The Jefferson County Sheriff Office received 160 calls for service from Saturday, Dec. 4 through Friday, Dec. 10. Below are selected reports.

At 8:19 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 5 in Sequim, a caller reported a canine causing problems.

The dog from across the street was an ongoing issue; it had been getting out and attacking the caller’s dog.

Right now, the caller said, it was going through his trash.

The man said he had contacted the animal’s owner but nothing had changed. The day before, the dog, described as a Great Pyrenees sheepdog, had attacked his pet and his dog was injured.

The caller said he didn’t actually see the dog attack.

He added he can’t afford to keep paying the veterinarian bills every other week, and next time he will defend his property if it happens again. He didn’t want that to happen, he said, so that was why he was calling.

Animal control contacted the dog’s owner, and he said he used the dog to protect his orchard.

The man was educated about the county’s regulations on animals at large and potentially dangerous dogs.

The dog’s owner said the dog would be kept on a run from now on.

Animal control said the man would not get another warning because it was the second time the dog had attacked another animal.

The dog owner called back a few hours later asking for the phone number for the Humane Society, and said the dog was too smart to stay chained up and the man didn’t want to risk any other dogs getting hurt.

He then called a few hours later and asked animal control to come by so he could relinquish the dog.

At 4:10 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 5 in Port Hadlock, a caller reported a case of animal abuse that was happening at a nearby property.

The caller said she saw a neighbor yanking the dog by the animal’s collar, and said the dog was yowling.

A deputy visited the property and found the dog on a line in the yard. Previous visits to the property had also not turned up any signs of abuse.

The caller believed the dog was not well, but said she understood the deputy could not do anything since there were no obvious injuries to the animal.

Upon further investigation, it was determined the owner had been trying to correct the dog’s bad behavior when the woman saw the owner grabbing it by the collar.

At 9:54 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 5 in Port Hadlock, a Jefferson Healthcare employee said a patient in the emergency room was being treated after being attacked at an unknown location by multiple people.

The patient knew the names of the assailants, but the caller did not.

The victim was waiting for X-rays and wouldn’t be leaving immediately; the person was requesting in-person contact from law enforcement.