May 31, 2026 — 1:00pm
It happened out of nowhere. One moment, Phillip Chalker was walking down a street with his guide Sally. The next, the black Labrador was trapped as a rogue dog locked onto her neck, bit down and refused to let go.
As a self-described “totally blind” man, Chalker could do nothing but panic and listen to the onslaught.
Sally was eventually freed, and a stranger who rushed to help Chalker told him the other dog appeared to have escaped from under a nearby fence.
It was Sally’s second frightening incident in less than a year – the first involved an off-leash dog – and while the attack did not draw blood, it ended her career as a guide dog.
