MARTELL, Neb. (AP) — An Omaha couple is recovering after being attacked by a dog in eastern Nebraska.
Stephanie Lawyer and Andrew Powell went to the home of Mary Kumpost in Martell on Saturday morning to buy a puppy.
The Lancaster County sheriff’s office says Kumpost’s 5-year-old Dutch shepherd, Glock, somehow escaped its 6-foot-tall kennel and bit both Lawyer and Powell.
The report says the attack was unprovoked. Lawyer and Powell were hospitalized with multiple cuts and bite wounds to their left elbows, back and thighs.
The report says Lawyer and Powell’s injuries were not life-threatening, and the dog’s rabies vaccination was valid through May 2016.
The dog will be confined for 10 days prior to a veterinary exam.