a frenzied attack in Pembroke.

It is the second attack by the rottweiler on a smaller dog being walked by Mr.

Bob Nielsen in the same location.

A distressed Mr. Nielsen is furious that the dog should have been allowed to repeat an attack on a dog in his care.

And he cannot believe the rottweiler was not destroyed after the first incident.

In January, Mr. Nielsen, 42, of Cavendish Apartments, was walking his dog Hooligan when the rottweiler struck. Mr. Nielsen was injured as he fought to save his pet.

Yesterday, he was at his Pembroke home for lunch and decided to take Hooligan and a neighbour's dog, Blue, along First Avenue to the Arboretum. He said: "It was about 50 feet from where my dog was attacked. It just came out of nowhere again. There was no warning.

"I grabbed hold of Blue, the rottweiler bit him three times, and he was dead.

It took about 10 seconds.

"During the last attack Blue had run away, but this time the dog just went for him.'' Mr. Nielsen said he met the rottweiler's breeder minutes after the attack, who said it had escaped from its cage.

Mr. Nielsen said: "He said that he regularly checked the dog and that there had been problems. He then offered to pay to replace Blue.'' He then had the heartbreaking news of informing his neighbour of the death. He said: "Blue had been a kind of neighbourhood dog before he was taken in by my neighbour.

"They will be upset. He was the kind of dog that was great with local children and they loved him. He was part of the family, like a little human being. You could almost call this murder.'' Mr. Nielsen said he is angry no action was taken after the earlier attack.

He said: "I cannot understand why anyone would want to keep a dog like this.

It is too vicious to be a family pet.

"As far as I am concerned it should have been destroyed after the last attack. The Police have said the dog will be seized but have not said whether it will be put down or not.

"I am certainly going to take legal action like this. People should be able to take their dogs for a walk without being subjected to this kind of attack.

But I had a feeling this would happen again.'' Residents of First Avenue agreed with Mr. Nielsen stating that they feared for the safety of their children if the rottweiler was ever loose again.

REPEAT TRAGEDY -- Blue, right, was killed yesterday by the same rottweiler which attacked Hooligan, left, in January.