Sean Lowe Kisses Daughter Mia, 5, While Showing Off Stitches from Brutal Dog Attack

Sean Lowe is feeling loved after a serious attack from his own dog. 

“We love this man so much,” the 41-year-old Bachelor alum’s wife Catherine Giudici captioned a social media photo of her husband doing a kissy pose with their 5-year-old daughter Mia. Sean and Catherine also share sons Samuel, 8, and Isaiah, 7.

Showing her support, Catherine, 38, added a single orange heart emoji to the Tuesday, March 18, post and turned off the comments.

As Sean reached for his little girl, his extended arms showed fresh bite marks left by the family’s dog Moose.

On Monday, March 17, the former reality television star made a somber Instagram video as Catherine sat beside him, listening as he explained to his followers that the canine they knew and loved viciously attacked Sean twice in less than 12 hours. 

“Our family has been through it the last few days but we’ll be okay. Thank you to everyone for the support. We’re very grateful,” the lengthy announcement was captioned.

Sean began the video by saying he didn’t initially plan to share what happened. However, because he often posts Moose and personal family moments on his page, he knew fans would eventually have questions.

The father of three said that on March 13, he was home barbequing with friends while Catherine was away with the kids at the mall. 

According to Sean, it was a beautiful evening, so he left the doors and windows open. However, smoke from the barbeque made its way inside the home, setting off the smoke detectors. 

As he began to fan the smoke with a rag, the boxer lunged for the cloth, nipping Sean’s finger. 

Unfortunately, that was just the beginning. 

“He shows his teeth at me and just attacks me. I don’t mean bite and then run off — like a lot of dogs do when they’re scared or defensive — I mean attacks me,” he said. “I feel him ripping into the flesh of my arm and at this point, I’m doing everything I possibly can just to fend this dog off … I know I’m bleeding badly.”

At some point, he managed to get Moose on the other side of a door, but the canine came back.

“I’m not trying to be dramatic but I honestly just felt like I am fighting for my life here against my dog,” he said.

Sean admitted he was shocked at the situation, noting that just hours before Moose had been relaxing, laying his head in Sean’s lap.

He said the bite wounds left “a pool of blood” so large he thought an artery had been ruptured. 

His friends were able to take him to the hospital to get stitched up. 

The following day, Sean was making arrangements to have Moose removed from the home out of an abundance of caution for the safety of his family, especially of their young children. 

His parents were picking up the kids when Moose ran out of the home and attacked Sean again.

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“Going through a dog attack is pretty darn traumatic. Having to re-live it less than 12 hours later, seeing that dog running straight at you, is a feeling I don’t think I ever want to experience again,” he said. 

Police were dispatched to the residence to take Moose away and Sean received more stitches.

“It wasn’t Moose’s fault. I think it’s clear he experienced a lot of trauma before we got him and had something neurologically wrong where just a switch flipped and he turned into an absolute killer, which was so weird,” Sean added of the boxer. Sean and Catherine adopted Moose as a Christmas gift to their children. They shared the news at the time in a joint Instagram post.