FORT COLLINS, Colo. — A 6-year-old girl is recovering at home after a dog attack in Fort Collins. The attack happened last week in a neighborhood near Troutman Park and Lopez Elementary School.said they see 25 percent more cases in the summer compared to the winter, averaging around a hundred cases a month year-round with many of the victims being children. They said what makes this case unique is that animal control is still searching for the dog and a possible owner.
“It was a big brown dog with really floppy ears,” said Lucy. “It was just laying on a sidewalk in front of a house. It saw me and it came running up to me, and it jumped up and bit my arm.” “I find myself now when we’re driving around, I am looking for this loose dog,” said Kasey. “We don’t know anything about this dog. We don’t know if it’s sick. We don’t know any of that and that’s just really scary. Just the safety aspect, it’s the worst part. I want to have their independence to walk to a friend’s house and I’m scared now that they’re going to get hurt.”
Kasey said they took Lucy to the doctor and were told that she was going to be okay. They did prescribe her an antibiotic, just to be safe.NOCO Humane said now is a good time for parents to teach their kids how to understand dog body language. Here are some tips from NOCO on how to prevent an animal bite:If approached by an unknown dog, remain quiet, still, and avoid eye contact. Running away will trigger a dog's instinct to chase.