updated 10/02/24
By Butch Bridges Ardmore, Oklahoma
online since 11/18/12
This website is not against dogs or their owners. But, this site is:
Against people allowing their dogs a chance to harm other people
Against the dogs trained to harm people
Against people mistreating their dogs so they’re more inclined to harm people
For better legal protection and better enforcement of the laws intended to protect people from the vicious dogs or those using or allowing the vicious dogs to harm people. Owners whose dog attacks and mauls or kills people are very seldom prosecuted, or when they are they are just given a slap on the hand or small fine. Very few vicious dog owners receive jail time in Oklahoma. And the victims of vicious dog attacks most of the time are stuck with the medical bills and/or funeral expenses.
This link provides a comprehensive breakdown of dog attacks by breed and other statistics across the U.S. CLICK HERE
10/02/24 Oklahoma City – A metro mother is recovering after she said her neighbor’s dogs attacked her. Melina Bush said she was heading to her daughter’s house in late September, when she was suddenly surrounded by a pack of dogs. CLICK HERE
7/24/24 Stillwater – An Oklahoma college student is recovering from an unexpected dog attack last week. She said it was terrifying and has 100 stitches on her face. “I’m never going to be the same in my face,” said Cheyenne Brown, who was attacked by a pitbull. CLICK HERE
6/20/24 Tulsa – An elderly man is in the hospital with severe injuries after Tulsa Police say he was attacked by several dogs. Police say when they got there, the dogs were on top of the man and then started to attack police, so police shot three dogs, killing two of them. CLICK HERE
6/19/24 Tulsa – Oklahoma County man attacked by neighbor’s dogs twice in 2 days. CLICK HERE
5/01/24 Seminole – A woman in Skiatook says she was on Main Street when a German Shepherd came out of nowhere and attacked her. She said the dog bit her in three places, and she had to have surgery. CLICK HERE
4/13/24 Seminole – A 65-year-old woman was brutally attacked by her neighbors dog on Thursday. It was after a morning of errands that Tina Bunches’ world turned upside down. CLICK HERE
12/22/23 Oklahoma City – The owners of the dogs who attacked a woman on a wak in her neighborhood last Friday could have potential consequences. The victim spent Christmas in the hospital and faces a long recovery. Three of the dogs who attacked Hilario Reyes’ wife are now at Oklahoma City Animal Welfare. CLICK HERE
12/14/23 Marshall County – The Marshall County Sheriff’s Office said they responded to a woman attacked by dogs in Oakland last week. CLICK HERE
12/13/23 Ada – A man and woman were injured Wednesday during a dog attack. The incident occurred inside a residence in the 500 block of W. 15th St. in Ada, and the dog’s owner was one of the victims. Police responded to the incident, which occurred at about 8 p.m. The dog was still actively attacking its owner, so police were forced to terminate the animal. Both the dog’s owner and the other person received significant injuries to their forearms and had to be treated at a hospital.
11/13/23 Shawnee – A 3-year-old girl in Shawnee is recovering from a dog attack. Because of her injuries, she now has to see a plastic surgeon and the girl’s mother claims Shawnee Animal Control is doing nothing about the pit bull that bit her daughter. It was after dinner when a young Shawnee family took their nightly walk around the block. Out of nowhere, the family said a pit bull came from their neighbor’s home and attacked their 3-year-old daughter. TAP/CLICK HERE
10/08/23 Goldsby – A woman in Goldsby was attacked by a dog on Wednesday in her front yard. She believes the dog belonged to a neighbor who had posted for help to find her missing dogs. TAP/CLICK HERE
09/27/23 Oklahoma City – Father whose toddler son, 2, had 12 surgeries after pitbull ripped off his face warns pet owners: ‘When you own a dangerous dog you’re putting everyone at risk’ TAP/CLICK HERE for story WARNING graphic pictures.
08/20/23 Midwest City – Two 12-year-old girls mauled by pit bull in Midwest City CLICK HERE
08/04/23 Oklahoma City – OKC Animal Welfare employee mauled by dog during shift. Employees were notified that a potentially dangerous dog had gotten loose. When they went to look for it, they found a female employee had been mauled. CLICK HERE
07/03/23 Oklahoma City – A good Samaritan stepped in to rescue a dog owner being attacked by two pit bulls in an Oklahoma City neighborhood. CLICK HERE
06/27/23 Oklahoma City – A woman said she was hurt, and her dog was killed during a vicious dog attack in an Oklahoma City neighborhood. Rachel Jamieson said she lived in her neighborhood off Northwest 39th, near Penn Square Mall, for a year and took her Sheltie, Lily, on walks frequently in the neighborhood. She said she has since moved out after she and her dog were suddenly attacked by two pit bulls roaming off Westlawn Place. CLICK HERE
04/25/23 Tulsa – The City of Tulsa said a woman died after she was attacked by four dogs in north Tulsa. TAP/CLICK HERE
04/03/23 Tulsa – A Tulsa woman is asking for answers after she said she was attacked by a dog last week. CLICK HERE
03/26/23 Oklahoma City – Dog shot by officer after attacking people outside Oklahoma City store CLICK HERE
03/15/23 Lincoln County – A woman in Lincoln County was attacked by a pack of dogs and had to have surgery to repair the wounds. CLICK HERE
02/24/23 Oklahoma City – A woman was injured in a dog attack Friday in southwest Oklahoma City that left her with open wounds on her arm and leg that had to be stitched up. CLICK HERE
01/09/23 Oklahoma City – Vicious dog attack on group of teens in NW Oklahoma City caught on camera Click Here
12/12/22 Tulsa – Rottweiler jumped the fence, ran across the street and attacked three grandchildren, aged 3 years old, 4 years old and 8 years old. CLICK HERE
11/22/22 Tulsa – Woman warns others after sister loses leg from dog attack on Tulsa walking trail. CLICK HERE
09/01/22 Duncan – The man attacked was retired Duncan Police Lt. Darrell Schemit. It happened on 4th street between sycamore and cypress St. Sgt. Eades say the dogs were running around throughout the neighborhood and were not watched by their owner. The owner of the dogs, Abraham Morales, was located and arrested the next day. CLICK HERE
08/18/22 Enid – A man says he was attacked by a pit bull at the Enid dog park Thursday morning and now he is searching for the dog’s owner to get its vaccine records. CLICK HERE
08/17/22 Oklahoma City – A grandmother and her dog are recovering Wednesday after she said she and her dog Thunder were attacked by a pit bull in Oklahoma City. What started as a walk yards from her front door turned dangerous in a blink of an eye. CLICK HERE
07/27/22 Wister – A 7-year-old was life-lighted to a Tulsa hospital on Monday after his family found him in the yard near their home in Wister. He was severely wounded from an animal attack. CLICK HERE
06/30/22 Tecumseh – A Tecumseh man was brutally mauled by his two pit bulls CLICK HERE
04/27/22 Newalla – 61 year old Anita Mears was Killed by Multiple Dogs CLICK HERE
02/19/22 Spencer – Spencer toddler mauled by dog; in critical condition. CLICK HERE UPDATE
01/24/22 Edmond – A toddler has been hospitalized after being attacked by a dog in Edmond on Monday. Witnesses say the 4-year-old girl was attacked by a Rottweiler that lived in a house where her nanny’s mother was pet-sitting. The dog is in the custody of Edmond Animal Services and a hearing has been scheduled for March. CLICK HERE
12/21/21 Sequoya County – A Sequoyah County sheriff’s deputy is receiving treatment in an emergency room after he was attacked by a pit bull during an arrest. According to a post on the Sequoyah County Sheriff’s Office’s Facebook page, Deputy Jason Stone was attacked by a pit bull December 20 while attempting to arrest the dog’s owner. CLICK HERE
12/13/21 Tecumseh – An Oklahoma child is recovering in the hospital after he was mauled by a pit bull Friday night, Tecumseh police said. “I’ve seen dog bites in the past and experience pretty brutal dog bites with children but never a complete amputation,” said Chief JR Kidney with the Tecumseh Police Department. He was missing his right arm just below the shoulder, police said. CLICK HERE
12/08/21 Enid – A woman on a walk is attacked by three dogs. It happened about 4:30 p.m. Tuesday in Enid and landed the dogs’ owner with a fine. CLICK HERE
10/21/21 Kiefer – 7 year old James McNeelis has been found dead Wednesday night after an apparent attack by a pet dog, according to the Creek County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies said the boy was playing outside, then wandered off and after searching, his body was found in the backyard. CLICK HERE
10/01/21 Tulsa – A woman was attacked by three dogs Wednesday in Pittsburg County. CLICK HERE
09/12/21 Oklahoma – Loved mother and grandmother, Michelle Mcree, was visiting a friend in Oklahoma when she was attacked by the friend’s 2 pit bulls. Mcree was immediately rushed to the emergency room and was taken right into surgery. Mcree’s reported injuries were severe. Click Here
09/17/21 Oklahoma City – An 8-year-old girl is recovering after a pack of dogs attacked her and her grandmother in their own neighborhood, and members of the community say it’s not the first attack. CLICK HERE
06/29/21 Harrah – A man in Harrah is now facing charges after police said his dog attacked a day care worker. The woman attacked had to be hospitalized. CLICK HERE
06/21/21 Skiatook – Osage County deputy sheriffs were dispatched Saturday, June 19, to an address west of Skiatook. They were carrying out a welfare check on an individual identified as Rebecca McCurdy, 28, who was reportedly house sitting and taking care of the homeowner’s dogs. (CLICK HERE)
06/16/21 Shawnee – Shawnee police issued a citation against a dog owner Wednesday after a gruesome attack that left a one-year-old with severe face injuries. CLICK HERE
03/21/21 Ardmore – An Ardmore woman was attacked by a pitbull dog Sunday afternoon on Drew Street SW leaving her with bite marks up and down her arm and treated at Mercy Hospital. CLICK HERE
03/15/21 Bennington – A 7-year-old girl is covered in gashes and stitches after being attacked by a pack of dogs this weekend. Her dog died to save her. CLICK HERE
03/10/21 Owasso – A man was attacked by two stray dogs in his own backyard. Thankfully, Chuck Carnagey escaped with only minor bites.
