ORLANDO, Fla. (WFLA) – A 70-year-old Florida woman had to bite a pit bull in a desperate attempt to save a dog while attacking outside a grocery store.
A video shared with NBC affiliate WESH showed Sparky, the 14-year-old dog of Shirley Pasamanik, who was suddenly attacked by a pit bull on September 1st.
“It was out of nowhere, unprovoked, fixed on us. And I did everything I could, we ended up on the ground,” Pasamanik told the news station.
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The video shows Pasamanic fighting to protect his dog with his cane. She even tried to loosen the pitbull’s chin with her naked hands.
“I couldn’t open his mouth. I’m a 90-pound 70-year-old woman. Do you know what I mean? So… I bit him, at the back of my neck,” Pasamanik said. “I bit him. I had to! I’m 91 pounds! I have no strength!”
Soon after that, a man Pasamanik said his deputies were trying to track down appears and yanks the dog.
“He paused for a moment. He thought he was back to us. I heard someone in the back say, ‘I got him. I got him.’ I said. I didn’t see the man.
Sparky is still shaken from the attack, twitching a bit and acting defensively, Wesh reported.
“Really, he’s the reason why I wake up there. I have to walk him. I have to take care of him. I give them a reason to stand up when they get mad or depressed or feel something. You have to take care of your dog,” Pasamanic said.
