{"id":183743,"date":"2023-11-17T02:32:34","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T02:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=183743"},"modified":"2023-11-17T02:32:34","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T02:32:34","slug":"innocent-leonberger-must-wear-lead-for-life-after-dogwalkers-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/innocent-leonberger-must-wear-lead-for-life-after-dogwalkers-death\/","title":{"rendered":"&apos;Innocent&apos; Leonberger must wear lead for life after dogwalker&apos;s death"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>&#8216;Innocent&#8217; Leonberger is confined to a lead for life after dogwalker was mauled to death &#8211; even though she was not involved in the deadly attack<\/h1>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<p>An &#8216;innocent&#8217; Leonberger will have to wear a lead for the rest of her life after a dogwalker was mauled to death in Surrey &#8211; despite not being involved in the deadly attack.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Experts found Shiva had &#8216;no blood on her&#8217; following the frenzied attack at Gravely Hill beauty spot in Caterham which killed 28-year-old Natasha Johnston.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 10st seven-year-old Leonberger was one of eight dogs being walked by Ms Johnston, but it is thought it was her own Pitbull Terrier Stan who had turned on her.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yet Shiva, who had appeared on BBC\u00a0Two show 10 Puppies and Us in 2017, will now have to wear a lead in public places for life.<\/p>\n<p>It is reported a control order was handed down by Guildford Magistrates&#8217; Court after a member of the public reported she had jumped at them before the attack.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The order states Shiva has to be on a lead &#8216;at all times, not being walked with any more than three dogs, and being under control of someone with sufficient strength to control them, at all times&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/17\/01\/77911679-12760245-image-a-121_1700185109418.jpg\" height=\"421\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Delia Lewis, a psychic and crystal healer, with her pet Leonberger Shiva who will have to wear a lead in public places for the rest of her life\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/17\/01\/77911677-12760245-image-m-123_1700185166175.jpg\" height=\"730\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Natasha Johnston, 28, was mauled to death in the frenzied attack in Caterham, Surrey, while she was walking eight dogs. It&#8217;s reported her own Pitbull Terrier turned on her<\/p>\n<p>Surrey Police wanted the hound to be muzzled but this was rejected by the judge, The Telegraph reports.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Shiva&#8217;s owner Delia Lewis, a psychic and crystal healer, felt she had no choice but to accept the order because the mutt&#8217;s health was declining all the time she was banged up in kennels.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>READ MORE:\u00a0Former ITN newsman Glen Oglaza, 68, wins legal battle to free his beloved labradoodle Cookie and sheepadoodle Shadow after they were thrown in the pound for TEN MONTHS when their dog walker was mauled to death\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p>&#8216;It was more important to get her home as quickly as possible than to let her languish in kennels a minute longer,&#8217; she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Shiva is innocent of wrongdoing, there is no evidence to prove that she bit anybody, and her control order is on a separate, unrelated incident.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>It comes after former ITV and Sky News Glen Oglaza won a legal battle to free his beloved dogs after they were detained for ten months over the fatal mauling.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He had not seen six-year-old Cookie and one-year-old Shadow since they were thrown in the pooch pound after their walker was killed in a frenzied attack by her own Pitbull dog and some of the seven other dogs in her care.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Oglaza&#8217;s dogs, yellow Labradoodle Cookie and black and white Sheepadoodle Shadow, were in the pack and were immediately seized along with the other dogs.<\/p>\n<p>As well as Shiva, they included two Dachshunds, a Labrador and Ms Johnston&#8217;s own canines &#8211; Stan, a Pitbull Terrier, and Benji, a cream Labradoodle.<\/p>\n<p>The main perpetrator of the attack is thought to have been Ms Johnston&#8217;s enormous Pitbull Terrier, which she had rescued and which was subsequently put down after the horrific attack.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/17\/01\/77911969-12760245-image-a-124_1700185225175.jpg\" height=\"467\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Retired news presenter Glen Oglaza being reunited with his two dogs Cookie and Shadow<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/06\/22\/77478581-0-image-a-4_1699309652729.jpg\" height=\"953\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mr Oglaza had not seen six-year-old Cookie and one-year-old Shadow since they were seized ten months ago by police<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/07\/07\/77478583-12717703-The_dogs_were_in_a_pack_that_was_seized_after_Natasha_Johnston_2-a-1_1699342656511.jpg\" height=\"635\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The dogs\u00a0were in a pack that was seized after Ms Johnston was mauled. Her Pitbull Terrier has since been put down<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/07\/07\/77478649-12717703-Yellow_Labradoodle_Cookie_and_black_and_white_Sheepadoodle_Shado-a-2_1699342656511.jpg\" height=\"846\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Yellow Labradoodle Cookie and black and white Sheepadoodle Shadow have been returned to Mr Oglaza<\/p>\n<p>Ms Johnston died from a perforation of her jugular vein and multiple other bites to her neck after the mauling on January 12, an inquest previously heard.