Former Bachelor Sean Lowe Says Son Was Bit By Family Dog
Sean Lowe is connected the mend aft a harrowing acquisition with his rescue dog.
The Bachelor alum was hospitalized doubly implicit the people of 12 hours aft Moose—a Boxer helium adopted astir 3 months ago—violently attacked him connected 2 abstracted occasions.
"Our household has been done thing beauteous traumatic implicit the weekend," helium began successful a March 17 Instagram video, arsenic his wife Catherine Giudici sat tearfully beside him. "We're torn up astir it."
Sean said the archetypal onslaught happened connected March 13, erstwhile helium and immoderate friends were barbecuing successful the backyard and the fume alarm wrong his location went off. As the 41-year-old went to waft the fume distant with a crockery rag, Moose started nipping astatine his hands and feet "really aggressively."
And erstwhile Sean sternly told Moose off, that was erstwhile helium said a "switch flipped" and the canine "turned into an implicit killer."
"He shows his teeth astatine maine and conscionable attacks me," Sean recounted. "I consciousness him ripping into the soma of my limb and, astatine this point, I’m doing everything I perchance tin conscionable to fend this canine off."
Fortunately, his friends were capable to corral Moose to the backyard. But by then, according to Sean, helium was already "cut truthful deep" by his dog.
"I conscionable spot humor squirting," helium recalled. "Thank deity that that my friends were determination due to the fact that they were capable to unreserved maine to the ER."
Sean yet received stitches connected "five oregon six antithetic places" crossed his limb from the incident—but that was not the extremity of the ordeal. When helium returned location to put for his and Catherine's kids Samuel, 7, Isaiah, 6, and Mia, 5, to enactment arsenic his parents' spot arsenic helium dealt with the fallout, Moose attacked for a 2nd time.
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"We're getting the kids successful the car," Sean remembered, "and I spot Moose moving retired the beforehand door."
The Bachelor Nation prima said Moose "made a beeline close astatine me, and conscionable lunged and started attacking maine again."
"He's ripped my limb open," Sean continued. "I'm warring for my beingness here. I consciousness similar if this canine gets up, helium is going to termination me."
He added, "It took everything I had to power this dog—and I'm 220 pounds. If it were anyone else, helium would person killed my children oregon my wife, but I was capable to clasp him for 10 minutes until the cops came."
Sean said the 2nd onslaught "resulted successful different travel to the exigency country and much stitches." However, helium noted, "I don't blasted Moose a bit."
"It's wide helium experienced a batch of trauma earlier we got him and had thing neurologically incorrect with him," Sean shared, explaining however Moose was "just an affectionate, lovable Boxer" earlier the attacks. "There was thing astir that fume alarm that flipped this power successful him."
And portion the household is heartbroken implicit what transpired, Sean is "just ace grateful it was maine and it was not my kids oregon my wife." He's presently moving with carnal power and a no-kill structure to fig retired the champion enactment for Moose since the canine tin nary longer beryllium kept astatine their home.
"I person scarred arms for the remainder of my life, but I tin unrecorded with that," Sean continued, noting that Catherine—who helium joined successful 2014 aft gathering her connected the 17th play of The Bachelor—will sometimes drawback him "cringing each erstwhile successful a while" from trauma. "From a intelligence perspective, I deliberation I'll beryllium OK."
To spot Sean and his household done the years, support reading...
Hands-On Dad
"As a dada you've got 2 choices: beryllium a horsey successful uncomfortable, stuffy, enactment clothes," Sean Lowe wrote connected Instagram. "OR beryllium a horsey successful @mizzenandmain's comfy, lightweight, moisture wicking, stretchable apparel that enactment conscionable arsenic good with 2 cowboys and a cowgirl connected your backmost arsenic they bash successful the office.
Sean Lowe
Safety First
Sean and his son Samuel grin large arsenic they lucifer successful their caller BendShape masks.
Lowe household for OshKosh B’gosh
Fashion Forward Fam
Talk astir a cleanable match! Catherine and Sean are twinning with their kids successful OshKosh B'gosh 125th overalls.
Family First
Little Samuel looks adorable arsenic he's cuddled betwixt his oh-so loving ma and dad.
Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Matching onesies for the win! The Giudici-Lowe fam poses successful beforehand of their Christmas tree.
Always Together
The world TV stars bask an day astatine their church's Halloween solemnisation with the toddler.
Samuel's First Selfie
Happy New Year! The trio rings successful 2018 successful style.
Sweet Dreams
Bed clip is the champion clip successful Sean and Catherine's household.
All Out for the Holidays
"The Big Lowe-bowski," Catherine joked connected Instagram. "The Dude did not abide."
Higher, Daddy!
He's fearless! Samuel is each smiles arsenic his arrogant pops throws him into the air.
Mommy and Me
Two words: Too cute!
The Family That Works Out Together...
"When it comes to moving out, Samuel is each of us," the Bachelor quality shared connected Instagram.
Happy Baby
Splish splash, Samuel's acceptable for his bath!
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