Woman who tried to pry an attacking pitbull off young boy in Canandaigua talks about its troubling past

Rochester, New York – While standing outside her store on Canandaigua’s Main Street on Thursday morning, Angelina Slusser saw a pitbull leap onto the back of a 10-year-old boy.

“After that, chaos ensued,” she remarked. “I realized this was going to get worse when it got worse and the kid started screaming bloody murder.”

She dashed over and thrust her palm into the dog’s mouth in an attempt to free the youngster, but the dog wouldn’t release him until another person grabbed his tail. At that point, it grabbed hold of the father’s tricep.

According to Slusser, “The father just started crying out, ‘He’s tearing my arm, he’s ripping my arm,’ and there was just blood all over the sidewalk, all over me.

After the attack, Angelina discovered her nail had been pulled off by the dog. Following that, the father and son received major injuries treatment at the hospital, although they were anticipated to survive.

After assaulting a 3-year-old and going on the loose a few days later, News 8 has learned that the dog has been causing trouble for the entire month. According to Canandaigua City Manager John Goodwin, the dog was returned to its owners by the city court judge who heard the case, but with the requirement that it be kept leash-free and muzzled when outside. Goodwin responded to criticism of the choice by stating that the proper procedures were followed.

Dogs are living creatures, just like people. They don’t necessarily need to be put to death after one incident. As a result, you must consider all the available information and decide wisely. Regretfully, just as criminals occasionally commit the same crimes, this one also happened, and it is regrettable,” he stated.

Slusser, though, questions whether the judge, Jacqueline Sisson, and other individuals may have followed the law but in a different way.

She said, “It’s a failure on many fronts, chief among them being the owner.” “In my opinion, the dog did not need to be that way; the owner and whoever else allowed the dog to return to that environment on a regular basis should take responsibility for that as well; it’s unacceptable as this could have been avoided.”

We were informed on Friday that Judge Sisson was unavailable for comment; however, we learned that she will be hearing this case again on Tuesday. As of the last information we have, the dog is in the care of the Ontario County Humane Society.