By Kristina Davis
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
November 14, 2006

CARLSBAD – As David Vian's crippling neurological disease progressed over the years, it was his little dog, Kona, who helped take his mind off the constant pain.

The Jack Russell terrier was a faithful companion, sitting with Vian during the day while his wife was at work and curling up on his pillow each night as they fell asleep.



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That ended last week when Vian, who is unable to walk, watched helplessly as a large unleashed dog mauled Kona to death at a park.
What's worse, he said, is that the large dog's owner stood by and did nothing to stop the attack.

County animal control officials say Mark Tracy, a Carlsbad resident and physician for San Diego County, will likely be served a misdemeanor citation for having his 100-pound mixed-breed dog off a leash.

“The law exists specifically to prevent the kind of thing that occurred here,” said John Carlson, regional director of the county animal shelter in Carlsbad.

Tracy's 4-year-old dog was not quarantined because it did not bite a human, Carlson said. Officials will determine whether the dog is a danger to the public.

Tracy's wife, Michelle, said last night that her husband was too upset to comment, but she said he did everything he could to help the Vians.

She added that their dog had never bitten anyone or been in a fight.

“I'm stunned,” she said. “I would've never considered him a dangerous dog.”

On Thursday, Vian watched from the car as his wife, Dana, took Kona for a daily walk at Hosp Grove Park near the Buena Vista Lagoon.

When she saw a man with two large unleashed dogs, she took Kona up another mountain trail to avoid a possible confrontation.

“Then one of the dogs charged up the hill at us, lunged at me and knocked me down,” she said. “It started devouring my dog. He had my little dog in its mouth all the way up to her shoulders. I was wrestling the dog on the side of the mountain and screaming at the other dog owner, but he didn't do anything. Just stood there the whole time.”

Covered in blood and dog hair, Dana Vian was able to pull Kona from the dog's mouth and run away. When she tried to ask the other dog owner for his name, he started to walk away, she said.

“I had to grab him by the shirt and say I was calling police,” she said.

Kona died at a veterinarian's office about an hour later, and the owner, Tracy, met them there to pay the $300 bill.



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I think that dog should be shot AND If I we're them I would be suing the owner for damages, god there is nothing I hate more then owners who should NOT be allowed to own dog, NOTE I did not make mention of rotties or Pit Bulls boys!

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