Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
A Puyallup family tells KIRO 7 they are in shock after their two corgis were attacked by two other neighborhood dogs on Saturday.
John Fairbanks said the corgis, his daughter, and a neighbor are all recovering from bite injuries.
“I was at the grocery store and received a video call from my daughter. She was covered in blood and tears,” Fairbanks said. “All I could hear her saying was ‘Charlie and Piper, Charlie and Piper.’”
Fairbanks said his two, ten-year-old corgis, Charlee and Piper, were attacked by two dogs loose in their neighborhood while they were on a walk with his daughter.
He said they were only a few feet away from the front door when the two dogs ran up and latched on to the corgis. Fairbanks tells us the attack lasted several minutes, even though multiple people were trying to fend the dogs off.
“Piper suffered significant damage to her throat, severed the muscles in her throat, and there was concern about her windpipe,” Fairbanks said. “She was in an oxygen chamber for the first two days, but fortunately, once they did the surgery, her breathing improved so they don’t see that there was any further damage to the windpipe.”
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A Puyallup family tells KIRO 7 they are in shock after their two corgis were attacked by two other neighborhood dogs on Saturday.
John Fairbanks said the corgis, his daughter, and a neighbor are all recovering from bite injuries.
“I was at the grocery store and received a video call from my daughter. She was covered in blood and tears,” Fairbanks said. “All I could hear her saying was ‘Charlie and Piper, Charlie and Piper.’”
Fairbanks said his two, ten-year-old corgis, Charlee and Piper, were attacked by two dogs loose in their neighborhood while they were on a walk with his daughter.
He said they were only a few feet away from the front door when the two dogs ran up and latched on to the corgis. Fairbanks tells us the attack lasted several minutes, even though multiple people were trying to fend the dogs off.
“Piper suffered significant damage to her throat, severed the muscles in her throat, and there was concern about her windpipe,” Fairbanks said. “She was in an oxygen chamber for the first two days, but fortunately, once they did the surgery, her breathing improved so they don’t see that there was any further damage to the windpipe.”
Learn how to help here-kiro7.com/news/local/two-puyallup-corgis-brutally-attacked-owner-now-pushing-legislative-changes/DFKHD5BPLJHVJHCF6DITHSKPUU
