An Omaha family decided to give up the family’s dog after it bit a six-year-old child on the head.

According to police reports, paramedics were called to a home near 120th and Stonegate Drive Friday around 4 p.m. Medics treated the child, who suffered a bite wound on the back of his head that was several inches in length and width.

The child’s mother stated the dog had never bitten anyone before.

The child’s stepfather told officers the child hugged the dog and for some reason the dog bit the child. The stepfather yelled at the dog and it retreated letting the child go.

The dog is a 15-month-old “Dogo Argentino” (Argentina Mastiff) that the family got just over a year ago. The parents stated they did not want the dog anymore and asked the humane society to come and take the dog away.

Np citations were issued and the child was taken to Childrens Hospital for treatment.