Renu Bakshi (Reporter): All dogs have the potential to bite.

Michelle Rodgers(Delta SPCA Manager):Absolutely. This has been proven. If something occurs which is threatening to him, whether a male walk by or if somebody is holding something that is threatening to him, that's when he responds negatively.

Renu Bakshi: If you show up in front of a dog with a rolled up newspaper knowing this dog has a history of abuse how do you think he would react? How would you react?

Michelle Rodgers: Well by no means is the assessment performed in that means.

Staff at the Delta SPCA have told us that the second and final assessment on Cheech was done by Head Office assessor Barry McKnight, a male who Cheech does not know, who cornered Cheech in his kennel holding an object, some say a broom and this would be most likely as poking a dog with a broom handle is a known test. Ms Rogers clearly stated that the SPCA knew what things would trigger a fear reaction from Cheech, yet they chose to test Cheech using those very things: strange men and foreign objects.