UPDATE: 4:40 P.M. Friday
Huron Perth Public Health officials say the dog involved in the incident has been located.
They are thanking the public for contacting them with follow-up currently taking place.
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The search is on for a dog that officials say scratched a child in Mitchell.
According to Huron Perth Public Health, it happened at the dog park on Wellington Street around 5:30 Tuesday afternoon.
The animal is described as a purebred Bernese Mountain dog, black, white, and brown in colour, and not yet fully grown.
It was being walked by a female who said that she was taking care of the dog for a sibling.
HPPH is investigating to make sure the dog is up-to-date on its rabies vaccination.
Anyone with information is asked to call HPPH.