02/23/21 Lone Grove – 1479 Evergreen Street, child attacked by dog, face injuries.
01/22/21 Yukon – The mother of an Oklahoma teen viciously attacked by a dog is calling for its owner to come forward after saying her 15-year-old son could have been killed. “It got his face, completely ripped his right side of his face off.” CLICK HERE
01/19/21 Ardmore – Two pit bulls are locked up after they attacked a woman in Ardmore Tuesday afternoon. The woman was getting out of her car when the pit bulls attacked. She was able to defend herself using her purse, but she ended up with bite marks on arms and legs. CLICK HERE
12/30/20 Oklahoma City – A 10-year-old girl was taken to hospital in Oklahoma this week after being attacked and bitten by a pack of her neighbor’s dogs. CLICK HERE
12/22/20 Sapulpa – A Sapulpa police officer is recovering after he was attacked by a pit bull dog. CLICK HERE
12/07/20 Enid – A 9-year-old boy is recovering after being attacked by a dog while playing at Monsees Park. CLICK HERE
11/19/20 Oolagah – 3-Year-Old Girl Recovering After Being Mauled By Dog CLICK HERE
10/22/20 Tulsa – Tulsa police are investigating after a man is mauled to death by 3 dogs early Thursday morning. CLICK HERE
09/11/20 Idabel – Woman killed and 2 daughters injured in pit bull attack. CLICK HERE
08/21/20 Lawton – Two people were taken to a hospital after they were attacked by dogs CLICK HERE
07/03/20 Ardmore – Marshall County/Madill – 4000 Block Shay Road- 5 1/2 year bit by a dog. Foot. Has serious injuries.
05/14/20 Ardmore – Golden Oaks addition, small child with bad dog bite. A lot of blood in the road.
04/24/20 Ardmore – Child’s finger bit off by dog on Carter SE
04/17/20 Glenpool – Glenpool police said a child was bitten by a pit bull in their own back yard. The child was taken to a hospital with nearly 200 puncture wounds and is in intensive care after the attack.
03/05/20 Marietta – Lebanon Lake Road, elderly male attacked by dog
02/27/20 Seminole – An 11-year-old boy is fighting for his life at OU Children’s after two dogs attacked him while he was on a bike ride in Seminole. The fifth grader lost his arm from the attack. CLICK HERE
02/19/20 Tulsa – A Tulsa man is warning others after a dog attack sent him to a hospital. Paul Kent’s morning stroll quickly turned into a fight for his life. “It caused permanent type damage to me,” said Kent. Kent said he was violently attacked by a stray dog two Saturdays ago near 61st and Sheridan. CLICK HERE
01/28/20 Yukon – Little girl savagely attacked by Rottweiler in Yukon CLICK HERE
01/20/20 Midwest City – A family is outraged after a dog attacked their 7-year-old daughter. “She had to get 13 stitches,” says her mom, Markisha Powell. CLICK HERE
01/10/20 Lone Grove – Dog attack this morning on Lindale Road north of Lone Grove, dog in quarantine
01/05/20 Davis – An EMS worker and several others were attacked by a pit bull in Davis. CLICK HERE
12/24/19 Madill – Merry Christmas and Happy Anniversary to me! Before you ask, dog bite, 8 stitches, and that’s all I got to say about that! He has to be observed then he’ll be gone. He got loose and both of them are food aggressive. I didn’t know he was loose and went to feed, and they started fighting with me in the middle. -Janet Ward CLICK HERE
12/14/19 Broken Bow – A Broken Bow man is mauled to death by dogs. CLICK HERE
12/13/19 Hollis – Family members say a boy, Victor “Kiko” Graces, was killed by dogs Friday afternoon in Hollis. So far authorities, including the OSBI have not responded to requests for details, but a witness says the victim was a teenager. His family says he was walking home from school a little after noon when he was attacked by three dogs in an alley. CLICK HERE CLICK HERE
12/11/10 Ada – A boy in Pontotoc County is recovering from injuries after being attacked by two dogs on Wednesday. The boy’s mother, Roxanne Thompson, said it was on County Road 1500, northwest of Ada, where her 7-year-old son, Caden, was walking home from school when he was attacked by dogs. CLICK HERE
10/17/19 Wanette – A little girl is recovering after she was viciously attacked by three dogs that got loose on her street. CLICK HERE
10/16/19 Creek County – A Creek County 9-year-old is recovering after two pit bulls attacked and dragged her earlier this week. The 9-year-old said one pit bull had her by the foot, the other by the head, as they dragged her down the street. CLICK HERE
09/28/19 Bennington – A Bennington man is in critical condition after police say he was attacked by dogs in a neighborhood. Click Here Died from his wounds around 11am on Monday 09/30/19
09/27/19 Achille – Oleta Bird was taking a stroll around her neighborhood Saturday. On her way back from her walk, Bird said she heard something. That’s when she says two dogs came up from behind and attacked her, biting her legs. Click Here
09/19/19 Cashion – A young boy in Cashion is recovering from a brutal dog attack. Click Here
08/06/19 Edmond – A man and a child have been attacked by a dog in Edmond. The child was rushed to a hospital in critical condition. The man was taken to another hospital in an unknown condition.
07/19/19 Ardmore – A 4 year old boy was bitten in the face by a mixed pit bull.
06/24/19 Norman – A little girl has been mauled by two dogs in rural Cleveland County. Cleveland County officials said they found the 7-year-old girl at Dollar General and her injuries were so severe she was rushed to OU Children’s. CLICK HERE
06/23/19 Madill – Officer needed at Madill Alliance for severe dog bite.
05/10/19 Velma – A baby is recovering from serious injuries after being attacked by a dog in Stephens County last month. CLICK HERE
04/22/19 El Reno – Since my dog bite has been the topic at many Town Council Meetings and I have had numerous people ask what happened I’m going to show my bites here and tell my story. On April 22, 2019 my partner and I were carrying the trash out of the station and one of the PD officers whom I consider a friend called me over to the PD to get a piece of equipment that I could use in my medical bag for my K9 medic bag, (I had just completed a K9 medic class in Las Vegas so I can treat K9’s in field) he handed his dog off to one of the other officers and got the equipment. I took the equipment out of the bag and told him that it probably was too big for dogs snout but we can use it for our training at our station and put back it back in the bag, at that time the dog wanted to smell what I had so I asked permission he said yes, the dog smelled it, I stepped back and suddenly the dog lunged at me and was attached to my face, the officers got him off me but he lunged again at my face and got my left arm. I got away and got up to the station where my partner got me in the ambulance and they called for Ray. I was taken to two different hospitals that night the second where I had plastic surgery. I still have pain in my face and the possibility of more surgery due to scar tissue. I also have night terrors and have anxiety and am blessed that I have Harvey because he wakes me when I’m having these night terrors. I also have nerve damage to my left arm from the bite which was why we pressed the insurance company in July of 2019 because I needed physical therapy and was told she didn’t know if they would pay because they didn’t know if it was their responsibility and to keep using my personal insurance who was questioning all the charges. We waited til November to hear back. With mounting bills we had no choice. I still consider the officers my friends but had to get this taken care of. (CLICK HERE)
04/05/19 Broken Arrow – A 7-year-old girl is recovering in the hospital after being attacked by three dogs while waiting for her school bus. Broken Arrow Police said it happened around 8:30 a.m. in the quiet Bentree neighborhood when the three pit bulls escaped accidentally. CLICK HERE
02/28/19 Ardmore – A pit bull turns on its owners and attacks a couple in Ardmore, leaving one of them seriously injured on Thursday. CLICK HERE
02/13/19 Oklahoma City – A student was injured after being attacked by a dog during recess Wednesday at an elementary school in southwest Oklahoma City. While third- and fourth-grade students at Rockwood Elementary School were at recess, a dog entered the playground and bit a student, according to Oklahoma City Public Schools officials. The student was treated for minor injuries. CLICK HERE
01/22/19 Tulsa – Tammi Hart had just stepped outside of her home when her life changed in a split second. “Like a pack of wolves killing a deer or something. I was like pork chop meat to them or something.” She said that she was outside of her home when two dogs across the street hopped the fence and started attacking her. CLICK HERE
01/19/19 Tulsa – A vicious dog attack sent a north Tulsa woman to the hospital. She is suffering from nearly a dozen bites on her arms and legs. CLICK HERE
A vicious dog attack sent a north Tulsa woman to the hospital.
