A Florida medical assistant was left permanently blind in her right eye, needing surgery to remove it following a freak accident when her large dog lunged for a rabbit during their walk.
Daniella Abreu, 24, and her 60-pound husky, Blu, were on a nighttime stroll around their Stuart, Fla., neighborhood when the pooch spotted the wandering bunny on August 7, 2023.
Abreu used a rope leash to control Blu because of the dog’s size, but her usual leash became too frayed.
She resorted to using an old retractable leash, which gave out when the dog detected the rabbit.
Abreu was struck in the face by the retractable leash’s handle and started gushing blood during the “traumatic” incident.
“As he was running one way and I was pulling the opposite way, the friction of the leash just snapped back and repelled, hitting me right in my eye,” Abreu told People . “It happened so fast but I knew it was bad immediately. The force of the leash was so traumatic.”
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