4-year-old loses foot, part of 脚 in police dog attack
HESPERIA, Calif. (AP) ― A 4-year-old Southern California boy who was bitten by his father's police dog had to have his 脚 amputated below the 膝, and the canine probably will be euthanized, police said Thursday.
Hunter Mastaler remained 入院させるd four days after the ベルギー shepherd dog clamped の上に his left 脚 in the backyard of the family's Hesperia home.
Neighbors knocked over a 盗品故買者 and 調査するd the dog's jaws open to 解放する／自由な the boy.
Hunter will remain 入院させるd for another week, Rialto police Capt. Randy De Anda said. With a prosthetic he could be able to run again within six months, he said.
The 7-year-old dog, Jango, was 割り当てるd to the Rialto police 軍隊, and Hunter's father, Michael Mastaler, had been his handler for about two years, De Anda said.
On Sunday afternoon, Mastaler returned from a two-day trip to Big 耐える where he had run a boot （軍の）野営地，陣営 for at-危険 青年, De Anda said.
Jango had been left in a large backyard kennel during the trip and Mastaler let him out into the backyard before going into the house, where his son was playing ビデオ games.
Mastaler's wife had gone shopping with their 18-month-old son and Mastaler went upstairs to change "for about two minutes" when Hunter opened a 事情に応じて変わる glass door and 審査する and went into the yard, De Anda said.
For an unknown 推論する／理由, Jango went into "bite 方式 " and clamped の上に the boy as he was trained to do in some 犯罪の 状況／情勢s, De Anda said.
The boy's 叫び声をあげるs 警報d neighbors who called 911 and 急ぐd to help.
Jeff Houlemard 粉砕するd into a gate, knocking 負かす／撃墜する the 盗品故買者, to 救助（する） the boy.
"I kicked the dog, but it still didn't let him go, so I whipped him around and pulled the mouth open," Houlemard said.
His son and another 十代の少年少女 pulled the boy to safety.
De Anda said Houlemard then 選ぶd up the dog, slammed it to the ground and pinned it "in a 耐える-抱擁する" until Hunter's father （機の）カム outside and put the dog in the kennel.
"The attack was probably going on for at least two minutes before he was pulled out," Houlemard said.
Houlemard's wife, Shannon, tried to keep the boy 静める by singing his ABCs and 123s with him, she told the San Bernardino Sun (http://bit.ly/16YIGTC ).
"I was just trying to keep his mind off what just had happened," she said.
The dog was placed in 検疫 for 10 days and it is likely that, に引き続いて an 調査, he will be euthanized, De Anda said.
Jango had no history of 侵略, received 正規の／正選手 training and his 記録，記録的な／記録する as a patrol, SWAT and 麻薬s dog was "impeccable," De Anda said.
"We don't know what 誘発するd the bite," he said.
The department's four police dogs are always supposed to be under direct 監督 of their handlers, and the department is 調査／捜査するing to make sure there were no 政策 違反s, De Anda said.
The boy's father has been at the hospital since Sunday, De Anda said. "He is 荒廃させるd," the captain said.
Hunter, however, appeared to be in good spirts, he 追加するd.
