Posted on 02/01/2022 2:08:19 PM PST by Drew68
(WOAI/KABB) — A lawsuit was filed on Wednesday after a 22-year-old college student after being horribly attacked by several dogs last month.
According to Brooker Law of Dallas, Jaqueline Durand was mauled by two dogs and left "permanently and catastrophically disfigured."
The lawsuit says that Durand, a University of Texas at Dallas student, was hired by Dr. Justin Bishop and his wife Ashley to care for the couple's dogs while they were out of town.
On Dec. 23, Durand went to the couple's home. She had just opened the front door to walk Lucy, a German shepherd mix breed, and Bender, a mixed-breed pit bull, according to the lawsuit. The animals were not in kennels and she was immediately violently attacked.
“The dogs knocked Jacqueline off balance, causing her to fall and drop her cell phone. Then, the dogs violently attacked her head and face — mauling her catastrophically. The dogs were so violent and bloodthirsty that they pulled all of Jacqueline’s clothes off, including her blue jeans,” according to NBC News who were citing the lawsuit.
The dogs tore off and ate her ears and most of her face below her eyes, according the lawsuit. They also left hundreds of puncture wounds all over the woman's body.
It was just one day before her 22nd birthday.
According to NBC News, Durand had previously met the dogs when she discussed the job with Ashley Bishop.
The Bishops were aware their pets had violent tendencies, the lawsuit said, and the dogs were out of the kennels they were usually kept in. The lawsuit cited a sign by the Bishops’ home entrance that read: “Crazy Dogs. Please Don’t Knock or Ring the Bell. Call or Text Instead.” The sign also urged visitors to leave packages by the door, according to the lawsuit.
Durand remains hospitalized, having undergone multiple reconstructive surgeries with many more to go. She recently took to social media to thank everyone for the support she's received since the attack.
"I am so blessed to be surrounded by so much love and support as I go through this hard time in my life. Thank you everyone who is supporting and loving me every step of the way since the beginning!❤️ I am making good progress every single day that I’m here. Prayers are being answered! Thank you."
The dogs were captured and placed in the care of the City of Coppell before a municipal judge decided this month that both animals should be euthanized, according to NBC Dallas-Fort Worth.
Our local animal shelter is a no kill shelter. All the regular dogs usually find homes except the pit bulls or mixed pit bulls.
I really feel sorry for them, In the ad it will say Charlie a 6 year resident or Abigail a 8th year resident.
They should put them down and get them out of their misery. They stay mostly in their little kennel cage all their life.
That is inhumane.
“The lawsuit cited a sign by the Bishops’ home entrance that read: “Crazy Dogs. Please Don’t Knock or Ring the Bell. Call or Text Instead.”
That sign is probably going to contribute significantly to a very large insurance settlement to the young lady.
I’ve got a couple of Pomeranians which I don’t think they could ever do this. One would lick you to death and the other wold drive you crazy with her non-stop barking..
There is only one breed: the dog breed.
I did years of property management and heard every plea for the “best behaved dog”. I made them jump through every hoop, but I wasn’t allowed to refuse someone with the “emotional support card”. In retrospect, the lawsuit for denying them might have been a better choice than a lawsuit by one of the other tenants with her face half eaten (because of course the Landlord is at fault for the Tenant’s dogs) In Seattle/King County.
Spoken like a pit bull owner.
Just curious as to why my post #1 was removed?
Solicitation
Hell, all you had to do was read a couple of paragraphs to find out where they were.
THEY WERE OUT OF TOWN! Does it really matter where out of town they were?.........Sheesh!
Ok, no gofundme links? Didn’t know that but I do now.
Absolutely. Poor kid. How horrible.
Somehow I knew a pit bull was involved
as a parent, this will give me nightmares.
mixed-breed pit bull“””
Not hard to spot the problem here. Yeah I know, they’re the Breed of Peace.
So any word on why they stopped?
Did someone see this and rescue her?
Or did they just quit attacking?
Because, honestly, otherwise I would have expected them to kill her.
Any links soliciting funds.
Maybe the dogs thought they did kill her and that's why they stopped?
“But this is a very weird reaction by the dogs.”
Not at all. Pack attack.
Unless he has insurance and an umbrella (which if he’s a doctor, he should). He likely won’t pay a dime.
Pit Bulls should be eliminated from Earth.
If you look at Craigslist most of the dogs are pit-bull or pit-bull mix. Not sure if that is indicative of the dog population in general.Since the shutdown so many people in my suburban DC (former commuters) area have gotten dogs -- a very many are the breeds as you described. And, from what I see of them, in that these happy new owners are incredibly incapable of handling them (including my next door neighbor whose pit-mix charged my dogs and me a few weeks ago -- thankfully for it, it responded to my commands to stop while the family ran in circles yelling at it), many of these dogs will be up for re-adoption soon.
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