She is suffering from nearly a dozen bites on her arms and legs.
A vicious dog attack sent a north Tulsa woman to the hospital.
She is suffering from nearly a dozen bites on her arms and legs.
01/12/19 Lone Grove – A lady was attacked by pit bulls as she was trying to protect her small dog from them at 3752 Cheek Road SW of Lone Grove.
01/08/19 Paden – A woman with special needs is left traumatized after being brutally attacked by dogs. It happened on Friday in Paden. Thankfully, a good Samaritan went to the woman’s rescue. CLICK HERE
12/27/18 Oklahoma City – Oklahoma City Animal Welfare is investigating a dog attack that happened near Rancho Village Elementary School just before 2 p.m. Thursday. CLICK HERE
11/19/18 Oklahoma City – Authorities say several children were bitten by a dog while at the playground of an Oklahoma City elementary school. Shortly before 1 p.m. on Monday, police and emergency crews were called to Fillmore Elementary School on a reported dog attack. Initial reports indicated that several children were bitten by a dog while on the playground. 12 children were taken to the hospital. CLICK HERE and this is a Click Here for – Video
10/14/18 Avant – An Oklahoma community is on edge following a series of attacks by a pack of dogs.CLICK HERE
10/13/18 Anadarko – A woman was injured Saturday afternoon by two huskie dogs, Anadarko police reported CLICK HERE
09/27/18 Oklahoma City – An assistant district attorney is speaking out after his seeing-eye dog was attacked while it was doing its job just outside the courthouse. CLICK HERE
09/21/18 Crescent – A vicious dog is on the loose after attacking several people. Deputies say it’s latest victim as a few inches away from being killed. CLICK HERE
09/17/18 Oklahoma City – A metro 12-year-old boy is in the hospital after he was attacked by a pit bull. The chaotic ordeal played out over the weekend in a neighborhood near Rockwell and Melrose in northwest Oklahoma City. CLICK HERE
08/29/18 Tulsa – Two people are in the hospital after being attacked by their own dog on Wednesday. CLICK HERE
07/30/18 Woodward – Woodward Animal Control is urging folks to be on the lookout for a brown pit bull after a Woodward woman was bitten near the Hillcrest addition Monday.
07/26/18 Lawton – A three week old girl from Lawton is at Children’s hospital in Oklahoma City after her ear was partially bitten off by her family’s pet dog. It happened Wednesday inside their home. CLICK HERE
07/09/18 Ardmore – Dog bite on Serenity Loop.
07/08/18 Ardmore – Child attacked by pit bull in face, 1100 block of C SE, sent to hospital in ambulance. 1. CLICK HERE 2. Photo of face
06/15/18 Oakland near Madill – Two horses euthanized after dog attack, owner says. “One of the palomino colts it’s little legs was like jelly with bones sticking out, big hunks of flesh torn out,” Beard said. “The little paint colt, it’s whole throat was cut out, I don’t mean skin, I don’t mean flesh, I mean ripped out with the tendons the muscles and esophagus.” Those two horses, she said, were put down, while another that survived may still have to be euthanized after its wounds became infected. “The third one, it’s eye was bitten out, hunks of flesh everywhere,” Beard said. CLICK HERE
06/14/18 Oklahoma City – Three people injured, dog shot in OKC pitbull attack Thursday morning. CLICK HERE
06/07/18 Ardmore – man attacked by dogs, 600 block 3rd NW.
06/04/18 Healdton – A small child attacked by a dog on Pecan Street.
05/20/18 Oklahoma City – An Oklahoma City police officer is recovering after being attacked by a pit bull on Sunday.CLICK HERE
05/10/18 Ardmore – Ardmoreite Tracy Garcia was attacked and killed by a group of dogs late Thursday night. Sheriff Chris Bryant says a woman in her 50’s was attacked by seven of her neighbor’s dogs just before 10 p.m. The six remaining dogs were rounded up, and put down at their owner’s request. CLICK HERE
05/05/18 Oklahoma City – A woman was taken to the hospital in critical condition after she was mauled by four vicious dogs Saturday night. CLICK HERE
05/05/18 Overbrook – A Husky dog and 3 Pit Bull dogs attack mail carrier at post office producing bites on both her legs
04/19/18 Enos – A Lake Texhoma woman was hospitalized Thursday evening after being attacked by dogs. CLICK HERE
04/09/18 Heavener – One pit bull is dead and another is recovering after they were shot by a Heavener officer after the officer witnessed the two dogs showing aggressive tendencies that posed as threats to a residential area with many children, an incident report states. CLICK HERE
03/24/18 Wellston – Pit bull mixes kill dog and calves in dog victim’s yard
03/20/18 Oklahoma City – The mother of a 5-year-old said her son was almost killed when her neighbor’s dog jumped the fence and attached her boy. “He could have killed my son. He was a fraction of an inch away from puncturing his jugular veins,” said Christina Stahler. “It looked like he had just been dumped by red paint.” CLICK HERE
03/06/18 Claremore – Claremore Police are investigating after they say a 4-month-old baby was badly bitten by a family dog overnight. Officers were called to a home in the 2700 block of Ridgeview Court just before 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 6. CLICK HERE
02/03/18 Marietta – Lady attacked by a dog on legs near Braums Store.
01/14/18 Duncan – Police are investigating the death of a Duncan girl who was killed in a dog attack, according to DPD Lt. John Byers. Byers said the initial call came in to dispatch at 3:19 p.m. around F Street in Duncan and the officer responded to a call of a dog bite and the circumstances around what caused the attack is still being investigated. CLICK HERE
01/01/18 Oklahoma City – Neighbor’s 3 pit bulls kill 1 dog, injure 1
11/28/17 Shawnee – She put him on a leash and was out walking him in the yard. Things took a scary turn when she walked toward the neighbor’s yard. They recently got a pit bull a couple months ago and it came out the front door, saw Sydney walking the dog and attacked and killed it instantly. Click Here
11/22/17 Tulsa – A Tulsa man says a pack of dogs attacked him while he went for a jog. He said he was on the Osage Prairie trail behind Oklahoma State University’s Tulsa campus when the attack happened. The city councilor of the district reportedly told him that when she walks the trail, she carries a gun. Click Here
11/12/17 Ardmore – A man was walking his small, 13 pound, dog at Hargrove and 14th NW when a pit bull attacked his dog which was on a leash. He tried to beat the dog off with the butt of his pistol, but was unable to make the dog let go. He had to shoot the dog, killing it. Before he left home to walk, he first thought he’d leave his pistol behind, but at the last minute decided to take it with him. No collar on the dog, no one to claim ownership. My friend is left to pay a $750 vet bill.
9/20/17 Claremore – Three people were transported to the emergency room after they were allegedly attacked by a dog. CLICK HERE
9/03/17 Wilson – “Went a long slow 8 miles today! Halfway through this 20 weeks of training. Also got my money’s worth out of Walter today. Ole Walter, my pepper spray and the man that gave me that ring saved my life today lol. Between miles 4 and 5 (Reck Road and Ridge Road), a pack of no less than 10 pit bull mix dogs came out of nowhere and tried to maul me! Walter kept the old ticker from stopping as I reached for my pepper spray, praying to Jesus to stop those dogs. I looked up and flying around the corner was my knight in shining armor! Thank the Lord that Lynn just happened to be making one of his checks on me! Took me a few minutes to get my heart and breathing back to normal, but I finished!!” -Stacy McMahan
7/25/17 Healdton – A Healdton police officer was attacked by pit Wednesday morning, prompting him to use deadly force. Police say they have responded to reports of vicious dogs at a home on 5th Street and Magnolia multiple times, but in the past, were never able to find the dogs or make contact with the owners. CLICK HERE
7/19/17 Oklahoma City – Hi Butch, I had a unique experience this morning. I was out walking early to beat the heat. I could see this woman coming up the street. She was running. I didn’t think too much about it until I saw why she was running – dogs were chasing her. She was even trying to run backwards to see how close they were to her and almost fell. She saw mw and started running towards me. When the dogs saw me and my big head thumper they retreated. I had her call 911 and ask for police assistance. She was too nervous to talk to the dispatcher so I got her phone and told them we needed police NOW. In a few minutes, four police units showed up. I guess because of the woman that was killed here a few months ago Talking to this one officer. He could tell that I was ticked off about what happened. I showed him a picture on my cell phone of what a pit bull had done to me a few years back and that I wasn’t going to be intimidated by dogs when I am out walking. I told him that I guess that there were several options for me. First I try my head thumper stick (club), then pepper spray, then my knife and as a last resort a Glock. He sure gave me a look. After five attacks and two trips to an ER, I am quite serious about not letting it happen again. I knew how scared that Hispanic woman was this morning.
