Union City has scheduled a public hearing for Sept. 30 on a proposal to install lights at Drigon Dog Park, according to the dog park group, which is pushing for lights. This will be a chance for dog park supporters to show their strength and park neighbors, if they care, to say they don’t want to here dogs barking up to 10 p.m. every night. It could be interesting, but it probably won’t be.

Friends of Drigon Dog Park has so far raised $17,500 of the $20k needed to install the lights.

There’s a lot more going on at Drigon Dog Park than pit bull attacks. As we’ve written about before, a citizens’ group have been raising money to install lights at the park. Union City said they needed to raise 20k, and the dog park group is getting close.

They’ve raised about $16,000 ove the past couple of years, and they’re hoping to reach their goal as early as next month.

The original designer of the park has agreed to design the lights for free, so if the group can reach an agreement with the city and park neighbors, Drigon might become an after-dark park before too long.

Another perspective:A woman who says she was at Drigon before and during the attack said that the Pit bull was playing well with the other dogs in the park before the incident. She thought it was a nice dog.

Draco, a 10-pound Miniature Pinscher was attacked and nearly killed by a Pit Bull Sunday afternoon at Drigon Dog Park in Union City. 

The dog had been in the park for only a few minutes when three larger dogs, including the Pit Bull approached, said Draco’s owner Zendy Aguirre. When Draco ran away from the dogs, the Pit Bull attacked, shattering one of Draco’s ribs.

“I went to pick up (Draco) and the Pitt Bull bit me and ripped off my thumb nail, Aquirre said. The Pit Bull then sunk its teeth back into Draco until Aguirre’s boyfriend gave it a good kick.

The Pit Bull’s owner later took his dog and ran away. Aguirre doesn’t have a picture of the offending dog or the identity of its owner.

What she does have is a veterinary bill for nearly $7,000. Draco has been hospitalized for the past three nights. He has three broken ribs and doctors had to remove a fourth rib that was too badly damaged to heal. He also has numerous puncture wounds.

The Pitt Bull is described as a dark gray American Pit Bull Terrier with cropped ears and white fur on his chest. It wears a regular collar and a choke collar.