A woman has been forced to undergo surgery after a dog she was patting at a Colorado restaurant jumped up and bit her on the face.
Police initially released surveillance video of the August 7 attack in Arvada, just outside Denver, in a bid to find the dog’s owner who was filmed fleeing the restaurant just moments after the attack.
The incident, which took place at the Rockabillies Bar and Grill, showed the black and white husky roaming around on the outdoor patio as various people patted it.
Surveillance video from a restaurant in Arvada, Colorado captured the moment a husky attacked a woman and bit her face while she was patting it on August 7
In the moments prior to her being bitten, surveillance video captured the woman leaning in close to the dog as she patted its head.
When she leaned back in a second time, the dog attacked and latched on to her face.
The dog’s owner, who was sitting just feet away, was filmed jumping up to check on the woman.
As other patrons tended to the injured woman, the owner scrambled to collect her belongings and fled the restaurant with the dog.
Police said the woman had to be treated in hospital for eye injuries and underwent plastic surgery to her face.
Doctors say the woman is expected to regain vision in her injured eye.
The dog was filmed jumping up onto the woman and latching on to her face after she had been patting the animal for several minutes
The dog attack occurred on an outside patio at the restaurant as the owner (far left) sat just feet away
The owner of the bar told the Denver Channel that the victim was mostly concerned whether the dog had rabies.
‘No one knows because they don’t know if the dog is up to date on shots,’ Jim Nigg said.
He added that they were told the dog was a foster animal.
‘We were told it was a foster dog,’ he said. ‘The girl that actually got bit was thinking about adopting the dog. I think she changed her mind.’
Soon after the attack, police put out a plea to track down the owner of the dog.
The woman later went to the police station with a lawyer.
Authorities have not revealed if she is facing any charges as a result of the dog attack.
Police initially released the video in a bid to find the dog’s owner who was filmed fleeing the restaurant just moments after the attack (above). She has since identified herself to authorities