A dog caretaker said she believed she was going to pass away when a Bully Pit Bull she was viewing unexpectedly assaulted her and declined to let go. She thanks her child for concerning her rescue.
“Blessed. Really blessed to be alive.” That’s what Samantha Hesler informed Channel 2′s Tom Jones simply days after she returned home from the health center where she went through several surgical treatments.
Hesler feels blessed to be alive after a vicious attack by the dog inside her garage in May.
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She was dog-sitting the dog and had actually taken him for strolls at 8 in the early morning and 8 at night for a minimum of 3 days. She informed Channel 2 Action News the dog was constantly great.
Then, on the day of the attack, Hesler said she put a leash on him while he was inside his cage and will take him for a walk.
That’s when the life she understood unexpectedly altered.
“He just grabbed. Jumped and grabbed my arm,” she explained “And just started shaking.”
Helser said the dog wouldn’t release. His power was beginning to overwhelm her. The mom of 3 braced herself versus the garage door.
“I knew like it was over for me if I fell,” she said.
Still, the dog continued the attack.
“And I just started screaming for my daughter to go get my gun,” she remembered.
Instead, her 16-year-old child went to the cooking area and returned with a butcher’s knife.
“And I just kept stabbing it,” Kanya explained. “And I just realized this is not doing nothing.”
That’s when she stabbed the dog in the eye. It briefly release Hesler’s arm, then Kanya started dragging her mom inside the home. The dog still bit Hesler’s leg and feet prior to they entered.
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Hesler invested a month in the health center. While there, she burnt out of her long stay and taped a video.
“I’m ready to go home,” she said as she checked out the electronic camera.
Doctors wished to amputate her arm.
“It was amputated or the journey I’m doing now,” she said.
Her mutilated arm is stitched to her side in hopes it will regrow adequate capillary and blow circulation so that she can ideally gain back some usage of it.
Hesler said cops shot the dog 3 times and animal control tased it. Even still, it was still aggressive to the point animal control needed to gas it to get it out of their truck.
Hesler informed Channel 2 Action News she later on discovered the owner of the dog was training his animals to be aggressive. She desires individuals to understand the history of any dog you allow your home. Especially bully pit bulls.
“Because if it grabs one of their kids and it’s only a matter of time it’s not gonna be a good outcome,” she said.
Hesler can’t thank her child enough for how she reacted that day. She said if she had actually done anything in a different way she may not be here.
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