Jermaine Pennant needs over 50 stitches after dog attack while walking pets
Former Liverpool and Stoke City winger Jermaine Pennant says he required more than 50 stitches to his right leg after a German Shepherd attacked him in north London, and credits his own dog King with fighting the animal off.
Former Premier League winger Jermaine Pennant says he needed more than 50 stitches to his right leg after being mauled by a German Shepherd while walking his two dogs in north London last week. In a post on Instagram, the 43-year-old said the dog latched onto his leg and would not let go as he tried to protect his own dog, King.
Pennant told the Sun he sustained four bite wounds in the attack and received hospital treatment. He described being on the floor with the dog still attached and showing no sign of releasing him, until King intervened. According to Pennant, King fought the attacking dog off and prevented what he said could have been a horrendous situation.
Pennant added that King was unhurt apart from a small nip on his leg, but was covered in blood that was not his own. He said the sight left him distressed despite the pain he was in, and he thanked his partner, Mimmi Montgomery, for caring for them both. An Instagram picture showed Pennant with a bandaged leg beside King on a sofa, with Pennant calling the dog his hero and a legend.
Pennant did not give details about the German Shepherd and said he declined to report the attack to police. He is now a pundit for Talksport and made 231 Premier League appearances during a 19-year career before retiring in 2018, including spells with Liverpool and Stoke City.
The account comes from Pennant's own social media post and his remarks to the Sun, with no independent verification of the attack's circumstances or the dog's ownership reported in the source.
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