Calgary: Calgary senior Dave Loeppky supposed he was making the best choice calling crisis administrations to report suspicious movement outside his house.

Rather, he turned into the target. Ambushed by a police puppy, Loeppky experiencing slices chomps that required 10 fastens and substantial wounding to his arms and right side.

Right away, almost two weeks after the occurrence, he has bad dreams about the assault and wakes up in agony each night from his wounds.

Loeppky, 70, was careful about a lady who approached him in the terrace of his northeast Calgary home on Sept. 19, attempting to offer what he supposed was stolen or fake adornments.

He went inside and called 911, however had some major snags demonstrating himself.

"I was running no spot with this driver and I said, 'Put me through to the police.' They said they required more data. I was getting sustained up."

Unable to be joined with Calgary police, he put forth a game changing expression.

"I said to the driver, and I was extremely watchful how I worded it, 'Do I have to take a shotgun out there and keep them until the police arrive?' "

The firearm reference was a red banner.

Then, the more unusual had left in a rush, however inside a hour Loeppky was accepting calls from Calgary police requesting his whereabouts.

While at his congregation getting a trailer, he all of a sudden discovered his truck encompassed by squad autos.

They requested that him get out, however a shocked Loeppky needed affirmations he wouldn't be captured.

At that point it happened.

A few seconds after the fact a huge German shepherd pooch bounced on the truck (attempting) to get in the window," he said.

"At that point the handler snatched the canine and tossed it right into my face."

Loeppky said different officers snatched him and tried to haul him out of the truck.

"I can't clarify the unpleasantness of what experienced my brain. It was similar to, 'This is not incident.' "

Loeppky was left with wounding to the whole right half of his middle, his right arm and left lower arm, various nibble marks, a cut in his leg and tooth harm from having his face pressed to the ground while being kept.

Later, in healing center, Loeppky was let he know might not confront charges, and a senior officer called him to apologize.

In spite of the issue, he is not astringent.

He acknowledges their statement of regret and is appreciative to the officers he says treated him well after the assault.

"I have no malignance towards the police branch (yet) the way the skirmish went down was off. The pooch handler went amok."

"I need the overall population to know this has happened and I need the police branch to survey the way they handle a capture utilizing a puppy handler. That should be amended."

Loeppky and his attorney want to meet police later without much fanfare.

He doesn't need "a million dollars in harms," yet he might like police to make him an offer and spread his doctor's visit expenses and harm to his truck evaluated at $2,800.

Calgary police affirmed there was an occurrence including Loeppky after a gun was specified in a crisis call.

Acting superintendent for field operations Nina Vaughan said a survey of the case was underway.