Police rescue dog owners after Fluffy ruffles their feathers
ARMED police came to the rescue of a couple trapped in their home yesterday by their pet dog...named Fluffy.
Two ambulances and the fire brigade also raced to the scene after the dog became enraged as the owners went to make a morning coffee.
The man was chased from the living room and had to lock the door behind him to pen in the angry Staffordshire Bull Terrier.
The couple dialled 999 at 6am and emergency services found Fluffy’s owners cowering and too afraid to come out of the bedroom of their home in Fartown, near Huddersfield, West Yorks.
As the couple climbed out of their first floor window on to a fire brigade ladder, a police dog handler was tasked with tackling Fluffy.
Neighbours said the owners were not friendly with other people in the street but people knew they kept a fierce-looking dog.
We were called at 6am to reports that a dog was trying to attack a man
Watch commander Darren Bagley at Huddersfield fire station said: “The report was of a dangerous dog downstairs and the two occupants upstairs were frightened of it.
“When we got there a few police cars were waiting along with two ambulances and an armed response unit.
“We had to put a ladder up to rescue them from the first floor.
“It was a Staffordshire Bull Terrier called Fluffy and the police dog handler was due to attend.”
A spokesman for West Yorkshire Police said: “We were called at 6am to reports that a dog was trying to attack a man.
“It appears they barricaded themselves behind a door and needed to be rescued.
“A man was injured, though not seriously.
“The dog has been seized as suspected under the Dangerous Dogs Act but it has yet to be assessed.”
