The problems that can be caused are severe and help make the case for dog parks where an enclosed area is available for folks to be with their dogs without leashes, but the parks need to be in areas that people want to walk in and that includes the American River Parkway.
Patrols increase after dog attacks
Pit bull went after a horse on an Auburn State Recreation Area trail, unseating rider.
- Bee Metro Staff
Published 12:00 am PDT Saturday, May 3, 2008
State park rangers will increase patrols in the Auburn State Recreation Area after two recent attacks on horses in the canyons of the American River.
Last month, a large pit bull mix dog repeatedly attacked a horse on an Auburn State Recreation Area trail, sending the horse's 70-year-old rider to the ground.
The incident occurred April 3 when rider Odette Parker of Lincoln came upon a man walking three dogs on the Foresthill Loop Trail near Foresthill Road.
Parker said when she saw what she believed to be a pit bull mix approaching her, she turned the horse, but the dog attacked the horse's hindquarters and then bit its nose.
