SHELBY, Ohio – A six-year-old girl is recovering from wounds she suffered to her lip and cheek after a neighbor’s pit bull lunged at her for some reason while she was on a teeter-totter.
“It left kind of a big hole in her cheek,” Trinity Civay’s mother Kelly told Fox 8 News. She also says her daughter suffered wounds at the back of her jaw and bruising on the left side of her face because of the bite.
The dog that lunged at her was a four-year-old family pet named Tank. The dog’s owners, Larry and Tenille Hamm, say they had him from the time he was only weeks old. With children of their own, they say Tank was never aggressive and rarely even barked if someone came to the door.
Tenille told Fox 8 News she cannot explain why the dog lunged for Trinity, but says it was not what some have described as a “vicious attack” or a “mauling.”
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