{"id":887424,"date":"2026-10-19T06:32:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T06:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/887424\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T06:32:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T06:32:11","slug":"man-suffers-serious-facial-injuries-while-breaking-up-dog-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/887424\/","title":{"rendered":"Man suffers serious facial injuries while breaking up dog fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">ATLANTA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlantanewsfirst.com\/2026\/10\/17\/cherokee-county-man-unrecognizable-after-breaking-up-fight-between-two-family-dogs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.atlantanewsfirst.com\/2026\/10\/17\/cherokee-county-man-unrecognizable-after-breaking-up-fight-between-two-family-dogs\/\">ANF<\/a>\/Gray News) &#8211; A Georgia man\u2019s life changed in a split second when he tried to break up a fight between two family dogs, leaving him severely injured.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Dustin Low suffered severe facial injuries while breaking up a fight between two family dogs. Since then, he\u2019s needed multiple surgeries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cIt was probably a matter of five minutes total action time, and then, the rest was just trying to gather myself, my breath and control the bleeding,\u201d Dustin Low said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Life changed in a split second the moment Dustin Low tried to break up a fight between two...\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792391531_950_7YWF3ZTVNJCFHOODLUUMUV5A5Q.jpg\" width=\"980\" height=\"647\" \/>Life changed in a split second the moment Dustin Low tried to break up a fight between two family dogs.(WANF)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">His wife, Chelsea Low, recalls the night she looked at her husband and noticed his facial tissue had been badly damaged.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cHe came downstairs and was like, \u2018I need help with the pets.\u2019 I\u2019m like, \u2018No, you need a hospital,\u2019\u201d Chelsea Low said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Dustin Low has undergone two major facial reconstructive surgeries since the incident and needs a third to help him return to a sense of normalcy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cIt will get rid of this piece, which is the rest of my forehead flap, and it will sew that back up,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">But medical bills for the surgeries have been stacking up, and the couple are asking for help to get Dustin Low into that third surgery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cWe need $12,310 just to get him on the operating table for the third surgery. They will not do the third surgery until we pay $12,310. That\u2019s for the first two surgeries. The last surgery is $6,500,\u201d Chelsea Low said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">As the Lows pray for a miracle, they say they don\u2019t hold anger toward the dogs and plan to keep them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cIt was a mistake. It was a freak accident. They didn\u2019t want to harm him,\u201d Chelsea Low said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">A GoFundMe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/support-dustin-lows-final-surgery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/support-dustin-lows-final-surgery\">has been set up<\/a> to help the couple.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WANF via Gray Local Media, Inc. 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