A pint-sized chihuahua known as Bertie is wreaking havoc in Otaki, rampaging around town, terrorising large dogs and children and causing state highway motorists grief.
Dog rangers say the tiny dog is a recidivist offender and has had them on the run for more than four years with his hell-raising antics.
Repeatedly jailed at the local pound, Bertie is a menace known to confront dogs up to 10 times his size, repeatedly lunging at and threatening to bite young children and using State Highway 1 as his playground.
The terror of Otaki is currently in custody but is an accomplished escape artist known to have fled his own home and the pound on several occasions.
Kapiti Coast District councillor Alan Tristram said he had met Bertie during a brief visit to the pound to collect his dog.
"I was very taken by him – there was something engaging about the way he looked at me," Mr Tristram said.
The council would not comment on the case or Bertie's fate.
[from stuff.co.nz]