6/20/17 Stillwater – Haiden Oxendine, an 8-year-old Richmond Elementary student, will need time to fully recover from the injuries she suffered last week when an unidentified animal attacked her in the back yard of her family’s home in University Estates. Haiden was hospitalized for several days, undergoing surgery to repair a deep hole where part of the muscle around her shoulder blade was torn away and to close up a bone-deep laceration that stretches across one side of her chest. CLICK HERE
6/08/17 Tulsa – A Tulsa County deputy is recovering after he shot and killed a dog yesterday near Collinsville when the dog reportedly bit a child and then attacked him. There are at least two police reports on file with the sheriff’s office about the dog, and one neighbor told FOX23 it was a tragedy waiting to happen. The pit bull reportedly attacked a seven-year-old Tuesday night. CLICK HERE
5/15/17 Oklahoma City – Two students were injured at a metro-area elementary school last week when a dog entered their pre-kindergarten classroom and attacked them, school administrators said. CLICK HERE
5/15/17 Kingston – An Oklahoma boy is recovering at a Dallas hospital after surviving an attack by a service dog in Kingston last week. The boy’s mom said, on Thursday, her son went to pet the dog named Henry when the dog growled, jumped up, and bit him. She said the dog is often chained in the back of their apartment complex and her son has gone up to pet it multiple times before. The boy was taken to a Durant hospital then transported to Dallas for reconstructive surgery for the bite on his face.
5/03/17 Collinsville – Child and deputy severely injured following pit bull attack in Collinsville, Oklahoma CLICK HERE
04/06/17 Oklahoma City –A woman and her dog were killed when they were mauled by a pitbull and another large dog just before 2 p.m. CLICK HERE Woman Identified
03/09/17 Ardmore – A man was about to take out his neighbors trash when he was attacked by two dogs Thursday morning. VIDEO
01/27/17 Apache – Student on way home from school attacked by pit bull. “She is a top student, she is a straight A student. She involved in many extracurricular activities.” But that student is in the hospital right now — recovering from a vicious dog attack. The teen was on her way home from the bus stop when she was mauled by 3 to 4 of her neighbors’ pit bulls. “Ripped her clothes off and tore her hair out and I was just so afraid that she might die,” said neighbor, Karen Robinson. CLICK HERE
01/25/17 Duncan – Dog attack leaves multiple people injured and a woman is in the hospital recovering after being bitten by a dog. They say the dog’s owner ordered it to attack. Carolyn Jett is still in the hospital because of the attack. CLICK HERE
12/27/16 Ringling – “My son was walking home from playing next door at the neighbor’s house. I heard screaming outside so I ran to the door and the pit bull had my 5 year old pinned down. He had scratches & scrapes on him from the dog jumping on him. Luckily I heard & jumped to the rescue just in time so he had no serious bites. However, the dog did not run away. After I screamed at the dog it startled him long enough to let my son up and run on the porch with me and then he stayed on our porch barking and jumping at our frontdoor at us, until police could get there! Dog did not run away.”
11/17/16 Healdton – “I was scared, I thought I wasn’t going to make it.” Victim Curtis Smith said. Smith was walking to his town’s library when he was attacked by three pit bulls. “One got behind me, one got in front of me. The other one surrounded me,” Smith said. “and then pretty much its all a blur after that, except I kept hollering for help.” CLICK HERE
11/14/16 Tulsa – A woman is recovering in a Tulsa hospital after she was attacked by two dogs. Osage County deputies say the woman was walking when two pit bulls “mauled” her. CLICK HERE
11/07/16 Tulsa – The Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office has charged the owner of a dog that now has attacked two people. The pit bull was taken away and euthanized. CLICK HERE
9/27/16 – Oklahoma City – Around 12:15pm, I went for a walk with my 10 year old female border collie in the 15800 block of Drew Drive in Oklahoma City. This is only a few blocks from my house.
A female pitbull/mastiff mix dog rushed towards us from the yard of 15813 Drew Drive. It was one of five similar dogs at this location. The other four dogs were chained up outside the house.
The pitbull lunged towards us and gripped its teeth on my dog’s hip, ripping and tearing her skin in shreds. I was hanging on to my dog by her collar to keep from losing her to the pitbull. It was shaking its head and pulling hard enough on my dog until it pulled me down with her to the ground with my dog. I cradled my dog and tried to cover her with my body. We were attacked over and over by this dog for no reason! The dog bit me several times about my face and on on both of my forearms.
Without hesitation, a 21 year old female ran barefoot towards us from her house which was located a few acres down the road. She grabbed a PVC pipe from near her house as she ran towards us. She ran up to the dog and hit it several times with the pipe until it turned loose. She kept swinging the pipe to keep the dog away as it kept charging towards me and my dog while we were still on the ground and bleeding profusely.
The young lady’s sister-in-law also assisted us by calling 911. She got in her car and drove to where I was on the ground with my dog. She drove right between us and the pitbull. We climbed into the back seat of her car as she drove us to safety.
The two young ladies saved our lives!
I live in a rural part of eastern Oklahoma City near Arcadia Lake. It took Police nearly 30 minutes to arrive. EMSA never made it. As we were driving to the hospital, we saw EMSA parked on the road several miles away. We stopped and asked if they were looking for us. They said they were but dispatch told them cancel their call because we were on our way to the hospital in a personal vehicle. We told them they were too late and we would seek our own medical treatment. That’s why there never was a police report and no one even knows what happened.
I was never so scared as I was when I was forced to the ground and being attacked by this vicious dog! I am so thankful to be alive today thanks to my new found Angels, Tracy and Heart Holshouser. -Reported by Trela Wishon
09/23/16 El Reno – Oklahoma deputy saved a man from two raging pit bulls in ‘attack mode’ by pulling him onto the hood of patrol car. CLICK HERE
08/04/16 Oklahoma City – An Oklahoma City man is charged with second-degree manslaughter after a vicious attack by his five pit bulls. Police said the dogs escaped their yard and attacked and killed a 61 year old neighbor. CLICK HERE
07/26/16 Checotah – An Oklahoma woman was flown to the hospital after a neighbor reportedly commanded their pit bull to attack her. Jackie Stone, 65, has been having trouble with her neighbor’s dog for a while, her nephew told Fox 23. Her neighbor’s pit bull has allegedly attacked her dog multiple times in the past. CLICK HERE
04/15/16 Lone Grove – A 2 year was bit in the face by a half pit the family had owned for several years. The child was sewed up by an oral surgeon in the emergency room.
4/10/16 Edmond – “I was like, ‘God, don’t let this happen again,’” Dog attack rattles Edmond. “The most vicious dogs I’ve ever seen,” Held told NewsChannel 4. “This poor lady could have been really badly hurt. She’s down and screaming.” CLICK HERE.
03/11/16 Oklahoma City – Spencer Ridley’s bandages sit bloodied on his legs. His wounds are still raw beneath. And his anger is still burning, hours after four pit bull dogs attacked him Friday. CLICK HERE
02/26/16 Ada – A little boy is recovering after he was mauled by his neighbors dogs Thursday. Pontotoc County deputies say the 5 year-old was attacked by the dogs inside his neighbor’s chicken pen. He was Flown to OU Medical Center where family friends say he is pushing through, but suffered the loss of both of his ears, and has severe cuts and bruises. The Sheriff’s Office says the dogs have been put down. VIDEO
02/22/16 Ardmore – Pit bull bites arm of lady in 1100 block of B Street NE. PHOTO
02/19/16 Ardmore – HFV Wilson Center, female bitten, severally bleeding, by vicious dog on East Main.
02/08/16 Oklahoma City – An Oklahoma City homeowner is in serious condition after being attacked by the family dog. CLICK HERE
12/04/15 Little Axe – “It felt like they were eating me,” Oklahoma man survives attack by five pit bulls. CLICK HERE
11/25/15 Lawton – A Lawton man is on the mend after he was attacked by a neighbor’s dog in an east Lawton neighborhood. “I looked and the dog was charging,” Robert Whigham said as he recalled the attack when he was out for his daily jog. CLICK HERE
11/05/15 Healdton – Female was attacked by a Pit Bull and is bleeding from the head. In the 100 block of Phillips Street. Healdton first responders, officers and animal control in route.
10/22/15 Oklahoma City – Man dies after being mauled by 5 pit bull dogs. CLICK HERE
09/17/15 Okmulgee – The sheriff in Okmulgee is pushing for charges, after a woman claims she was attacked by a group of dogs. The attack happened on the south end of Okmulgee on Wednesday afternoon. “I can’t even let my grandson come out here and play,” said Collins, who says she was attacked after coming to check on her sister, who has cancer. (CLICK HERE)
08/08/15 Ardmore – “Hey Butch, I meant to tell you this right after it happened. I guess it’s been a couple of weeks ago now. Johnny Jones of Johnny’s Sprockets Bike shop was riding his bicycle on Highway 53 and a dog came out and ran into him or he ran into it. I really don’t remember, but Johnny came out on the losing end. It knocked him out, even with a helmet on and he has a broken pelvis. Just a reminder to people to keep your pets up. They don’t have to bite someone to cause a lot of hurt, not to mention they can cost you money. Even outside city limits where there is no leash law, you are still responsible for your pets.” -Phillip Capshaw
07/27/15 Coweta – Woman Dies. Witnesses told KJRH that the woman was picking up cans along Main St. when she was attacked by three pit bulls and one Rottweiler. Neighbors told KJRH the victim is 67-year-old Carolyn Lamp. They say she was collecting aluminum cans to support her sewing hobby. “When they said aluminum cans, I kinda figured it was her,” one neighbor said. CLICK HERE
05/04/15 Ardmore – Woman facing charges in revenge shooting of neighbor’s pit bull, which had attacked and killed her cat in her own front yard. Seventy-eight year old Mary Dube can only point, unable to express her pain verbally because she is deaf. She lost her beloved 5 year old pit bull, Sadie on Friday, when a neighbor came into her yard and shot it.
