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.
That’s pretty much the way I do it. Socialization is all about them becoming socialized canines...not people. A well socialized dog is eager to please. Most of the rest takes care of itself. Somewhere I’ve got pictures of two adult cats curled up on the pitbull. Shared warmth on a winter day.
It’s like liberals, only substitute “PBT” for “black guy” or “Moslem guy”, even better - I’m taking care of________. It really is the exact same pity-party (no pun) martyrdom apologetics.
They’re so misunderstood.....
Read what you wrote again and then realize it’s okay for police to have vicious dogs that hit all of your check boxes.
Bit harsh aren’t you! I did read that she was going to watch them while they were out of town. But the next paragraph says she showed up and entered and the dogs were loose. It didn’t say they folks were already gone, or it was her first day on the job, or that she didn’t close the kennels properly from a previous days work. Basically it left a lot for this reader to guess at, like most news articles these days.
That’s where I got confused. So excuse the F#@& out me for causing you such irritation.
OMG!!! The owners MUST be punished for this!!<P.What kind of DOCTOR has CRAZY DOGS???
Generally the process is to do the Meet & Greet, get keys at that time. Next time you see the pet is on the first day of the visits.
But... and this is something a professional pet sitter might question, the dogs were likely barking like crazy before she opened the door. Knowing the dogs could be “crazy,” she should have known to not attempt entry. She should have called the owners for assistance. The dogs were to be kenneled, they were loose. At that point she doesn’t know if the house was broken into, if the owner’s were still home (happens), if neighbor had done an early visit and left the dogs loose because they refused to be kenneled by a stranger.
Whenever anything is off on the first visit or pre-entry of any pet sit, entry is delayed until confirmation from the owner’s of what the situation is.
In this case was the dogs were to be kenneled, there was a big red flag waving before she unlocked the door. Even with these particular dogs kenneled it would have been a dangerous situation. Some dogs like this will refuse to go back in their kennels or even come back in the house with a strange handler. Sadly many professional pet sitting companies often refuse these types of situations.
These owners are liable as the dogs were known to be problematic.
We call the pandemic puppies or pandemic dogs.
People got puppies during the shut-down, but because of the shut-down the dogs never received a key component of training.
And it is not just the one breed we have seen with issues. It is nearly every dog in the 2 year old or younger age group.
Exactly. And these pandemic dogs do not get nearly enough exercise. Houses in our neighborhood have 1/4 acre or less yards, so dogs of the fair weather walkers, whom I see only on nice days, are not getting adequate exercise. Rain, snow, cold, just a few of us are out w/ the dogs.
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