We're looking to see if this person (Dale) had knowledge of the animal's prior behavior.

He was at his brother's house and was just playing with the dog, wrestling around with him. The dog went after him and bit him in the face. He's at the hospital now getting stitched up.

These dogs, we felt, could kill someone.

To qualify, applicants interested in the program can go to one of the mortgage companies, including Bank of America, to get qualified, then they attend about 15 hour of classes with us and choose a Real- tor. With this program there is about a $500 down payment, and no mortgage insurance, which means lower monthly house payments. It's a great program and it works.

I think that we would prevail in not allowing the dog to return. When we're dealing with something as horrific as this and the damage is so severe, we don't want that dog going back to any area.

A lot of people think they have to live in rentals because they either don't make enough money to own a home or they have a couple of glitches on their credit. But that's just not the case. We have partnered with Bank of America, Bernalillo County, HUD and four other lenders that make it easy to get into your own home.

The applicants are qualified to buy by the mortgage company and they can live anywhere they want, so long as it's in their price range. Once someone is qualified, they can buy a home anywhere in the city or anywhere in the state for that matter.

Anyone who's been to the Three Rivers Casino knows that we are cramped.

It's a severe bite. Certainly, it's up there with the worst we've seen. There's no question about it.