Some Plano neighbors are on edge over what they say is a dangerous dog in their neighborhood.<\/p>\n
The animal recently attacked another dog, then bit its owner as she tried to protect her pet.<\/p>\n
Gail Cotton Michaud says she now carries mace and a stun gun when she walks her mini schnauzer, Lacey.<\/p>\n
Last Tuesday, she says a leashed pit bull mix broke free from its owner and attacked Lacey near the Hills at Prestonwood home.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe had her in his mouth and dragged both of us into the street,\u201d said Michaud. \u201cI was on my back and at that point, I was beating him on his head while he had her in his mouth, and I put my legs around his neck trying to choke him, and all of a sudden he let go of her and bit my hand.\u201d<\/p>\n
Michaud says she went to an emergency room for the puncture wound in her hand.<\/p>\n
Lacey, she says, somehow escaped unscathed.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is an absolute miracle, the way I saw that dog clamp onto her and swing her in the air,\u201d said Michaud.<\/p>\n
Plano Animal Services says there is an active investigation and that the dog in question is now in quarantine at the animal shelter.<\/p>\n
The dog\u2019s owner told NBC 5 she apologized for what happened and said she has tried to take financial responsibility.<\/p>\n
She says she wants the dog back.<\/p>\n
But that won\u2019t happen without a fight from some neighbors who say they have filed dangerous animal complaints with the city.<\/p>\n
\u201cI will do everything in my power to make sure that this dog is not back in this neighborhood,\u201d said neighbor Doug Bax. \u201cFor me, it comes down to liability. Who wants the liability to let this dog back in the neighborhood where it\u2019s shown that it\u2019s not safe?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI think that what happened is going to happen again,\u201d said neighbor Jet Parker.<\/p>\n
Michaud says she credits her strength for being able to fend off the 50-pound dog and believes having it back in the neighborhood is an accident waiting to happen.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re all scared,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Some Plano neighbors are on edge over what they say is a dangerous dog in their neighborhood. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6577,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[160,162,161],"class_list":{"0":"post-6576","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-plano","8":"tag-plano","9":"tag-plano-headlines","10":"tag-plano-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6576","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=6576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6576\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}