07/03/15 Oklahoma City – A vicious pit bull attack left a metro family terrified Thursday night. They called us, frustrated, because they say animal control refused to show up and help. It was so bad they had to call police to get the situation under control. CLICK HERE
06/30/15 Lawton – Craig Akard tells The Lawton Constitution that Jordan “Jo Jo” Collins-Tyson died Sunday after a pit bull bit him in the neck. Akard says officers were called Sunday morning to a home on a report of a dog attack. When they arrived, Akard says the dog was aggressive toward them and had to be shot. Akard says a friend of Jordan’s family was babysitting the child and called for help after finding him laying in the home’s backyard.CLICK HERE
06/29/15 Oklahoma City – A metro man is behind bars following a police investigation into an alleged dog attack on the city’s southwest side over the weekend. According to police reports, Oklahoma City police arrested Julio Favela in the 900 block of Southwest 35th Street on Saturday. Police say man made up dog attack to get money from neighbor. CLICK HERE
06/22/15 Tulsa – “Blood everywhere, I didn’t realize it was the postman at first,” said William Harper. When William came home for lunch, he found that his dream pit bull had become someone’s nightmare. “Yeah they took him right to the hospital out of here he got chewed up pretty bad, got a 90 pound pit bull locking on your face, I mean you’re in pretty bad shape,” he said. He had raised the dog since he was just a 9 week old puppy, and says the attack stunned him as much as anyone. CLICK HERE
05/27/15 Ardmore – 10 year old boy was attacked by pit bull on 10th NE but refusing treatment by medics. Dispatch says this is an ongoing thing with this same dog.
04/18/15 Moore – An 11-year-old hearing-impaired boy from Oklahoma has his younger sister to thank for saving his life after a pack of vicious Rottweilers mauled him over the weekend. Graphic content CLICK HERE
03/23/15 Oklahoma City – A woman was hospitalized and her dog killed after Oklahoma City Animal Welfare said she was attacked by two stray dogs. CLICK HERE
02/07/15 Oklahoma City – Around 1:40 p.m., police responded to the 1200 block of NW 45th to a report of a dog attacking a homeowner. Upon arrival, police located an adult male being mauled by a St. Bernard. Two bystanders attempted to pull the dog off the man but they were unsuccessful. An officer then discharged his handgun and the dog released its hold on the man. Officers said the homeowner was “gravely injured as a result of the dog attack”.
01/22/15 Cartwright – A Texoma woman attacked by a dog this week will have to live with what happened for the rest of her life. The attack left her with cuts, bruises and a gash in her arm down to the bone. Leona Kirby, 41, says she was riding her bike down a trail near her Cartwright home Monday afternoon when a red-nosed pitbull ran towards her. CLICK HERE
12/27/14 Enid – Authorities say a 10-year-old boy was outside playing when two pit bull dogs allegedly attacked him. CLICK HERE Another Video (graphic)
12/22/14 Oklahoma City – An Oklahoma City woman was rushed to the hospital Thursday after a dog jumped on her and bit her on the arm and hand. Click Here
12/15/14 Oklahoma City – An Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Deputy is recovering after she was attacked Monday morning by a pit bull outside a NW Oklahoma City car repair shop.CLICK HERE
12/08/14 Oklahoma City – A metro woman is furious after she says she was brutally attacked by three dogs and the animals were allowed to return home. Renae Parks says she was at an acquaintance’s home when her husband and the dogs’ owner left her alone with the pets. At some point, she says one of the dogs began growling at her and latched onto her arm.CLICK HERE
11/17/14 Seminole – A child is attacked by a dog while in foster care, now one Oklahoma family demands answers. They feel like the state has let them down, but the Oklahoma DHS says this was just a terrible accident. CLICK HERE
11/06/14 Bethany – Two American bulldogs accused of attacking their neighbors had their fates’ decided late Thursday. The Bethany Police Chief’s wife says the dogs are vicious and left her with bruises, so a court hearing took place to determine if both dogs would be put to death.CLICK HERE
10/21/14 Collinsville – A 5-year-old Collinsville girl is in the hospital recovering from a dog attack. A 2-year-old Rottweiler-Bull Mastiff mix grabbed Payton White Tuesday evening, according to a witness. The girl’s father said the injuries look more like a shark attack than dog bites. It took surgeons six hours to repair the injuries to Payton’s arm, head and neck. Her dad says she has hundreds of stitches.CLICK HERE
10/21/14 Pryor – A family in Oklahoma is mourning the loss of their beloved Boxer, Murdock, after he was killed on Tuesday by a neighbor’s two Pit Bulls that escaped their yard, reports KFOX23. The family requested that their identity not be revealed as they try to cope with the vicious killing of their 6-year-old pet and the fear they feel because their daughter was also recently the victim of a Pit Bull attack. CLICK HERE
10/18/14 Ardmore – Foiled Dog Attack: “Hi Butch, long time — My dog attack adventure may be of interest — I’m 90 & need to walk mornings. Now & then I passed three big dogs chained in front yard barking furiously. Few weeks ago, same house a tiny little dog half the size of a house cat, yapping at my feet. Trying to avoid it, I saw one of the big dogs, free, headed for me. Lucky I had my spring steel walking stick, cut from a golf club. Big dog about to take hold of my left leg, I gave him my best stroke with my stick. That changed his mind. I walked on, thinking lucky I had my stick & saw the attack coming & lucky it was me instead of some little old lady or small child being attacked. Got home, called police, Animal Control Officer came out, took my report, saying he would talk with dog’s owner. Now, weeks later, the dogs sometimes still there but don’t bark much at me. Makes me wonder if dogs learned a lesson, maybe drugged by owner or just got used to seeing me but still a menace in my opinion. These are like Alaska sled dogs, maybe 100 pound size” -Bob McCrory
10/14/14 Oklahoma City – Animal control officers captured an out-of-control dog Tuesday after the animal attacked a mail carrier and then bit his owner. A nearly hour long standoff unfolded in northeast Oklahoma City on Tuesday afternoon as Oklahoma City police and animal control officers, firefighters and paramedics surrounded a home at 2325 NW 119 shortly after 2 p.m. Click Here
10/10/14 Oklahoma City – Two animal welfare employees with the city of Oklahoma City are recovering from bites they suffered during a dog attack Friday morning. Click Here
09/28/14 Norman – A pair of dog owners in Norman are in shock this weekend after an alleged attack by their neighbor’s pit bull. Their dogs were hurt badly, and the dog they say is responsible for the fight, is still in its backyard. Click Here
09/19/14 Tulsa – A Tulsa police officer has fatally shot one of two pit bulls who mauled a man. Click Here
08/12/14 Pryor – A 4 year old girl was attacked by the neighbor’s pit bull requiring 120 stitches in her face.
07/24/14 Altus – An Altus woman was badly injured when she was mauled by a pack of dogs. The woman told police she went with a friend to a trailer on north Howse Street Wednesday to talk to the homeowner about buying it. The victim’s friend was invited inside, while she waited on the front porch. That’s when three medium to large sized dogs attacked the woman, leaving severe cuts and bite wounds on her neck, chest, arms, legs, and back. She was ultimately taken by helicopter to a hospital in Oklahoma City to be treated for her injuries. The dogs were euthanized at the request of the owner. Click Here
07/14/14 Muskogee – Glenn Boulet Sr., who was the victim of a vicious dog attack on Monday, has been updated from critical to serious condition. “He still can’t talk, and he still can’t walk,” said Boulet’s wife, Deborah Lolles Boulet. Glenn Boulet, 61, has been at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa since being flown there after two pit bull dogs attacked him near his home at 318 S. Ninth St. Witnesses had to use baseball bats and a gun to separate the dogs from Boulet. Click Here
6/26/14 McLoud – A 9-year-old girl is recovering after she recently survived a vicious dog attack inside her own home. “I was just coming out of the bathroom and it just started attacking me.” Adeline Chambers remembers. Girl’s mother says stray dog came inside when door was left open. Click Here
06/19/14 Oklahoma City – Second dog attack of Edmond woman at Oklahoma State Capitol prompts security to set dog cages to trap dogs. Click Here for story.
06/14/14 Oklahoma City – Colorado woman recovering from dog bite she received during Oklahoma Capitol visit. Click Here for story.
05/29/14 Healdton – 3rd and Magnolia street. SOAS and Healdton PD on scene. Four dogs attacked man. Wilson dog catcher come out to help capture the animals. All dogs captured but one.
05/25/14 Ardmore – A 4 year old boy is recovering from a pit bull attack in Carter County. Tonight, his parents are thankful the Ardmore boy was not killed.
05/25/14 Ardmore – A 4 year old boy is recovering from a pit bull attack in Carter County. Tonight, his parents are thankful the Ardmore boy was not killed. CLICK HERE
05/24/14 Overbrook – Today at the convenience store in Overbrook a pit bull attacked this guy
04/17/14 Enid – A 74-year old Enid woman was viciously attacked by two dogs and is still recovering in the hospital from her injuries. VIDEO
03/17/14 Jay – A Delaware County man mauled by two pit bull dogs earlier this month received between 180 to 200 stitches to close up lacerations after the attack.
