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(((Lynn))) I’m SO SORRY! How lucky it is that you were there. Irresponsible pet owners make me SO angry!
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When my daughter was six my husband took all four kids to his parents house to visit. It was hunting season, and fortunately for her, there was a great deal of snow on the ground.
The twins were three and it usually took a few of trips to get them and all baby paraphernalia into the car. Alone, the system was baby stuff, dog, then kids. My daughter came out on the first trip and was playing outside in the snow while her father loaded the van up. In the less than five minutes, a neighbor’s dog came into the yard and savagely attacked her.
The first “bite” ripped her lip up to her nose, and left scarring scrapes on her right cheek. The next nearly ripped her ear off (this injury still causes her pain to this day). At this point she buried her face in the snow (which kept swelling down and actually prevent more severe scarring), and the dog attacked the top of her head so viciously that it actually gouged her skull. The first surgery required over 100 exterior stitches in her face and head that had to be removed.
There was actually a tug of war between my husband and this dog, my daughter the rag doll in the middle. When the dog was captured it was quarantined by a vet that did not believe in euthanizing animals (except in cases where it is medically necessary). This vet actually had to contact state authorities to kill the animal because it was so vicious that his staff was unable to safely care for the animal.
My cousin was the animal control officer for that county. He’d received 7 complaints that MONTH about the dog attacking people. When local police responded to the various complaints, the owner of the dog hid him. When we were going through the criminal proceedings this woman showed absolutely no remorse what-so-ever.
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I've been married for 24 years and have four wonderful children.
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