A reader has pointed out to us that a woman who has gone viral on TikTok after being bitten by her dog and deciding to possibly keep it is from Northern Nevada, with a recent post indicating she worked at the Sparks Water Bar.
Another recent TikTok, where shaynabcrimo has over 155k followers, shows her after undergoing forehead flap reconstruction surgery.
According to media reports and information from her TikTok and a GoFundMe, the 31-year-old Shayna Crimo was mauled by her adopted Catahoula leopard dog named King on January 18th. Coincidentally, this happened just days before her other dog, an almost 13-year-old pit bull named Krieo who had cancer, was scheduled to be put down.
After returning from a paint and sip class, Crimo says King bit onto her face and shook her, ripping off almost her entire nose and upper lip. She says he had never previously attacked her or anyone else.
After her first surgery, she went ahead and proceeded with Krieo’s euthanasia. She had pushed it back, fearing the crying could infect the wounds on her face.
Her GoFundMe with a 50k goal is titled “Surgery and Saying Goodbye” with a second surgery scheduled for or around February 10th.
There’s a photo with a tattoo on her body with the names King and Krieo in two attached hearts.
“Between the cost of the euthanasia, the multiple surgeries I will endure (I’ve only had the first so far), months of missing work, and let’s face it, I’ll need some serious therapy, I am feeling extremely helpless for myself. This will be a long long journey for myself and my loved ones. Anything will help and would be appreciated beyond measure. My heart needs the most healing of all. Prayers please,” Crimo writes.