A woman is severely injured and her husband dead after attempting to break up a fight among their pets.
Former Mayor Diane Vick and her husband, Tom, tried to intervene after one of their six dogs, a boxer, attacked another, a cocker spaniel, Mayor Jack Hakim said. They were flown to a hospital in Las Vegas.
The boxer attacked the couple.
This does not appear to be normal behavior but not enough information is given in the story. Can animals have psychoses? Yes. That’s a possibility. If they have brains, they can have brains that malfunction. It may be genetic or acquired due to conditions in life or it could be a tumor that causes erratic behavior.
The animals are being held at a shelter but I suspect the boxer will be put down. Ideally, it would be good to determine why this happened. But there seems little doubt the animal is dangerous.
Perhaps some vets can chime in. Any additional ideas on this tragic story?