There are unanswered questions in the tragic dog mauling death of a little girl in Dodge County. Sheriff Todd Nehls says the dog will be retained so investigators can check for rabies. “We would like to retain the dog for the days, to be able to give it some tests for rabies,” says Nehls. “There are other dogs on the property that were puppies of this animal. We want to make sure that there’s no rabies that we need to worry about with the other dogs in the litter.”
The victim of Wednesday’s midday attack in the backyard of a Town of Hubbard home was four year-old Taylor Becker. Nehls says the little girl had played with the dog, a boxer, in the past. The animal had no history of aggressive behavior, and at this point it’s a simple death investigation. “You’d have to show some blatant disregard for public safety, something that would lead us to believe that they intentionally did something wrong, harboring a vicious animal,” says Nehls. “We just don’t have that right now.”