A Nova Scotia mother who saved her child from a dog attack and was honoured for her bravery is calling for changes to laws concerning dangerous dogs.

For Trisha Munroe and her family, it’s a day forever burned into their memory.

On March 6, 2023, her youngest son, Will, was attacked by a neighbour’s German shepherd in Windsor Junction, a suburban community in Halifax.

“My kids had just gotten home off of the bus, the elementary bus, and so the two little boys, they were eight and 10 at the time, went out to play in the snow,” she recalled.

“And next thing we knew, my middle son came crashing through the front door screaming that Will was being attacked by the next-door neighbour’s dog. So I jumped up and ran outside in my bare feet, in my pyjamas.”

By the time she got outside, she saw

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