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Tue 06 Jun 2007ISPCA warns on keeping large dogsDog owners who try and keep large breeds such as Rottweilers in confined places risk causing a repeat of the incident where a seven-year-old boy was savaged, the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ISPCA) has said.Jordan Denn (7) was bitten on the head, ear, hip and legs by the dogs near his home in Edenderry, Co Offaly, on Saturday evening. He is recovering in Midlands Regional Hospital in Tullamore but will need his wounds dressed on a regular basis for the next couple of weeks because it is not possible to stitch a dog bite.