A string of dog bites this fall. The child had to undergo rabies shots.
On Tuesday a little after 4 p.m., the P.G. Middle School sixth grader was riding his bike through the Rip Van Winkle Open Space on his way to cross-country practice at Monterey Bay Charter School when a white dog roughly 20 to 25 pounds charged him.
“The dog started chasing him and my son thought he was going to run it over with his bike,” his father told The Pine Cone Thursday. “He got off his bike so he wouldn’t hit it, and it latched onto his left leg. He said he had to shake the dog off.”
An unidentified woman who was with the animal called it before asking the 11-year-old, “Did our dog bite you?” the father explained. But when his son confirmed it had, the woman, who was with another female, did not offer help and took off.