NURSE Shawna with Corgi pup Yoda in happier times. Courtesy photos.
Toronto Police are searching for the owners of a vicious dog that attacked a Corgi pup and its owner, biting her in the face so hard that it loosened a tooth.
Shawna Smith, 25, an Emergency Room nurse at the Hospital for Sick Children, was treated for dental and facial injuries in hospital and released.
Her year-old Corgi, named Yoda, also suffered bites to its body and is recuperating.
POLICE ARE searching for a couple with a vicious dog that bit Shawna in the face.
“Yoda had to be taken for emergency care,” Smith says. “He suffered lacerations to his back leg and other parts of his body.”
The four-year nurse required dental work after being bitten by the pit-bull like animal. The bite loosened one of her front tooth and may require an implant.
“I suffered a bite to my face and it was quite painful,” she recalls. “The dog had his mouth over my nose and face. The bite loosened one of my teeth.”
Smith, who grew up in New Toronto, claims the five-minute ordeal “seemed like it lasted forever.” It left her horrified and may have been worst if her boyfriend, Nick, wasn’t there.
“He kept screaming and kicking the dog but it wouldn’t stop,” Smith says. “I am traumatized by this and it has left me scared.”
VICIOUS DOG with its owner as they flee the area after a horrific attack.
The incident occurred after midnight on February 8 after the couple took Yoda for a walk after Smith completed a night shift at the world-famous hospital.
They pair were on the lakefront pathway near Lake Shore Blvd. W., and Windermere Rd. area.
She said the couple, who fled, were walking two ‘athletic’ dogs when one that was not leashed saw Yoda and charged the smaller animal.
“This dog kept biting Yoda that we had to pick him up,” she recalls. “The dog kept jumping up and nipping at my face. My thick winter jacket is all ripped.”
They tried to obtain contact information from couple with the attack dog but the man blurted ‘I am sorry” and the pair took off. Nick managed to obtain a short and video.
SHAWNA’s Corgi Yoda suffers from lacerations and other injuries.
“That dog could have easily killed someone,” Smith warns. “It was an unprovoked attack from a very aggressive dog that should not exposed to people.”
A complaint was filed to Toronto Police who took a report and are searching for the dog owners.
New Toronto resident Christina Murie, who two months ago had two bunnies, Ruby and Leo, killed by another pitbull like dog, said the owner received a ‘slap on the wrist’ from authorities. An office cleaner was also bitten three times in the incident.
She said charges have to be laid.