03/05/14 Vian – A 65-year-old man and his dog were attacked by a neighbor’s pit bull in the man’s backyard. The man’s granddaughter had unchained the family’s boxer mix in order to fix the chain, when the other dog came onto the property and attacked the boxer mix. The man was bitten when he tried to break up the attack, and responding police officers had to use a Taser on the pit bull in order to give the boxer mix a chance to break free. The pit bull ran off and had not been located.
03/05/14 Spencer – Deputy Accidentally Shoots Self As Dog Attacks Him In Spencer FULL STORY
01/29/14 Kenwood – A traffic stop by a Cherokee Nation Marshal Service unit is now under investigation because of an attack on the female motorist by a K-9. Story and Photo
01/22/14 Ardmore – Since I’ve been posting vicious dog attacks in my newsletter (I started in 2001), today I learned about a beautiful pony that was attacked by a pit bull just outside Ardmore. The owner had just dropped off this most adorable pony with its new owner. The original owner had not even got home before the new owner called to say the pony had been attacked by her neighbor’s pit bull. This first photo shows the pony BEFORE the attack today.
Now these next two photos are horrific. Do not click on them unless you are prepared to see the most mangled face of a pony a person can imagine.
01/15/14 Lawton – A Lawton man was mauled in a vicious dog attack Tuesday night and now the Animal Welfare Department is working to identify and locate the animal. Authorities say the victim suffered a severe tear to his face when he was attacked by a dog. VIDEO
01/02/14 Altus – A 7-year-old girl was bitten by a chained dog while she was playing in the owner’s backyard with his children. The girl was taken to the hospital, and the dog’s owner was charged with cruelty to animals for having the dog on a chain shorter than the legal minimum. The owner was also cited for not having the dog vaccinated against rabies and for having a vicious animal. Police noted that the dog didn’t have any water, and the owner had been cited in the preceding months for not having a dog vaccinated against rabies and having a dog running at large.
12/14/13 Broken Arrow – “Three men saved our lives when we were attacked by 2 large American bulldogs. The attack really scared me, and almost killed my dog. But now that it is over, I realize that there are no weapons that a person like me can carry…. By the way I live in Broken Arrow in what I consider a nice housing addition. This is not an area of town that people would fear to walk in, but there are many vicious animals in so many homes.”
11/20/13 Norman – Two dogs attacked a group of schoolchildren walking near All Saints Catholic School Wednesday morning leaving at least three with bites, others scratched and one with a concussion, officials said. Capt. Tom Easley said one of the dogs, a Dogo Argentino, was captured. It had no tags or chip and was euthanized. The dog’s head was taken to the state Health Department for examination. CLICK HERE
10/19/13 Hollis – A 4-year-old Hollis boy is still in an Oklahoma City hospital almost two weeks after he was mauled by a neighbor’s dog. 4-year-old Gage Thornhill set out on a typical bike ride in his neighborhood. It ended tragically when he was violently attacked. Police arrived to find a small bicycle and two tennis shoes in a pile of dirt. Nearby, two men held the child in a jacket. Dirt covered Gage’s wounds, and he is still fighting to recover from them.CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO
Follow-up email on 11/04/13 – “This happened before there in Hollis to my cousin. It was about 12 years ago. My grandparents live there and my cousin, he was about 5 years old and he’s 17 now, went to check the mail and the neighbor’s pit bull attacked him and he almost died. It was 1/2 a centimeter from his jugular vein. So scary! All they did was put the dog down and check if he had rabies. My cousin still lives with a scared up face to this day.” -Becka Harris
09/14/13 Ardmore – “A four year old boy was attacked by pit bulls in Ardmore yesterday. He walked out the back door while his mother was sleeping and the other two adults weren’t paying attention and they attacked him for the food in his hand. The boy lost an ear and has severe nerve damage in his face. He’s at Children’s Hospital in Oklahoma City.” CLICK HERE
09/06/13 Edmond – Man kills dog after it attacks his wife. CLICK FOR STORY
07/01/13 Tulsa – Toddler is recovering after he was bit by a pit bull at a Midtown apartment complex, late Sunday night. CLICK FOR STORY
06/14/13 Jessieville, Arkansas – Ayden Evans of Midwest City, Oklahoma, age 5, was staying with his aunt in Jessieville, Arkansas, when a neighbor’s bull mastiff killed him. VIDEO
05/13/13 Tulsa – Pit bull in Tulsa climbs over neighbor’s fence, and mauls lady’s leg so severely there was not enough skin to sew up wounds. She will need plastic surgery. Video
03/19/13 Tulsa – Two women going door to door in the 2000 block of North Lewis Place were attacked and severely injured Tuesday morning by a pit bull dog.CLICK FOR STORY
03/18/13 Oklahoma City – A man intervened after a stray dog attacked his dog in the 1200 block of Northwest 45th Street around 6:30 p.m. Monday. Investigators say the 35-year-old man’s nose was nearly ripped off. VIDEO
03/13/13 Ardmore – “Well Butch, I know I’m preaching to the choir talking to you, but I was bit by a dog last Wednesday night. It was running loose and I was walking down the middle of the street. Thankfully it was a little Jack Russell type dog. All it did was break the skin, however because it was bleeding I wanted to make sure it had it’s shots. Wouldn’t you know it the lady that owned it said it was a stray dog she had taken in and she had no idea whether it had it’s shots or not. The police officer said “you just need to keep it quarantined for 2-3 days and make sure it doesn’t foam at the mouth or nothing like that,” which I was pretty sure was contrary to state law and it is. State law according to Ok. Health Dept. is that any dog that you can’t prove has had it’s shots has to be kept at a vet for 10 days. The dog was picked up by animal control and taken to the vet the next day. I post all of this to say once again PEOPLE BE RESPONSIBLE WITH YOUR ANIMALS. I posted this on your site because I know this is a pet peeve with you & you have lots of friends. What irresponsible pet owners also can’t seem to get through their thick skulls is that they are responsible for any damages/medical bills, lost income etc. that their pet does. Just a trip to the E.R. could get very expensive for them if FIDO is allowed to roam and he bites someone causes a wreck etc. This is the 2nd time since 2009 a dog has bit me and one run under the wheel on my bike and caused me to wreck in 2007. When are people going to learn. Thanks for letting me rant.” -Phillip Capshaw
03/05/13 Sand Springs – Tulsa County Sheriff’s deputies say it took killing a pit bull to get it to let go after the dog attacked a man walking through his Sand Springs neighborhood.A pit bull belonging to a neighbor got loose and attacked the man in the area of 800 West Long Street, in Sand Springs. VIDE 1 VIDEO 2
02/04/13 Oklahoma City – Little Hope was bitten twice on her backside by a dog that put her in the emergency room VIDEO
11/14/12 Edmond – Police arrest a man accused of assaulting his girlfriend and commanding his pit bull to attack her.
10/20/12 Ringling -. A young boy was attacked by a pit bull and taken to E.R. by his mother to get stitches in thighs and elsewhere. Received 7 stitches to close up his sack and 6 to close up his thigh.
10/20/12 Durant – A woman is grieving the loss of her pet Chihuahua and nursing injuries to her leg after two bulldogs running loose attacked them in their yard Saturday on East Main Street. Rhonda Bates said she was in her yard with her dog when the two bulldogs came through a hole in the fence and attacked her little dog. While trying to rescue her pet, she was bitten by one of the dogs.
10/11/12 Tulsa – The pins holding his leg together show up as dark lines on the x-ray, and the torn flesh makes you cringe in sympathy. “There were teeth marks on his bone,” said John Carter, his 13 year-old son Darius a patient at St. Francis since Saturday after he tried to break up a fight between his dog and the neighbor’s dog on the other side of the fence.
“And he grabbed our dog by the collar to pull him away from the hole and his foot slipped into the hole, and that’s when the dog grabbed his foot,” he said. And grabbed it with a fury, inflicting an enormous amount of damage. CLICK HERE
10/09/12 Christy Greene McCullers of Ardmore said: “Mike’s cousin in St Louis has had a pit bull since she was a tiny puppy. Her father gave her to his daughter who was 12 years old at the time. She was the family pet for 6 years. Groomed, babied, snuggled, loved, the baby of the family. She pretty much slept in the basement with the daughter for 6 years. Tabitha is now 19 years old and her brother is 18. She is Tabitha’s baby, the beloved famil…y pet. Tabitha was out of the house with her mother… her 18 year old brother was home with his father and girlfriend. Spencer was playing games with his girlfriend in the kitchen. The pit bull walked in the kitchen and unprovoked, attacked his girlfriend. Spencer (raised around this family’s beloved baby for 6 years) pulled the dog off her with his father’s help. The girlfriend suffered 60 stitches… Spencer spent 2 nights in the hospital after surgery to remove the 2 (count them… 2) teeth from his leg. His dad had multiple bite wounds and stitches as well. This sweet, loving, “baby” attacked two of her family members with no warning, unprovoked. They are in shock… when the police and ambulance arrived, the dog was scratching, clawing, and fighting at the back door to get back in the house. This dog couldn’t have been raised in a kinder household since it was a teeny tiny puppy. Wow.”
09/27/12 Muskogee – Three year old attacked by pit bull at Muskogee, Oklahoma last Friday.
