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'He saved my life' - Ex-Arsenal star praises hero dog after being attacked
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Former Arsenal and Liverpool winger Jermaine Pennant was forced to make a trip to the hospital after being mauled by a dog.
Pennant was walking his two dogs in north London last week when he was attacked by a German Shepherd, with the subsequent wounds requiring 50 stitches. He said he was protecting his own dog, King, when the other dog attacked and latched its jaws onto his leg.
King then intervened to help his owner from the clutches of the German Shepherd.
“It was really scary," Pennant told the Sun.
"The other dog had a go at King, so I stepped in to protect him. The next thing I know, it was attacking me.
“I was on the floor and it was on my leg for at least five seconds. I felt this huge pressure. Imagine the force of a dog bite.
“King jumped in to protect me. The two dogs were really going at it, and then King stood by my side until help arrived.
“He saved my life. If King had been a smaller dog, there would have been no chance.”
Pennant opted against reporting the incident to the police after he was taken to hospital in an Uber alongside his girlfriend, Mimmi Montgomery.
Following the attack, the ex-Premier League star posted on Instagram:
"So I was attacked by a German Shepherd. I tried to protect King, but the dog got my leg, I was on the floor with the dog still attached with no sign of letting go, until King intervened, as he didn’t know what was going on.
"But the minute he did he fought the dog off and saved what could’ve been an horrendous situation for me. King was unhurt with a little nip on his leg, but had blood covered all over him which wasn’t mine, at this point I forgot the agony I was in, and my heart sank, but it wasn’t King's.
"My hero, still protecting me and trying to look after me, KING you’re a legend love you, man’s best friend, thanks @mimmimontgomery for taking care of us both "
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