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Winter Garden woman injured protecting baby from dog with history of aggression

Katherine Langford
Editor-in-Chief · Friday, October 16, 2026 at 10:06 PM · 1 min read
Winter Garden woman injured protecting baby from dog with history of aggression — FOX 35 Orlando, Winter Park Health news
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An Orange County woman is recovering from a severe leg injury after she says she placed her body over her infant daughter's stroller to protect the child from a neighbor's dog that attacked her. She is questioning why the animal was still in the neighborhood despite previous reports of aggression.‘Most unimaginable pain’Katie Blacketor said the attack happened Oct. 9 as she was with her 4-month-old daughter, Harley."He came from behind me and yanked my leg out from under me," Blacketor said. "The dog was just thrashing me back and forth. Oh, like the worst, most unimaginable pain that you can think of."As the dog bit her leg, Blacketor said she focused on protecting her daughter."I just laid on top of the stroller, covered it with my body to protect her," she said.Blacketor said she feared the dog would turn on her baby if it released its grip on her."All I'm trying to think is like, is there anything I can do? Should I do anything? Cause like, if he lets go of me, like my baby is the

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