A Newfoundland called Teddy is facing being put down after biting a young girl as she walked with her mother.
The dog’s owner Linda Campbell-Dunn admitted owning a dangerously out of control animal of the giant breed, which jumped up and bit the child on her back and arm.
The 26-year-old, who has her own dog-walking business, also faces a ban on keeping animals.
Dunfermline Sheriff Court heard Campbell-Dunn lost control of Teddy and her other dog, a Rhodesian Ridgeback cross, after appearing to stumble.
Both dogs charged towards the 10-year-old victim and her mother and began jumping at them.
The depute fiscal relating the details of the case said: “(The mother) heard her daughter shout ‘I have been bit’.
“Ms Cambell-Dunn was a short distance away and observed the situation.
“She attempted to recall both dogs and they both returned to her.
“The witnesses returned home but did not speak to Ms Campbell-Dunn at that time.”
The fiscal said the woman was horrified to realise her daughter’s coat had been torn and she had several bite marks.
The girl required hospital treatment as a result of the attack.
Previously bit cyclist’s bottom
The court also heard it was not the first occasion Teddy had attacked, having bitten a cyclist on the bottom in October the previous year.
The fiscal said as the dog had caused injury, legislation dictates a motion to destroy it must be made by the Crown.
Solicitor Peter Robertson, defending, said Campbell-Dunn had been issued with a Dog Control Notice following the first incident.
He said she retained ownership of both dogs and had taken steps in the aftermath.
He said: “Ms Campbell contacted the dog warden herself and the Dog Control Notice was amended so the dog must be muzzled at all times.
“She has had no further difficulties with this dog.”
He added that, at the time of the incident, both dogs had been on five-metre leads.
Campbell-Dunn, of Argyll Place, Saline, admitted being in charge of the Newfoundland at Barnhill Road, Dalgety Bay on May 22, 2020.
Sentence was deferred for a vet report into Teddy’s temperament and for the dog warden to ascertain Campbell-Dunn’s suitability to keep animals.
