She lunged at my face; I raised my arms to shield the attack, and her incisors clenched my right forearm as she shook her head from side to side, driving a canine deep into my flesh near the elbow. I came up to my knees and grabbed at her neck with my left hand, prying her off my right forearm but hyper-extending my left thumb. My 3 children screamed at first, started crying, and then yelled at me not to hurt her as I continued trying to free…