’.

A tiny little saucisson called Lucy is facing being put down - for allegedly biting a neighbour’s ankle.

Melanie Hobson (25), Lucy’s two-legged companion, who must accompany Lucy through the legal proceedings is said to be incredulous. She can’t believe her tiny little adorable dachshund is being brought before the courts.

Melanie and Lucy live with Melanie’s husband Stephen, 33, and their two children. She says that “Lucy is a lovely dog. I would never have her round my kids if I thought she was dangerous.” She went on to say — “You only need to look at her. She’s tiny - how can she be classed as a dangerous dog? I just want this whole nightmare to be over.”

The Dangerous Dogs Act is “An Act to prohibit persons from having in their possession or custody dogs belonging to types bred for fighting; to impose restrictions in respect of such dogs pending the coming into force of the prohibition; to enable restrictions to be imposed in relation to other types of dog which present a serious danger to the public; to make further provision for securing that dogs are kept under proper control; and for connected purposes. [25th July 1991]

Melanie is beside herself and can’t bear the thought of Lucy being “put down”: “I don’t know how I would break that to the kids - they love her.”

On the day of the alleged “attack” in Gosforth, Newcastle, Melanie was carrying shopping home while her children Monique, two, and Jacob, four, ran in front of her. “Next thing I know our neighbour accuses Lucy of biting him on the ankle,” the full-time mum recalled.

A week after the alleged attack in October last year, Northumbria police knocked on Melanie’s door to take a statement from her. She said: “When they saw how big Lucy was you could see in their faces they thought, ‘What are we doing here?’ I thought that would be the last of it but then I got the court summons and I was absolutely petrified.”

At Newcastle magistrates last week she entered a plea of not guilty to having a dangerous dog in a public place. Melanie added: “The children could lose their best friend if Lucy is put down. I know the authorities are having to be careful at the moment because of all the news about dangerous dogs, but everybody I’ve spoken to finds it hard to believe.”

The case is due to go to trial later this year. My friends. Please bark in with comments on this story, and we’ll see what we can do to forward your comments and email address ’signatures’ to the authorities in Newcastle… After all, if one reads the Dangerous Dogs Act carefully — (follow link provided above) — it appears that the authorities could pardon little Lucy and order her to wear a muzzle in public (or at least, in the presence of the contentious neighbour!)

Awooooo! Awoooooo! Poor little Lucy!!! Paws crossed she sees justice served judiciously, and has her life spared.

Archibald Esq.

Posted 24 Jan 07