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A 70-year-old woman in Orlando, Florida, has been left "bruised" and "shaken" after biting a pit bull that launched an attack on her own dog, Sparky

Shirley Pasamanick explained to news outlet WESH 2, "I couldn't open his mouth, so I bit him. I had to! I’m 91 pounds! I have no strength!"

The incident took place outside the Plaza Tropical Supermarket on Monday, Sept. 1

A 70-year-old woman in Florida is going to extreme lengths to protect her pet dog Sparky.

On Monday, Sept. 1, Shirley Pasamanick was leaving the Plaza Tropical Supermarket in Orlando when a pit bull suddenly lunged at her 14-year-old dog, Sparky, according to WESH 2 , WLBT , and her own post on Facebook .

"It just out of nowhere bolted at us," Pasamanick told WESH 2. "And I did everything I could. We

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