Police have pepper sprayed a dog that returned to the scene of its alleged attack of a dog being walked in Napier.
Napier City Council's animal control unit has since impounded the dog and will hold it until an investigation is carried out.
Officers were called to the incident in the suburb of Maraenui near the corner of Darwin Cres and Lodge Rd about 10am on Thursday.
Eastern District Police Senior Sergeant Su Robinson said a white dog had allegedly attacked another dog being walked on a lead.