TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) – 10 dogs were seized from a Toledo home after several Great Danes escaped, resulting in a man being attacked.
Toledo Police reports said the four Great Danes got loose from their West Toledo home on Saturday afternoon. The dogs wandered to the 4000 block of W. Alexis where one of them attacked a man and bit his leg, police said.
Officers followed the dogs back to their home and spoke with their owner, who surrendered 10 of the 13 Great Danes at the home: both adults and puppies. The police report said they were recently featured on the news as being a menace in their neighborhood.
13 Action News reported last week that residents in the area of Yarmouth Avenue near Kirk are frustrated by Great Danes who are always on the loose. A resident told us she and another neighbor were recently bitten.
Court filings show the owner of those dogs was found guilty by a judge last year after one of the Great Danes got loose and charged at a mail carrier. Just earlier this year, she was cited for failing to confine a dog acting dangerously. That case was still pending.
“They had me surrounded on the street, over five of them. I was just trying to keep my footing. I didn’t want to get caught from behind on the front. I fell down. Fortunately, the neighbors were out. They chased them away,” said mail carrier Jeff Kasubski. “I don’t know how I escaped that, but I was very lucky. I’m just worried someone’s going to get seriously injured or killed and then it’s going to be too late.”
Neighbors also told 13 Action News crews that the smell in the area is horrific. An inspector issued a notice of violation in May for excessive dog feces in the yard. The Toledo Lucas County Health Department says there’s an ongoing court case.
13 Action News went to the house where the dogs live just last week, but nobody answered.
Editor’s note: an earlier version of this story said 13 dogs were seized. The police report says 10 dogs were seized but there were 13 in the home.
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This article was published by WTVG on 2025-09-22 11:24:00
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