Woman seeks revenge - dog for a dog

Police mulled charges against a woman who strangled her neighbour's Rottweiler, which she said had attacked her Yorkshire terrier.

Police on Friday mulled charges against a woman who strangled her neighbor's Rottweiler, which she said had attacked her Yorkshire terrier, local press reported.

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Robin Bush, was inside her home Wednesday when the Rottweiler, Rox, slipped away from his owner and attacked the Yorkie, Candy, who was outside with Bush's 10-year-old son, the Port St. Lucie News, reported, citing police.

When Bush heard her son scream, she ran out of the house, threw a beer bottle at the dog, kicked it, grabbed it by the collar and strangled it, while banging its head against the wall, the newspaper said Friday.

The owner of the Rottweiler, Rebecca Hartley, screamed for help, while an enraged Bush screamed that she would kill the animal. Several minutes later, the dog was asphixiated.

Bush told police that she was afraid to let go of the animal for fear it would bite her.

A local prosecutor considered whether to bring charges against Bush for cruelty to the late Rottweiler, the newspaper said.

Candy, the Yorkie's owner said, was slightly injured and "traumatized" by the attack.