09/27/12 Oklahoma City – A woman was mauled and killed by a pit bull, according to Oklahoma City Police. Nellie Davis, 60, was found by her granddaughter on Wednesday. VIDEO
09/24/12 Snyder – A Southwest Oklahoma mother said a dog viciously bit her young daughter and she’s learned the dog used to be a police dog. Now officials in Kiowa County are investigating.
09/20/12 Muskogee – A 3-year-old boy was attacked by a chained pit bull in his family’s backyard. The mother had left the child unattended outside while she went into the house for a few minutes. The boy wandered too close to the dog and was attacked.
09/19/12 Oklahoma City – A 65 year old woman was walking her mini-schnauzer on a city street when a one year old female pit bull bolted out from a backyard where the gate had somehow opened. It attacked the mini-schnauzer and tried to shake it to death but the woman dropped to the ground and protected her pet as best she could. Two men who witnessed the attack got the pit bull off them and the woman immediately took her pet to the veterinarian. The pet survived and the woman received scrapes and bruises. OKC Animal Control took custody of the pit bull after its owner signed it over and it was euthanized. -Earl in Oklahoma City
07/26/12 Oklahoma City – Oklahoma City police say a man shot his dog after it attacked his wife Thursday. VIDEO
07/16/12 Geronimo – A vicious attack by a pit bull on a woman in Geronimo may cause her to lose her leg. Sandy Schwab said she was walking to her friend’s door when the dog ran up and started biting her leg. Her friend managed to get the dog off her and called 911. Hospital workers said the attack was so vicious she’s lucky she didn’t bleed to death. In spite of that, authorities haven’t taken the dog away, and that has angered the woman’s family. Her injuries are very severe. The muscle and tissue between her leg and her groin area was ripped off. The wound, which is now infected, is about the size of a large cantaloupe. Her family says because of the severity of the bite, the animal should have been quarantined.
06/14/12 Ada – Alleged dog attack prompts suit. A Pontotoc County family is suing their neighbor alleging the neighbor’s dog attacked their daughter in April.
05/23/12 Wagoner County, Oklahoma – A Green Country family says their protective pooch saved three neighborhood kids from a pit bull attack. The family is upset because they say it’s not the first time this has happened. VIDEO
05/21/12 Oklahoma City — A 9-year-old boy is recovering from serious injuries after he was attacked by two vicious dogs, one a German Shepherd and one a Pit Bull. VIDEO
05/10/12 Ardmore – A police officer was bitten by a pit bull Thursday night when he responded to a report of dogs fighting.
04/19/12 Wilson – Deadly force was used to subdue a pit bull after it attacked a woman and charged at a police officer Wednesday afternoon. Capt. Jarod Barnes said he responded to the report of a pit bull attack at 4:18 p.m. on Ridge and Second Street. According to reports, Mary Williams had just come home from the grocery store when she was attacked. She was able to find safety in the back of a pickup truck, but suffered bites on the back of her calves. She was treated at the scene by the Southern Oklahoma Ambulance Service and was transported to Mercy Memorial Health Center by family members.
04/13/12 Marietta – Teen bitten by vicious dog – The Marietta Monitor
A 15-year-old Marietta student is recovering from a traumatic experience with a dog. When walking her usual route home down South 7th Street, the teen was surprised when a dog rounded the corner of a house and viciously approached her. Comments from family members on a Facebook® post state that the dog, a pit bull, attacked her and bit her on her calf. Statements read that she hit the dog to get it off her leg. Her cries for help prompted other children, who were also walking home, to come to her aid and attempt to keep the dog away once it released its grip. The time was approximately 3:12 p.m. when a call was made for law enforcement to respond to the scene. Incident reports from the Marietta Police Department indicate that a Sheriff’s Department reserve officer was the first to arrive on the scene, followed by a Marietta Police Officer and two other Sheriff’s Deputies. Medics were paged to the location to assist the girl with bites on her leg where puncture wounds were apparent. Armed with a shotgun, the Reserve Deputy proceeded around the house of the owners of the animal. The Marietta officer followed with a taser. One dog was safely caged in a kennel, the other dog darted from around the house and charged at the two officers. Seeing the dog had its teeth barred and was charging fast, one shot was fired from the shotgun, but it did not stop the animal. Upon the second shot, the dog fell over approximately half a foot from the Reserve Deputy. The vicious dog had been kept on a large chain in the back yard of the home. The yard was not fenced. It was reported the owner of the animal had plans that afternoon to purchase a second kennel in which to secure the dog. Officers did not identify any way the dog would have gotten off the chain, concluding that someone must have let the dog loose. No vaccination records could be provided for the animal. The owners reported they completed their own vaccinations and no records were available through a veterinarian. A citation was issued to the owners for allowing an animal to run at large. The name of the juvenile was not released by law enforcement, but her wounds were wrapped at the scene and she was transported from the scene by private vehicle to be treated at the local hospital. Animal control was contacted for the dog. Its remains were taken to Westwood Veterinary Hospital in Ardmore, where the head was removed so it could be sent to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation for testing.
04/10/12 Mead An elderly Mead, Oklahoma resident was mauled to death Monday afternoon by two pit bulls, the Bryan County Sheriff’s Office said. James Hurst, 92, was taken to the Medical Center of Southeastern Oklahoma, where he died, according to Undersheriff Ken Golden. He was mauled very, very badly,” Golden said. He was alive at the point when they loaded him onto the ambulance, and he died at the hospital.”
04/02/12 Oklahoma City – Family Concerned Over Pit Bull Attacks In SE OKC Neighborhood According to the people who live in the neighborhood, the three dogs broke through the fence right where a cinder block is keeping it closed. By Monday afternoon, there was a new dog in Shahan’s neighbor’s yard. Boudrow, a two-year-old English bulldog, was recovering from surgery Monday afternoon. Boudrow will be okay, but Shahan has a $2,000 vet bill and a fear that there will be a next time and it will be worse.
02/09/12 Ardmore – A dog owner said two pit bulls attacked her pet, and it is not the only time police dealt with a dangerous dog the same day. Peggy Jones came home two weeks ago to find her daughter screaming about their dog Xena, 3. “I jumped out of the car and came around and saw that it was two pit bulls pulling her from one end to the other,” Jones said. “I tried throwing sticks and rocks and bricks at the dogs but we couldn’t stop them.”
11/04/11 Tulsa – A family had been out riding their bikes. but what would set off a 90 pound American Bulldog Terrier and trigger an attack that would change a little girls life. It was a day the Stonebarger family wishes never happened. PHOTO
11/03/11 Vinita – A 3-year-old Vinita girl is recovering after being attacked by a dog this past weekend. The pit bull jumped a 6-foot high fence to attack the girl while she was riding her bicycle. This was the second time this year a dog from the same residence in Vinita attacked someone. Victim is facing several years of recovery. PHOTOS
07/17/11 Stonewall – Jogger Daniel Murray is lucky to be alive today and he credits a fellow Stonewall resident for saving him. Murray was attacked by a pack of vicious dogs July 8 when a good Samaritan — 24-year-old Jennifer Sweet — came to his aid. PHOTO
06/14/11 Muskogee – Mother: 5 year old child was ripped by dog, tossing him like a rag doll. PHOTO
05/10/11 Oklahoma City – A man walking down a street was bitten on the arm and leg by a pit bull who had broken the chain he was kept on.
04/25/11 Ardmore – A local man is dead after a pit bull attack in Carter County over the weekend. Virgil Anthony “Tony” Cantrell was approaching a neighbor’s house when their dog attacked him about 8 o’clock Friday night. Carter County Sheriff’s Deputies arrived to find Cantrell lying unconscious on the ground. Authorities say the dog was standing over him, and they were forced to shoot and kill the pit bull.
02/18/11 Oklahoma City – The mother of an Oklahoma County commissioner shot and killed two dogs while they attacked her son’s dog in a south Oklahoma City neighborhood.
01/17/11 Oklahoma City – OKC Man Angry After Neighbor’s Pit Bull Kills Dog, Attacks Him. VIDEO
01/13/11 LeFlore County, Oklahoma – Toddler in Hospital after Pit Bull Attack
09/16/10 Tulsa – A girl got a little too close to a dog on a chain in North Tulsa and was attacked on Thursday morning.
07/13/10 Shawnee – Man attacked by pit bull
06/02/10 Oklahoma City – Mary Wolf is recovering after attack by pack of dogs, at least four pit bull mixes, including one that previously had attacked a 7-year-old boy. VIDEO
05/31/10 Oklahoma County – Woman Faces Charges Under Oklahoma Dog Bite Law
An Oklahoma County woman faces up to a year in jail and a $5,000 fine after several of her mixed-breed Pit Bull Terriers escaped from her property and attacked a neighbor. Ulonda Jackson, 48, has been charged with a failure to restrain a dangerous dog, a misdemeanor under Oklahoma dog bite law. The charges stem from a May 31 incident in which the dogs attacked Mary Wolf, 48, outside her nearby home. Wolf was forced to take shelter in her vehicle for more than 20 minutes before help arrived. Wolf was bitten and clawed in the attack, which resulted in large scarring on her legs.
03/11/10 Perkins – Dogs kill local toddler in attack. A nine-month-old child died Monday after he was attacked by dogs at a residence south of Perkins. The incident was reported to Iowa Tribal Police at 11: 11 a.m. Monday, March 8. Officers were dispatched to a home at 750801 S. 3380 Road to find the baby boy had been mauled by two adult Rottweiler dogs.
