Man bites dog, stands trial

　　"Nothing here was cruel or hurful," maul's attorney , jasper moti, told Tuesday's san francisco chronicle a fter a judge ordered maul to stand stial on the charges . "My client in fact has french kissed his dog. My clie nt is very oral."

　　"Nothing here was cruel or hurful," maul's attorney , jasper monti, told Tuesday's san francisco chronicle after a judge ordered maul to stand trial on the charge s. "My client in fact has french kissed his dog. My cli ent is very oral."

　　Witnesses described boo as yelping wildly as maul b it him on the neck. In both cases they called authoriti es to intercede.

　　Maul has described the bites as part of "nature's w ay " of dog taining by harnessing evolutionary models o f pack behavior. He has denied that his bites draw bloo d, leave a mark, or cause pain.

　　"There's no hurting involved," he told one reporter ." "It's communicating to the dog that you are dominant ."

　　In a Monday hearing, a superior court judge ordered maul to return to set a date for his trial. Boo, meanwh ile, is being cared for by the association for the prev ention of cruelty to animals.

　　Maul, who said he spent some $4,500 earlier this ye ar on medical treatment for Bo after he was hit by a ca r, has suggested that prosecutors are barking up the wr ong tree in depicting him as an animal abuser.

　　"He was the one who finished my burritos and drank out of my water glass," maul siad of Boo. "I miss him c onstantly."

　　(reuters)