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Boy Gets 100 Stitches After Dog Attack

Animal Quarantined, May Be Destroyed

POSTED: 9:24 pm EDT March 27, 2008

A Columbus third-grader has missed more than a week of school after a dog attack left him needing more than 100 stitches on his face.

Jakob Kelso (pictured), 9, said he had just finished playing on a trampoline at a friend's house last week when a German shepherd attacked, puncturing his face and knocking out one of his permanent teeth.

"I was sitting down, putting on my shoes. I looked over and the dog ran out of the door and attacked me," he told 6News' Ben Morriston on Thursday.

The dog's owner called 911, and Jakob was taken to a hospital.

"It took over 100 stitches on the outside of his face and down the side of his nose and 25 to 30 stitches on the inside of his mouth and on the inside of his face," said his mother, Annie Kelso.

Annie Kelso said her son's story differed from that of the dog's owner.

"She said Jakob walked in the house and startled the dog," Annie Kelso said.

The dog has been quarantined in the owner's home.

"The law allows an owner to quarantine their dog in their home if they have the facilities to do so," said Kevin Konetzka, of Columbus' animal control department. "We have no reason to believe they can't do that or follow those requirements."

The animal control department said the owner plans to destroy the dog.

Attempts by 6News to reach the dog's owner for comment were unsuccessful.

Jakob said he hopes to return to school next week.

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