2010 Durant – A pit bull was shot after it charged firefighters who were treating a person who had been assaulted by the dog. Police, firefighters and Bryan County EMS were dispatched at 4:17 p.m. Wednesday to a residence in the 400 block of Northeast Fourth Avenue about a dog bite victim. According to Durant Police, Chauncy Nelson had been bitten by two vicious dogs while trying to walk home. The victim was bleeding profusley from several wounds to the face, arms and legs
11/06/09 Tulsa – A 1-year-old girl suffered head wounds and severe blood loss after she was attacked by her family’s chained dog. According to a news story, the dog was kept chained all the time.
07/29/09 Ardmore – Two pit bulls, one of whom apparently broke free from a chain, attacked a 19-year-old woman and her dog in her home on G Street SW, leaving the woman with injuries to her hands, arms, and knees.
07/25/09 Midwest City – A physically disabled man was hospitalized Saturday after a violent attack by two pit bull terriers. Another man suffered less severe injuries.
06/06/09 Wilburton – VICIOUS ATTACK — Dogs maul woman. Brandy McCarty, of McAlester, was delivering medical supplies to a customer in the Wilburton area on May 29 when a vicious attack changed her life. McCarty, an employee with an area medical supply company, was attacked by nine to 10 dogs while on a delivery. The woman at the house assured McCarty that the dogs did not bite as she stepped into the fenced area to deliver the medical supplies; however, she was wrong. As the dogs began to attack, McCarty dropped to the ground. “I covered my face,” McCarty said hoping to protect herself from the bites. “I don’t know which dog bit me first,” McCarty said. However, one dog bite lead to many, she reported.
05/04/09 Shawnee – A Shawnee man is fighting for ‘vicious’ dogs. Vicious and dangerous dog ordinances in different Oklahoma communities have been challenged in municipal courts recently. In March, a mixed breed dog from Shawnee was tranquilized and taken into custody by an animal welfare agent there. The dog was labeled vicious and would have been euthanized had its owner not gone to court.
04/30/09 Tulsa – Teen on probation for infant’s death making minimal efforts, records show A teenager whose infant son was killed by a puppy has made minimal efforts to meet her probation requirements, a court document shows.
03/06/09 Moore – It was recently reported that a pet pit bull was put to sleep after it killed a cat and bit a woman in a home invasion attack.
2009 Marietta – Two pit bulls attack my 75 year old cousin, just walking home from the store in Marietta on Seminole Street, she did not even know he was around until she was on the ground with the calf muscle was ripped out of her leg. She was just walking, she did almost everyday, the dogs had broken chains, there were no fences to keep them in, but they just could not believe this happened, after the Love County police officers finally found them to talk to them.
11/16/08 Ardmore – A two year-old in Ardmore was viciously attacked Thursday night by their family pit bull. Neighbors told reporters it was absolutely the unthinkable. They said the mother was screaming and it was without a doubt one of the most horrifying things they’ve ever seen.
11/04/08 Guymon – One hurt, owners cited in vicious dog attack. Around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday morning, Nov. 4, the Guymon Police Department responded to the 300 block of South James Street in response to a report of a citizen being attacked by vicious dogs.
Upon arrival at the scene Lt. Jason Bond attempted to check on the victim, Zaw Han of Guymon, who had taken refuge in a passing motorist’s car. As the officer attempted to check on the victim’s welfare he was charged by a pit bull and shot and killed the attacking animal at the scene. Two other dogs were captured a short time later by Animal Control with the assistance of Guymon PD officers and Guymon School Police.
The victim, who was referred to the emergency room at the hospital for treatment, received several lacerations from bites to his arms and legs from the attack by the three dogs before he was able to escape with the aid of a passing motorist.
07/28/08 Tulsa – Zane Alen Earles, a 2-month-old boy, was killed by his parents’ dog while the child was sitting in a swing, located inside their house.
02/09/08 Pauls Valley – Pit Bull Attack Renews Debate Over Vicious Animals. State Prohibits Breed-Specific Laws. A pit bull attack last week has galvanized a local group of citizens who want to see pit bulls banned from Pauls Valley. Doris Belicek was walking her small dog, Rufus, when three pit bulls snatched him from her. Belicek attempted to rescue Rufus but retreated when one of the pit bulls became aggressive toward her. Police officers responded and found the dogs with one of them still carrying Rufus. The pit bulls were owned by Sabrina Briley, who has been cited for having loose dogs before. The officers retrieved Rufus and returned his body to Belicek. The incident has brought Martin and others in the community together to ban pit bulls. “We’re going to do whatever it takes to get these dogs out of our town,” Martin said. “They are vicious animals and no one is really safe as long as they are in our community.”
01/03/08 Bartlesville – Victim of pit bull dog attack to be buried Thursday.
2007 Cartwright – A pit bull dog chomped a sheriff’s deputy when he went to investigate a call about a man threatening his wife with a machete. Deputy Javier Guerrero went to a Denison Street residence in Cartwright Saturday evening to look for the man, and Guerrero walked up to the suspect’s friend’s home.
2007 Cartwright – A jogger was bitten by a pit bull while running in the 500 block of Boat Club Road, according to the Bryan County Sheriff’s Office. Kelly Magouirk told Deputy Louis Rocha on Monday that the dog ran up behind her and bit both of her legs. The victim’s father took her to the emergency room for treatment. Rocha planned to have the dog quarantined, according to the report.
12/28/07 Bartlesville – 140-pound dog attacks meter reader in yard. An Oklahoma Natural Gas Co. meter reader was taken to a hospital Thursday after being severely injured by a dog. The meter reader had jumped a back fence in the 12400 block of East 33rd Place about 11 a.m. and was trying to read a meter in a yard when a 140-pound bull mastiff came around the side of the house and attacked him, said Jake Wilson, senior animal control investigator for Tulsa. The dog latched onto the worker’s arm, and the man stabbed the dog in the head with a screwdriver until it let go, Wilson said. The worker was then able to get back over the fence and was taken to a hospital with a broken arm and puncture wounds, Wilson said.
12/02/07 Broken Arrow – Police dog attacks 12-year-old
10/16/07 Ada – a 65-year-old Pontotoc County woman was mauled to death by a pack of pit bull-mix dogs
04/28/07 Tuttle – Larry Williams, 3, was attacked by a neighbor’s dog who was restrained with a 6-foot chain.
March 2007 Tulsa – A chained dog broke free and attacked Lee Ingram.
02/22/07 Tulsa – Dog Attacks Paramedic
04/11/06 Ardmore – Another pit bull attack in Ardmore. This time an 11-year-old boy was rushed to the ER– the dog shot twice. CLICK FOR STORY
04/06/06 Ardmore – 4 year old boy is recovering from a pit bull attack in Carter County. Tonight, his parents are thankful the Ardmore boy was not killed, when the dog latched onto his face. CLICK FOR STORY
01/24/06 Kansas, Oklahoma – A 2-year-old girl was attacked and injured by a neighbor’s dog who was kept chained.
01/08/06 Ardmore – A pit bull terrier shot by police Monday and later euthanized is the second to be shot in Ardmore within a week. The dog attacked a police officer who was responding to a vicious-dog report, police Lt. Eric Hamblin said. A pit bull shot last week was killed as it charged an animal control officer, Hamblin said Tuesday. A police officer, who was called to the scene, shot the dog.
01/05/06 Bartlesville – About 5 days ago a 4 year old boy was mauled to death by a pit bull dog. And last November another Oklahoma boy’s leg was mauled requiring two surgeries. Only through the intervention of an adult passerby, did this boy not die from the attack.
06/23/05 Two Oklahoma children mauled this week by pit bull dogs, one now armless. And then lets not forget the postman this week attacked by a pit bull.
01/26/05 Kansas, Oklahoma – Her 2-year-old daughter was mauled by a neighbor’s pit bull. PHOTO
October 8, 2002 Oilton, Oklahoma (25 miles east of Stillwater, Oklahoma) – 75 year old Della Mae Parker was attacked by three pit bull dogs as she went for her daily walk. Her right foot was severely mauled by the pit bulls and she will never regain full use of her foot.
05/19/01 “Hey Butch, warn your readers who are apt to go out and see the places described in T&T. I stopped in at that old Ladd school near Goldsby, Oklahoma a few weeks ago and was nearly eaten alive by a pit bull. I wasn’t bitten, but only for being fast enough on my feet to get inside the business that is on the same property as the school house.”
November 1984 Lone Grove– Lone Grove Mayor Lincoln Stanley recently underwent a series of vaccinations due to bites he received when attacked by three dogs. Town trustees voted at a special meeting last week to pay the City of Ardmore $3.00 per animal taken to that city’s animal shelter.
12/01/75 TIshomingo – Five year old boy mauled by pack of dogs. Newspaper clipping
The City of Bartlesville, Oklahoma has a very comprehensive ordinance on dogs, cats and animals in general. CLICK HERE
The website below lists fatal vicious dog attacks all over the U.S by year. I see its not complete, sure don’t list several in Oklahoma and Texas, as is listed above.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_dog_attacks_in_the_United_States
Aug. 1994 Rottweiler OK Unsupervised child
Sept.1994 Rottweiler OK Unsupervised child