Hart did not seek medical attention for the bite, but had to wait for 10 days for the dogs to be cleared by a local veterinarian because they did not have current vaccinations.

Another woman, Siodona Moerker, said she was also attacked by these dogs recently. The male dog leaped at her, baring his teeth, as she swung a broom to fight the dog off. The second dog, a female, was also there, she said.

Moerker ran into a neighbor’s house and the dogs left, but they came back again and Moerker and the neighbor again had to use brooms to protect themselves, she said.

“It’s horrible,” she said. “Have you ever been attacked by a dog, let alone two of them?”

Moerker said the dogs run loose continually “like coyotes.”

“It’s not safe in the neighborhood,” she said.

The dogs were involved in another incident on Sept. 10, Farrell said, when they barked, growled and charged at another local resident. The victim chased the dogs away with a broom before an injury could occur.

Otte was not present at the meeting, and no one spoke on his behalf.