A 9-month-old puppy is recovering from several injuries after she was mauled at a dog park in Ocala.Marion County Animal Control says another dog attacked the puppy and her owners, and now officers are looking for the family responsible.”The only thing I remember was their dog’s mouth was full of Mae’s blood,” said Jack O’Leary, the owner of the puppy named Mae. Mae will return home from the veterinary hospital on Wednesday.”She’ll have about four to six weeks of outpatient wound care, and we’re not sure how she’ll respond mentally to all of this,” O’Leary said. O’Leary and his wife took Mae to Letty Towles Dog Park in Ocala, May 23 when their puppy was attacked that evening.”Mae started to scream, and it took about four adults to get this dog off of her,” O’Leary said.When the couple tried breaking up the fight, O’Leary’s wife was bitten in the hand.” suffered rib fractures, pretty severe puncture wounds, there was internal bleeding,” O’Leary said. Marion County Animal Services said when officers responded to the call, the owners of the dog who attacked Mae had already left the scene.” regarding injuries to a smaller dog and its owner(s) from a brown or tan dog described by the caller as a bully breed or possibly a Cane Corso-type dog at the Letty Towles Dog Park in Ocala,” a spokesperson said in an email to WESH 2. “The owner of this dog — a woman and someone who we imagine to be her granddaughter leashed their dog and fled without offering help,” O’Leary said. “Accountability is really our expectation right now… my big hope is that this does not happen to anyone else’s dog or god forbid a kid.”The dog park has signs posted to lay out ground rules. One of the sign states that owners are financially and legally responsible for their dog’s actions.”We try to be responsible dog owner we don’t want to cause harm like what happened here,” said Djego Magloire. “Like my dog she likes to play with other dogs, even small dogs but I still got to be careful with her.”The couple has organized a fundraiser to cover veterinary expenses. Animal Services is asking anyone who witnessed the attack or knows the owner to call or send tips anonymously to Marion County’s CrimeStoppers at 352-368-STOP (7867).
A 9-month-old puppy is recovering from several injuries after she was mauled at a dog park in Ocala.
Marion County Animal Control says another dog attacked the puppy and her owners, and now officers are looking for the family responsible.
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“The only thing I remember was their dog’s mouth was full of Mae’s blood,” said Jack O’Leary, the owner of the puppy named Mae.
Mae will return home from the veterinary hospital on Wednesday.
“She’ll have about four to six weeks of outpatient wound care, and we’re not sure how she’ll respond mentally to all of this,” O’Leary said.
O’Leary and his wife took Mae to Letty Towles Dog Park in Ocala, May 23 when their puppy was attacked that evening.
“Mae started to scream, and it took about four adults to get this dog off of her,” O’Leary said.
When the couple tried breaking up the fight, O’Leary’s wife was bitten in the hand.
“[Mae] suffered rib fractures, pretty severe puncture wounds, there was internal bleeding,” O’Leary said.
Marion County Animal Services said when officers responded to the call, the owners of the dog who attacked Mae had already left the scene.
“[It’s] regarding injuries to a smaller dog and its owner(s) from a brown or tan dog described by the caller as a bully breed or possibly a Cane Corso-type dog at the Letty Towles Dog Park in Ocala,” a spokesperson said in an email to WESH 2.
“The owner of this dog — a woman and someone who we imagine to be her granddaughter leashed their dog and fled without offering help,” O’Leary said. “Accountability is really our expectation right now… my big hope is that this does not happen to anyone else’s dog or god forbid a kid.”
The dog park has signs posted to lay out ground rules. One of the sign states that owners are financially and legally responsible for their dog’s actions.
“We try to be responsible dog owner we don’t want to cause harm like what happened here,” said Djego Magloire. “Like my dog she likes to play with other dogs, even small dogs but I still got to be careful with her.”
The couple has organized a fundraiser to cover veterinary expenses.
Animal Services is asking anyone who witnessed the attack or knows the owner to call or send tips anonymously to Marion County’s CrimeStoppers at 352-368-STOP (7867).
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