"Xena" completely changed

After bite attack: victim wanted to meet with dog

Susanne S. visited Georg Resch in Tillmitsch.(Bild: Resch/zVg)

Five weeks after the dramatic dog attack in southern Styria, the victim, who almost lost a thumb, met her dog "Xena" again. Susanne S. wanted to overcome her fear - and was surprised at how the animal had changed.

At the beginning of August, there was a dramatic dog attack in Tillmitsch in southern Styria: Susanne S., who had just returned home from a jog, was suddenly attacked and seriously injured by a neighbor's Staffordshire terrier.

She even had her thumb bitten off - fortunately it could be reattached at Graz Regional Hospital.

Susanne S. visited Georg Resch in Tillmitsch.(Bild: Resch/zVg)

After this incident, the dog "Xena" had to leave her previous home and has been staying with dog expert Georg Resch in Hartberg for several weeks - and it was there that a surprising reunion took place recently. The bite victim traveled to Eastern Styria to overcome the fear of dogs she had developed since then.

"The owner is usually at fault"
They even went for a walk together with "Xena". The dog actually behaved completely inconspicuously and well behaved - much to the surprise of Ms. S., who had previously experienced the animal as primarily aggressive. Resch in conversation with the "Krone": "This shows that the fault in such incidents usually lies with the owner and not the animal!"