There are a couple of cases in court this month involving issues with alleged non-immunized dogs. In one case, deputies investigated a Pit Bull named Zeb last summer then again this year after Zeb allegedly bit a man. The dog had not been vaccinated against rabies.

Colleen Y. Padgett, 66, of rural Linton, appeared in Greene Superior Court last week and was charged with harboring a non-immunized dog, a Class B misdemeanor.

The case was investigated by Deputy Terry Wade of the Greene County Sheriff’s Department.

Wade said GCSD Deputy David Elmore responded to a residence on County Road 100 West, in the Linton area, toward the end of May when the resident reported a problem with a Pit Bull dog in the area. The resident said the dog just wanted to play, but he (the resident) keeps on getting hurt and he didn’t want the dog on his property. Deputy Elmore said he saw the resident had a puncture wound on his right arm above his wrist.

According to Deputy Elmore’s incident report, this was not the first time the resident had trouble with the same dog. The man also reported the dog bit him on his left arm a few days earlier.

When Deputy Elmore talked to Padgett, the dog’s owner, she allegedly admitted the dog was not current on his vaccines and had not had his rabies shot.

The dog’s name was Zeb and Deputy Wade was familiar with it because he had received another bite report involving Zeb when Zeb was 14 weeks old. That occurred in August 18, 2018. Wade said Padgett was not the owner of Zeb at the time of the bite last August.

Wade said now that Zeb is over the age of six months, state law requires the dog to be vaccinated for rabies.

This case will be back in court for a conference in September.