A woman recovering from a vicious dog attack is pressing officials as to why the dogs are still in her neighborhood.Colerain police gave an update Monday, saying they advised the Hamilton County dog warden and Animal Services to take the dogs away, but they didn’t.The dogs are at their owner’s house under a 10-day quarantine.According to Ohio law, after the quarantine ends, the owners do not have to give up their dogs.The incident unfolded around 4 p.m. Friday on Apple Valley Court in Colerain Township.Emily Rentschler said she saw a rottweiler and pit bull escape from one of her neighbor’s yards.She said she tried to corral the dogs to get them back to their owner, but instead, the dogs mauled her.She said her 10-year-old triplets were inside the car next to her, watching the situation unfold.Another neighbor saw what happened and stepped in to help.Rentschler said she spent two nights in the hospital with deep cuts, gashes and bruises.Now, she’s asking why the dogs are still in the neighborhood.”Because this needs to be figured out and that’s like a big thing. If there’s some type of law that needs to be changed and we need to do something, then we need to go ahead and do it because I almost died. I can’t believe I didn’t die. I can’t believe it,” Rentschler said.WLWT has reached out to the Hamilton County Animal Shelter to ask why the dogs have not been taken but has not heard back.The dogs have no previous record of attacking anyone.
A woman recovering from a vicious dog attack is pressing officials as to why the dogs are still in her neighborhood.
Colerain police gave an update Monday, saying they advised the Hamilton County dog warden and Animal Services to take the dogs away, but they didn’t.
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The dogs are at their owner’s house under a 10-day quarantine.
According to Ohio law, after the quarantine ends, the owners do not have to give up their dogs.
The incident unfolded around 4 p.m. Friday on Apple Valley Court in Colerain Township.
Emily Rentschler said she saw a rottweiler and pit bull escape from one of her neighbor’s yards.
She said she tried to corral the dogs to get them back to their owner, but instead, the dogs mauled her.
She said her 10-year-old triplets were inside the car next to her, watching the situation unfold.
Another neighbor saw what happened and stepped in to help.
Rentschler said she spent two nights in the hospital with deep cuts, gashes and bruises.
Now, she’s asking why the dogs are still in the neighborhood.
“Because this needs to be figured out and that’s like a big thing. If there’s some type of law that needs to be changed and we need to do something, then we need to go ahead and do it because I almost died. I can’t believe I didn’t die. I can’t believe it,” Rentschler said.
WLWT has reached out to the Hamilton County Animal Shelter to ask why the dogs have not been taken but has not heard back.
The dogs have no previous record of attacking anyone.
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