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POLK COUNTY, Texas – A 35-year-old mother of four is facing a long road to recovery after being severely injured in a dog attack in Polk County.<\/p>\n
What we know:<\/p>\n
Crasonia Wineinger, who also goes by Cassie, is being currently treated at Memorial Hermann in Houston, where she has already undergone multiple surgeries.<\/p>\n
Her father, David Pyron, says his daughter was walking home from a store when four dogs attacked her, leaving her with serious injuries to her arms, legs, neck and back.<\/p>\n
The backstory:<\/p>\n
According to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, the attack happened Sunday, October 11, near Quailcrest Drive in the Lake Livingston Village neighborhood.<\/p>\n
Investigators say four pit bull-type dogs attacked Wineinger while she was walking. One dog reportedly knocked her to the ground before the other three joined in.<\/p>\n
Her father described the terrifying moments.<\/p>\n
Pyron says the dogs knocked Cassie to the ground as she curled into a ball to protect herself. He says she suffered a fractured hand, significant damage to the muscles and tendons in her arms, and multiple bite wounds.<\/p>\n
“She’s got claw marks all over her back. They bit into her legs,” Pyron said.<\/p>\n
Authorities say people driving by intervened and scared the dogs away. Cassie was then able to make it to a neighbor’s home, where the neighbor called 911.<\/p>\n
Deputy helped save her life <\/p>\n
What they’re saying:<\/p>\n
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office says a deputy responding to the attack rushed Wineinger to a local hospital in his patrol vehicle because of the severity of her injuries.<\/p>\n
She was later flown to Houston for additional treatment.<\/p>\n
Pyron says his daughter lost a significant amount of blood and credits the quick actions of the deputy and neighbor with saving her life.<\/p>\n
“The ambulance was 25 minutes out and Officer Walker, the deputy there, he went above and beyond,” Pyron said.<\/p>\n
He says the deputy helped control the bleeding before transporting his daughter to the hospital.<\/p>\n
“So he pretty much, her neighbor and him, they saved her life. She’s blessed to be alive,” Pyron said.<\/p>\n
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Her father says Cassie feared she was going to die during the attack.<\/p>\n
“She says she just went to praying. You know, God, don’t let them kill me, because she thought she was gonna die,” Pyron said.<\/p>\n
Dog owner cited as investigation continues <\/p>\n
Pyron says he wants the dogs’ owner to be held accountable for the attack.<\/p>\n
FOX 26 reached out to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office to find out whether any charges will be filed.<\/p>\n
Authorities say the attack remains under investigation.<\/p>\n
The dogs’ owner has already been cited for failing to vaccinate the animals and allowing them to roam at large.<\/p>\n
All four dogs were taken to the Polk County Animal Control facility, where they are undergoing a required 10-day quarantine for rabies observation.<\/p>\n
Once the quarantine is complete, the sheriff’s office says it plans to begin the process of having the dogs declared dangerous.<\/p>\n
Neighbor says dogs have been a problem before <\/p>\n
A neighbor who lives nearby told FOX 26 he had concerns about the animals before the attack.<\/p>\n
Scott Andrew says the dogs frequently roamed the neighborhood, barked at residents and chased children riding bicycles.<\/p>\n
“They bark a lot, run up and down the road, chase kids on bicycles, come down my house and get in my garden,” Andrew said.<\/p>\n
He claims he previously contacted animal control and the sheriff’s office about the dogs, but says nothing was done to address his concerns.<\/p>\n
When asked whether he was surprised by the attack, Andrew said he feared something like this would eventually happen.<\/p>\n
“No, I figured it’s gonna happen sooner or later,” he said.<\/p>\n
Andrew believes the dogs should be removed from the neighborhood and their owner held responsible.<\/p>\n
“Whoever owns them ought to take responsibility,” Andrew said.<\/p>\n
What should you do if you encounter an aggressive dog? <\/p>\n
Experts say every dog and situation is different, but there are steps people can take to help protect themselves during a dangerous encounter.<\/p>\n
Avoid running: If possible, remain calm and slowly back away without turning your back on the dog.Use an object as a barrier: If a dog tries to bite, place something between yourself and the animal, such as a jacket, bag, notebook or stick.Avoid pulling away from a bite: Pulling against a dog’s grip can cause additional injuries. <\/p>\n
For additional safety information, visit Houston’s BARC Animal Shelter and Adoptions<\/a>\u2060.<\/p>\n The Source: FOX 26 Reporter Jillian Hartmann spoke with David Pyron, the father of the victim, as well as Scott Andrew, a neighbor who lived nearby.\u00a0<\/p>\n Polk County<\/a>News<\/a>Top Stories<\/a>Crime and Public Safety<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"POLK COUNTY, Texas – A 35-year-old mother of four is facing a long road to recovery after being…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":467529,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1046,56,58,57,223,6215,2053,216,393],"class_list":["post-467528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-news","tag-polk-county","tag-top-stories","tag-tx","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=467528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467528\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/467529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=467528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=467528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=467528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}