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UWS man: Dog attacked my show pooch, then owner attacked me

The owner of a prize-winning pooch is suing the master of a Dalmatian, saying the man decked him after he pulled the big dog off his German shorthaired pointer in Central Park last spring.

Jeffrey Drogin, 59, was strolling with Homer, 10, on a park walkway when 75-year-old Ralph Wachtel’s 55-pound Dalmatian, Toby, jumped on his pet, the Manhattan Supreme Court lawsuit claims.

“His dog had attacked my dog multiple times, and he never did anything about it,” Drogin, an engineer who lives on West 67th Street, told The Post.

“This time, I was bringing his dog back by the collar, and his dog was out of control. I was holding his dog, and he hit me pretty bad.”

In the suit, Drogin claims that, “without provocation or warning, [Wachtel] punched [him] in the face when [he] sought to return Wachtel’s dog to him.”

Wachtel, who lives on Central Park West, allegedly left Drogin with a fractured right molar.

Drogin said Homer escaped the attack unscathed.

He said he called 911 and Watchel was arrested.

The police report is sealed, but a source familiar with both dogs said, “Homer has had dust-ups before,” adding the pointer’s doggie coat was ripped up after one bad canine scuffle.

“Homer the dog is always running around jumping over fences. He’s very fast and very energetic,” the source said.

Drogin boasted that Homer — whose show name is Yankee Doodle Dandy — holds 17 ribbons from local competitions and competed at the Westminster Dog Show in 2004.

“He’s a real champion,” Drogin beamed. “He’s not your run-of-the-mill dog.”

Homer is medium-size with white- and black-speckled fur and a black mug.

German shorthaired pointers are most happy living with an active family or out on the hunt for quail, raccoons or deer, says the American Kennel Club.

Dalmatians are best known as spotted firehouse protectors but also have their own rambunctious streaks.

After the popular Disney flick “101 Dalmatians,” many parents bought the breed for their children, only to turn them over to shelters after the dogs exhibited belligerent behavior.

Drogin is suing for an unspecified sum.

Wachtel did not return calls for comment.

Additional reporting by Lia Eustachewich