New Headline: Fire Chief valiantly fights off ferocious puppy

New Headline: Fire Chief valiantly fights off ferocious chucharuba puppy

In the spirit of fairness we post the following factual quotes with a editorial mixed in:

Fire Chief valiantly fights off ferocious puppy in a Mano to Dogo life struggle, Chief to be awarded bronze star for bravery, New book coming out soon telling the story of this amazing attack in the dead of night and how he survived using only his bare hands and a 12" 20lb rock to beat the psychopathic puppy into submission....
Some witnesses say it was possibly a baby Chucharuba.

The following quotes came from a Press Enterprise article on November 8th...

"He said he had to have his thumb reattached and still suffers severe pain. "

"I didn't want to kill a puppy," Johnson said, his left thumb wrapped in gauze and his right hand bandaged.

"It surprised me. The dog tore into me with the ferocity of a badger. I'm very sorry they lost a dog but I was also the victim of an attack."

Johnson said he was hospitalized and suffered a broken bone in his thumb. He said he had to have his thumb reattached and still suffers severe pain.

The dog's owners, the Toole family, said the dog was found several months ago, off the side of the road and was adopted into their family. They said she had never been vicious and they believe Johnson maliciously pummeled the dog in a premeditated attack.

Source: Police probe beating of puppy by fireman in Riverside.
http://www.pe.com/localnews/rivcounty/stories/PE_News_Local_E_puppy08.45cf726.html