{"id":83210,"date":"2015-03-10T12:12:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-10T10:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/83210\/woman-bitten-while-on-an-evening-walk\/"},"modified":"2015-03-13T12:58:29","modified_gmt":"2015-03-13T10:58:29","slug":"woman-bitten-while-on-an-evening-walk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/03\/10\/woman-bitten-while-on-an-evening-walk\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman bitten while on an evening walk"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sunnyridge residents Tyler and Kathy Glaus’s Monday evening walk ended in tragedy, when Kathy was badly bitten by a dog, which escaped from a yard.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy wife, her brother and I were walking our two dogs last night, when my wife was badly bitten by a Staffordshire Bull Terrier,\u201d explained Tyler.<\/p>

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The trio was walking up Turnhout Avenue, towards the park, at around 6pm when the incident took place.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we were crossing Fifth Street a resident opened his gate and a light brown Staffie escaped from the yard and started attacking our dog, without reason or provocation from our dogs.<\/p>

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\u201cWhile she was trying to pick up our dog, to protect him, my wife was bitten on her right hand.\u201d<\/p>\n

In an attempt to defend his wife Tyler grabbed the dog by the scruff of his neck, which made the dog stop biting and fighting.<\/p>\n

The resident who had been opening the gate came running over and demanded that Tyler leave the dog alone.<\/p>\n

\u201cI carried the dog back to the yard, where I asked for assistance in taking my wife to the hospital,” Tyler said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe man stated that we needed to talk to the dog\u2019s owner, not to him.<\/p>\n

\u201cI asked to speak to the owner, who immediately started to argue with us, saying it wasn’t his problem.<\/p>\n

\u201cI tried to explain that all we wanted was for him to assist with the medical bills we would incur.\u201d<\/p>\n

The argument continued for a while longer before the dog\u2019s owner stormed back into the house.<\/p>\n

\u201cRealising we wouldn\u2019t receive any assistance we walked back to our house with my wife’s hand bleeding, to get to a vehicle to transport her to Life Rosacres Clinic,\u201d Tyler said.<\/p>\n

The first question the couple were asked when receiving treatment was if the dog was up to date with its vaccinations against rabies.<\/p>\n

\u201cI called the owner and asked about the vaccinations.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe said the dog had only had vaccinations when it was a puppy.\u201d<\/p>\n

The doctor explained that dogs need the rabies vaccination yearly.<\/p>\n

Because of this Kathy had to have X-rays of her hand, to search for any foreign bodies in the wound before it was stitched up.<\/p>\n

She also had to have a tetanus shot and the first of four rabies injections.<\/p>\n

The couple has since opened a case with the Primrose police.<\/p>\n

The GCN has since made contact with the dog’s owner, who is willing to give his account of the events.<\/p>\n

Updates will be posted as they become available.<\/p>\n

Other articles on dog attacks:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Local school\u2019s groundskeeper killed by three pitbulls.<\/a><\/p>\n

The final moment of Laerskool Oosterkruin\u2019s groundskeeper.<\/a><\/p>\n

Owners agreed that it was in the dogs best interest, to have them humanly put to sleep \u2013 says Germiston SPCA.<\/a><\/p>\n