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<\/a>A week and a half before Christmas in 2014, Mary Parmer and her son Bill were in her Apple Valley home when there was a sudden eruption of noise outside \u2013 barking, snarling and shrieking.<\/p>\nThey quickly investigated and discovered their two small dogs \u2013 a Corgi mix named Lucy and a Chihuahua mix named Lady under attack by three large dogs in the yard next door.<\/p>\n
Before the three large dogs, including a Boxer mix and a Pit Bull mix, could be chased away from the smaller dogs, Lady was dead and Lucy had suffered severe lacerations.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe didn\u2019t have a car here, so Bill ran to a neighbor\u2019s house and asked them to take us to the vet.\u00a0 Lucy was ripped open in several places. She had surgery and was in [Bear Valley Animal] hospital several days, then she came home. But she had to go back for more surgery a week later. And she had to go back for more treatment after that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mary is a retired widow who worked part-time for 25 years at Victor Valley College and Bill had been laid off from a maintenance job there so there was little money to pay Lucy\u2019s bills.\u00a0 The hospital suggested Angel Fund, which stepped in with $500, a sum matched by the hospital. Mary is grateful for the assistance that saved her pet\u2019s life. A daughter helped her with subsequent veterinary bills.<\/p>\n
Lucy still shows signs of the trauma she suffered.\u00a0 Now about two years old, \u201cshe has good days and bad days and every now and then you can tell that her wounds still bother her,\u201d Mary said. \u201cShe has trouble jumping. She is usually a very active dog and sometimes she gets real still and doesn\u2019t have much energy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Before the attacks, Lucy slept on her bed, Mary said.\u00a0 Since Lucy could not jump up on the bed during her recovery, Mary made herself a bed on the floor and slept there with Lucy for a few weeks after her surgery.<\/p>\n
For a long time after the attacks, Mary said, Lucy would go out in the yard and look for Lady. \u201cShe missed her so much.\u00a0 So we went out and got her another pal. They have a great time together.\u201d The new dog is Crystal, also a Chihuahua mix.<\/p>\n
Lucy came to Mary\u2019s house originally when a friend found her at the side of the road not far away.\u00a0 \u201cShe couldn\u2019t keep her so we took her in. We checked with animal control and people in the neighborhood but no one claimed her.\u201d That was about six months before the attack by the neighbor\u2019s dogs.<\/p>\n
The two yards are separated by a wooden fence. \u201cI don\u2019t know how our dogs got into their yard. I think the big dogs dragged them through the fence,\u201d Mary said. The three large dogs still live next door, although all is now peaceful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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