EMS and officers responded to McDermott after a report of a dog biting a 2-year-old child.
Deputies said the child’s parents were unsure who owned the animal and that it had taken off since the incident.
The Dog Warden could not locate the dog, and officers advised the family to call them if they saw the animal in the area again.
The toddler was not seriously injured, and his mother said she would take the tot to the hospital once a babysitter arrived to look after the other children in the home.