A necropsy on a dog that attacked its owner, leaving him seriously injured and eventually attacked police officers, showed no rabies, according to the Boulder Police Department.
Officers responded to the neighborhood in the 3200 block of Palo Parkway just after 8 a.m. on Jan. 28 on reports of a dog attacking a man outside of a home.
According to the investigation, the attack started inside the home before making its way outside. The man, later identified as the dog’s owner, was trying to hold onto the dog so it would not attack anyone else.
A neighbor stabbed the dog twice with kitchen knives before officers arrived, but the dog, named “Dutch,” kept biting the man.
When officers arrived to the scene, they tried to use a taser to subdue the animal but that’s when the dog turned and began attacking the officer. That officer discharged his firearm and struck the dog several times.
That’s when officers began giving medical treatment to the victim, putting tourniquets on his arms that doctors later said saved his life. He was transported to an area hospital in critical condition and was ruled in stable condition on Jan. 29.