Alberta Hanko
01-26-2006, 11:48 AM
Tragic playtime
Manorville girl, 6, accidentally strangled after family's golden retriever drags her by her scarf in backyard
BY JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER AND SUSANA ENRIQUEZ
STAFF WRITERS
January 26, 2006
There was something about the blue scarf tied around Kaitlyn Hassard's neck that cost the 6-year-old her life.
Shortly after the girl returned to her Manorville home from kindergarten Tuesday afternoon, the family's 70-pound golden retriever began playfully nipping at Kaitlyn's scarf, Homicide Squad Det. Lt. Jack Fitzpatrick said.
The dog, named Jesse, apparently grabbed hold of Kaitlyn's scarf with its mouth and dragged her a short distance in the backyard, strangling her, Fitzpatrick said. Kaitlyn, who weighed about 40 pounds, was slim for her age, Fitzpatrick said, and it did not look like the dog attacked her. "It was playing with her," he said.
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/ny-lidog264601527jan26, 0,7287267.story?coll =ny-top-headlines
This is the most upsetting I have read in a long time. But it needs to be read by any of us with pets. Poor little girl, parents and the playful family pet.
Alberta & Linus
Manorville girl, 6, accidentally strangled after family's golden retriever drags her by her scarf in backyard
BY JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER AND SUSANA ENRIQUEZ
STAFF WRITERS
January 26, 2006
There was something about the blue scarf tied around Kaitlyn Hassard's neck that cost the 6-year-old her life.
Shortly after the girl returned to her Manorville home from kindergarten Tuesday afternoon, the family's 70-pound golden retriever began playfully nipping at Kaitlyn's scarf, Homicide Squad Det. Lt. Jack Fitzpatrick said.
The dog, named Jesse, apparently grabbed hold of Kaitlyn's scarf with its mouth and dragged her a short distance in the backyard, strangling her, Fitzpatrick said. Kaitlyn, who weighed about 40 pounds, was slim for her age, Fitzpatrick said, and it did not look like the dog attacked her. "It was playing with her," he said.
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/ny-lidog264601527jan26, 0,7287267.story?coll =ny-top-headlines
This is the most upsetting I have read in a long time. But it needs to be read by any of us with pets. Poor little girl, parents and the playful family pet.
Alberta & Linus