Sean Lowe found himself in a tough spot -- literally -- pinning down his dog after it bit him for the third time, just to keep it under control while cops worked to free him from danger.
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00:00Wow, we obtained some video that is shocking.
00:06We told you about Sean Lowe, the Bachelor star,
00:11who was attacked by his rescue dog, a boxer.
00:15But man, we just got this video.
00:19And does it paint a picture?
00:21It really shows exactly what Sean
00:23was going through in battling this dog.
00:27Because remember, what happened was
00:29he had been attacked, his smoke alarm went off one day.
00:32Triggered the dog.
00:33And triggered the dog.
00:34The dog attacks him.
00:36Sean goes to the hospital, gets 20 stitches.
00:39The next day, they have the dog, that was Moose, his boxer,
00:43in the backyard, away from Sean, away from the family,
00:47while they were waiting for the rescue agency
00:49to come back and pick it up.
00:51Somehow, Moose got out of the backyard
00:54and went after Sean again.
00:56So what you're seeing now is the body cam footage
01:00when police and paramedics and the dog catchers
01:03showed up trying to get this dog away from Sean.
01:08As the video starts, Sean is laying on top of Moose
01:12and desperate not to be bitten again.
01:15I know you're holding on to him, but I just
01:16want to check where you are.
01:17OK, wait.
01:18Hold on, hold on.
01:19You've got to do something quick.
01:20Come on, guys. Come on.
01:21Come on.
01:22Come on.
01:23He's going to try to get me if he gets up.
01:25Sean, you're going to have to get away and run away.
01:28Sylvia, you're going to have to get away.
01:29You're going to have to backstab him.
01:31He's going to pop up as soon as I
01:33take my body weight off of him.
01:34Yes, he is.
01:35Sean, we're going to pull you out.
01:36Hold on, guys.
01:37I'm going to do this.
01:38I'm going to pull him back.
01:39I'm going to pull him back.
01:40Sean, you ready? You ready?
01:41I'm good. I'm good.
01:42I'm good.
01:43All right.
01:44He's sliding.
01:45Taser ready.
01:45Go.
01:46He's sliding.
01:47Wow.
01:48So the police had to use their taser.
01:50Animal control, you see, had a leash around the dog's collar.
01:54They eventually do get Sean away safely and walk the dog off.
02:00And it is now, the last we heard, is in police custody.
02:03Sean really wants to get the dog back to the rescue agency.
02:06He does not want the animal to be destroyed,
02:09despite the fact that two days in a row
02:12he was attacked this way.
02:14He understands that there was some trigger here.
02:16But boy, the struggle.
02:18Wow.
02:19He had his full weight on the dog,
02:21and it wasn't enough feeling.
02:22Yeah.
02:23Sean had said that he doesn't blame the dog.
02:26Clearly, the dog had some kind of traumatic thing
02:28that had happened.
02:29Sean and his family only had the dog for about three months.
02:32And they posted a lot of loving videos and photos of Moose,
02:37having dreams where he's whimpering in his dreams.
02:41And he just looks like the sweetest dog.
02:43And to be honest with you guys, as someone
02:45that watched the full video yesterday when we got it in,
02:48as an animal lover, it's really hard to watch this.
02:51Because you see the dog kind of like,
02:54he's blacked out a little bit in this.
02:56Because you see him still trying to bite
02:59as Sean is pinning him down.
03:01But then, like you mentioned, they tase the dog.
03:03And then at that point, you see the dog kind
03:06of coming to his senses.
03:07Like, what just happened?
03:08What happened to me?
03:09Yeah, a lot of times it just takes over the animal.
03:12I mean, I have had an experience like this.
03:15And it really is heartbreaking.
03:17I will say this, that if you're watching this
03:21and you think, oh my god, I'd never rescue a dog
03:25or get a rescue, look, you don't know
03:29what that dog went through.
03:32If you're adopting from a shelter,
03:34you don't know necessarily from certain organizations.
03:37But the win is if you can find an animal that got fostered.
03:43And that at least the foster family can say to you,
03:47Eric in the back fostered a dog.
03:48This is our experience, yeah.
03:49And does the dog get along with kids?
03:52How is the dog with adults?
03:53Can you play with the dog?
03:54Does the dog snap?
03:55All of these things get along with other animals.
03:58And there's a checklist almost that you can go through.
04:02So if you're gonna rescue a dog,
04:04you can ask them, the rescue agency,
04:07has the dog been fostered?
04:08That's right.
04:09And you can go to agencies that make sure
04:11that that happens before the dog goes home.
04:13Yeah.
04:14This is Jess, I'm calling from Vegas.
04:16And this body cam footage is just heartbreaking.
04:20It's terrifying to see how it escalated
04:22and I'm sure it was traumatizing.
04:24This is a pet owner's worst nightmare.
04:27I admire Sean for handling it with such empathy.
04:30He's still advocating for Moose, his dog.
04:32And aggressive behavior in pets can sometimes
04:34be linked to trauma or even health issues.
04:37So I hope they can figure out what caused it.
04:40Incidents like this just remind us
04:41how unpredictable animals can be
04:43and how important it is to stay under pressure.
04:45I'm just glad that he's okay.