A Lafayette municipal judge will allow a vicious animal case against a 10-year-old miniature dachshund who bit a veterinary technician to go forward.
In a ruling issued late Tuesday, Judge Roger Buchholz rejected a request from the dog owners’ attorney that the case be dismissed because the state’s vicious animal law does not apply to dogs that bite animal care workers such as veterinarians, vet techs and animal groomers.
Buchholz found the state law does not prohibit home rule municipalities, like Lafayette, from having stricter laws than the state law.
In August, Spork’s owners took him to Lafayette’s Jasper Animal Hospital to have a bad tooth extracted.
The dog bit the technician in the face when she reached out to take Spork from Walker. The technician, Allyson Stone, lost small pieces of her lips and was treated at Boulder Community Hospital and by a plastic surgeon.
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