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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; The mother of a young boy who was viciously attacked by a dog in Hollenback Park is filing a lawsuit against the dog&#8217;s owner, according to the mother&#8217;s attorney.</p><p>Hayden Davis, 2, was mauled by the dog as he reached through the fence at Wilkes-Barre&#8217;s Hollenback Dog Park in May.</p><p>His mother, Hayden Davis, is represented by Michael Pisanchyn of the Pisanchyn Law Firm. Pisanchyn sent a copy of the suit to the Times Leader Thursday afternoon.</p><p>According to the suit, the dog, which is believed to be a hybrid of a Siberian Husky and a wolf, is allegedly owned by David Cannon, 54, of Plains Township, the suit&#8217;s defendant.</p><p>When the dog grabbed onto Hayden, Pisanchyn writes, he suffered several puncture wounds to his right arm in addition to a break to his arm.</p><p>Pisanchyn&#8217;s suit is accusing Cannon of a string of negligence that led to Hayden&#8217;s wounds.</p><p>Cannon had a duty to keep the dog restrained while at the dog park and to properly train the dog, something Pisanchyn said Cannon simply did not do.</p><p>Pisanchyn wrote that Cannon came into previous legal issues regarding the dog, pleading guilty to a count of &#8220;animal running at large&#8221; in 2015.</p><p>But that isn&#8217;t the last of legal issues regarding the dog, according to the suit. Pisanchyn claims the dog was not properly registered at all, adding that the dog&#8217;s nature as a hybrid required the owner to get an additional permit to keep an exotic animal, something Pisanchyn claims Cannon also did not do.</p><p>Cannon also allegedly violated Pennsylvania&#8217;s Dog Law, which requires that a &#8220;dangerous dog&#8221; be properly enclosed either in a pen or by a muzzle in public.</p><p>Here, &#8220;dangerous dog&#8221; is a legal term, which Pisanchyn says can be proved through a minimum of one instance of an attack.</p><p>However, Pisanchyn also says Cannon allowed the dog to attack other humans and animals in the past, with Cannon&#8217;s dogs mauling a chihuahua in 2012 in the same dog park. Cannon was found not guilty of a summary charge related to this incident in 2013.</p><p>Since the dog was not muzzled and was thus able to attack Hayden, Pisanchyn argues Cannon is liable for the dog&#8217;s attack.</p><p>The Times Leader previously reported after Hayden&#8217;s injury in May that Cannon, then unidentified, packed the dog in question and two other dogs into his car and left the park without attempting to help.</p><p>Court records show Cannon pleaded guilty last week to a summary count of unlawfully permitting an animal to injure a human being. He was fined $197.39.</p><p>The Davis&#8217; suit, though, is seeking an unspecified amount in damages to cover the medical expenses and psychological effects of the attack.</p><p>Efforts to reach a representative for Cannon were not immediately successful.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Katelyn Davis comforts her 2 year-old son Hayden after the boy suffered a serious dog bite to his arm while playing in a playground near the Hollenback Dog Park in Wilkes-Barre earlier this year. The family has filed suit in connection with Hayden&#8217;s bites. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/web1_TTL051018DogBite1.cmyk_-2.jpg</photo0><caption0>Katelyn Davis comforts her 2 year-old son Hayden after the boy suffered a serious dog bite to his arm while playing in a playground near the Hollenback Dog Park in Wilkes-Barre earlier this year. The family has filed suit in connection with Hayden&#8217;s bites. </caption0><photoCredit0>Times Leader File </photoCredit0></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Patrick Kernan</p><p>pkernan@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div>

Lawsuit filed after dog’s attack on toddler at Hollenback