<\/p>\n<p>Lawyers and canine experts for Mr Oglaza, 68, told a hearing at Staines Magistrates Court yesterday that his docile dogs had nothing to do with Ms Johnston&#8217;s tragic death.<\/p>\n<p>But the complainant in the case, Surrey Police, argued Cookie and Shadow should live the rest of their lives under control orders which would see them microchipped, kept on the lead in public and never allowed to be walked in a group of more than three dogs.<\/p>\n<p>Pamela Rose, representing Mr Oglaza, said a control order from Cookie and Shadow would be &#8216;disproportionate&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>She told the hearing: &#8216;There is no evidence that these two dogs had any culpability. To have two youngish dogs on a lead for life is disproportionate.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>District Judge Julie Cooper refused to grant the force&#8217;s draconian demands and said she had heard no evidence that either of Mr Oglaza&#8217;s dogs were dangerous.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Oglaza was visibly overjoyed in court on hearing that he would be reunited with his dogs and was heard to say &#8216;I think I might cry&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Cooper said: &#8216;I have not heard anything in evidence that these dogs have behaved in a way that is dangerous.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The lady who is deceased, unfortunately and very sadly, did not have control of the dogs in her care.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;At least one of the dogs was aggressive. He had bitten a member of the public.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/07\/07\/77478693-12717703-Police_at_Gravelly_Hill_in_Caterham_Surrey_where_the_mauling_too-a-3_1699342656512.jpg\" height=\"340\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Police at Gravelly Hill in Caterham, Surrey, where the mauling took place<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/07\/07\/77478725-12717703-Mr_Oglaza_was_visibly_overjoyed_in_court_on_hearing_that_he_woul-a-4_1699342656513.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mr Oglaza was visibly overjoyed in court on hearing that he would be reunited with his dogs and was heard to say &#8216;I think I might cry&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/07\/07\/77478731-12717703-Judge_Cooper_suggested_Mr_Oglaza_consider_not_entrusting_his_pet-a-5_1699342656514.jpg\" height=\"846\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Judge Cooper suggested Mr Oglaza consider not entrusting his pets to a dogwalker who is in charge of multiple dogs again<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I have not heard any evidence that [Shadow and Cookie] were dangerous on the day.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s more likely that they were running away from the situation that they found themselves in and were afraid of.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;In these circumstances I don&#8217;t grant the order.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>However, acknowledging the &#8216;horrendous circumstances&#8217; of Ms Johnston&#8217;s death, Judge Cooper suggested Mr Oglaza consider not entrusting his pets to a dogwalker who is in charge of multiple dogs again.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the hearing, Alexander dos Santos, acting for Surrey Police, told the court that two of the eight dogs Ms Johnston had been walking were found to have blood on them after the attack &#8211; a Labrador and Stan the Pitbull, who was previously thought to be an XL Bully.<\/p>\n<p>He said control orders are required for most of the dogs involved, adding that several of the canines &#8216;played a role &#8211; even if it was a minor role&#8217; and insisted because there was a &#8216;pack activity&#8217; no dogs should be excluded.<\/p>\n<p>But canine behaviour consultant Helen Howell disagreed with subjecting Shadow and Cookie to control orders, telling the court she did not deem them aggressive.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if there was any reason Shadow should be kept on a lead at all times, Ms Howell replied: &#8216;No. Shadow is a well-trained dog who has not displayed any sign of aggressive behaviour. The same applies for Cookie.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Ms Howell added that she thought it unlikely that the dogs had behaved as a pack, as they were described as exhibiting different behaviour and did not all &#8216;dive in&#8217; on Ms Johnston.<\/p>\n<p>But Mr dos Santos said she hadn&#8217;t focused on pack mentality in her report and that she was &#8216;not qualified to make the assumption that this was not a pack reaction&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12760245\/surrey-dog-attack-leonberger-lead-life.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Innocent&#8217; Leonberger is confined to a lead<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":183742,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23056],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&amp;apos;Innocent&amp;apos; 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