ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — A St. Augustine girl desires to make sure a canine is in accountable fingers after she stated her service canine was attacked by one other canine.
Action News Jax obtained Ring Camera video of the attack. In the video, you’ll be able to hear the service canine’s painful cry for assist.
Haley stated this was an unprovoked attack by one other canine within the patio space of the St. Augustine espresso store.
“I thought he was dying,” stated Haley Hubbard. “I thought that the dog was going to rip his lip off.”
Haley works in downtown St. Augustine and she or he is wearing costume for work.
“I was feeling mortified,” stated Haley. “I was feeling frightened, I was panicking, I felt like there was nothing else I could do other than to pry that dog’s mouth open and to let go of my service dog’s lip.”
Haley says final Thursday, she was grabbing espresso along with her service canine, Kingsley when the attack occurred.
“I saw this Pitbull, she was sitting, and she looked so sweet I was about to compliment her and then she was on my right side and then she came around to the left side and attacked my dog’s upper left lip,” stated Haley.
Haley jumped proper in and caught her hand inside the opposite canine’s mouth to try to take its tooth off Kingsley’s mouth.
“I got my finger bit quite a bit,” stated Haley.
And like Haley was there for Kingsley throughout this attack, her finest pal is at all times there for her when she has seizures.
“He does a sharp bark before I have a seizure,” stated Haley.
Haley has had three mind surgical procedures and depends on Kingsley for her well being.
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After an attack like this one, the director of warrior operations for K9′s For Warriors stated this impacts the canine mentally and bodily.
“Her dog helps her detect when she’s about to have a seizure, that’s the task the dog was trained to do,” stated Mike Drafts, K9s For Warrior’s director of operations. “Now the dog can be distracted by looking for other dogs that could attack it and now distract it from doing its job.”
Now Haley desires the opposite canine in accountable fingers.
“I believe that the dog needs new owners,” stated Haley.
Action News Jax Alexus Cleavenger reached out to animal management for extra particulars on the incident however continues to be ready to listen to again.
And a state invoice filed would require dogs to be confiscated throughout harmful canine investigations.
READ: New Florida bill would create ‘dangerous dog registry’ and require liability insurance
If they’re decided to be harmful, homeowners must preserve their dogs securely confined behind a locked fence whereas open air or inside their properties.
“At the end of the day, if you can’t control the animal, can’t control the behavior of the animal and it’s a menace, you have to take some additional action,” stated State Representative Bobby Payne (R-Palatka).
The laws additionally would require the creation of a harmful canine registry, so members of the general public might search and determine the place harmful dogs reside of their neighborhood.
If handed, the invoice would take impact beginning July 1st.
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