LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) – A woman is speaking out after she says her dog died after an attack at the Jacobson Dog Park Friday.
Now, Debbie Blair and Lexington-Fayette Animal Care and Control are trying to find the owner of the dog who attacked hers.
“Seeing your dog attacked like that, I don’t know if that’s going to go away,” said Blair.
Blair says she took her two dogs to the park Friday evening, as she often does. Shortly after, a man came in with his dog, and they got to talking. Throughout their conversation, she saw something peculiar about his dog.
“I noticed that the dog was really, really focused on my dog, and it started to make me a little bit nervous,” said Blair.
Blair says both her dog, Woody, and his dog were on leashes. As she got up to leave she says she never could’ve imagined what would happen next.
“His dog jumped forward, broke through his harness, grabbed my little dog by the side, and started shaking him,” said Blair.
Blair says she and the dog’s owner were able to free Woody, but only after he was already severely hurt. She says another man in the park helped her wrap Woody in a towel so she could rush him to the emergency clinic.
“So, I never saw his injuries, and I’m glad. The man that was holding him was covered from shirt to socks in blood, so I knew he was mortally wounded, and I just wanted to get him and try to save him,” said Blair.
The vet told Blair putting him down would be in his best interest. Blair says she was also bit a few times on her ankle and heel.
Blair says she doesn’t want the dog owner to be in trouble; rather, she wants to contact him before she undergoes the recommended rabies vaccination series.
“I don’t hold ill will,” said Blair. “I just want the records so I don’t have to go through more trauma.”
Blair says she’s received an outpouring of love from perfect strangers.
She has a message for the man who helped her that day.
“I know his dog’s name is Murphy, and I want him to know how much I appreciate the help that I got from him, and I hope I have a chance to meet him again,” said Blair.
She reminds dog owners to always keep watch on their dogs because this could happen to anyone at any time.
Lexington-Fayette Animal Care and Control described the dog owner as a young man with a muscular build and dark complexion. He was driving a red pickup truck.
The dog is said to be a black Cane Corso/Shepherd mix with a harness labeled “DO NOT PET” on one side and “SERVICE DOG” on the other. If you have any information call Lexington-Fayette Animal Care and Control at 859-255-9033 ext. 258.
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