Fate of dog that almost killed Bachelor star revealed after two terrifying attacks in family home

The Bachelor universe star Sean Lowe has revealed the fate of his dog after admitting that it brutally attacked him twice within 12 hours.

The 41-year-old reality star shared Monday on Instagram that he had been forced to re-home his dog Moose, whom his family had only had for three months.

Shockingly, this isn’t the first time Lowe has been forced to rehome a dog after a chilling attack on a family member.

The reality star — who recounted how the seven-year-old Boxer Moose had ‘ripped’ his arm open and left him ‘fighting for [his] life’ — decided after the terrifying incident that Moose had to be removed from the home immediately, even though the dog had seemingly been nothing but sweet up until then.

Lowe shared that he was currently consulting with a no-kill shelter and animal control officers to figure out a solution for Moose, which hopefully wouldn’t require the dog to be euthanized.

Because of the unusual nature of the attack, and the possibility that external factors might have set off Moose, the reality star said he wasn’t laying the blame on the dog.

The Bachelor’s Sean Lowe, 41, revealed Monday in a video recounting how his own dog Moose brutally attacked him that the canine had been rehomed

Lowe said he was consulting with a no-kill shelter and animal control to find a solution for Moose. Shockingly, this isn’t the first time Lowe has had to rehome a dog after an attack on a family member. His son Samuel is pictured with Moose shortly after he was adopted in December 2024

‘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,’ he theorized, adding that the dog had been ‘great’ around his children and had acted like an ‘affectionate, loving Boxer.’

Lowe mentioned that earlier on the day of the first attack, Moose had just been looking for affection and had sweetly laid his head down on his lap so that he could be petted. 

The incident — which left a ‘pool of blood’ at the Bachelor star’s feet — follows another frightening dog attack from April 2023. 

At the time, Lowe revealed that Gus, his family’s Bullmastiff, had attacked both their daughter Mia, who was three at the time, and their son Samuel, who was six.

Gus reportedly had a history of being aggressive toward the little girl and snapping at her, before it escalated to a bite.

But it was an even more severe attack to Samuel — in which the dog bit ‘him on the side of the head’ — that prompted Lowe and his wife Catherine to remove it for good.

Samuel’s injury resulted in a ‘trip to the ER and a staple in the head,’ Lowe shared on Instagram at the time, according to the Today Show. ‘So, as much as I love that dog, I have to protect my kids first. But he’s in a great home, and we’ll get to see him occasionally.’

Later, Lowe left his fans know that his son had gotten his staple removed and was ‘doing great’ after his head wound had fully healed.

In 2023, he revealed that he had to rehome a previous dog, a Bullmastiff named Gus. The dog found a new home with his dog trainer

Lowe admitted the dog bit their daughter Mia, who was three at the time. He kissed Mia, now five, in a sweet photos posted Tuesday by his wife Catherine. ‘We love this man so much,’ she captioned it

Gus then bit their son Samuel, who was six, on the side of the head, requiring a trip to the ER and a staple to his head

‘He misses his dog too. And so do his brother and sister,’ Lowe added. 

In an updated posted to his Instagram Stories in 2023, the Bachelorette contestant said Gus was also ‘doing great’ in his new home.

‘I miss him like you wouldn’t believe, but one of my answered prayers was that he found a great home (in my mind,’ the best,’ he shared.

Lowe revealed that his dog trainer had adopted Gus as her ‘personal dog.’

It seemed to be an ideal situation for the pooch, as ‘he gets to go to work everyday and be around other dogs.’

Lowe included a photo of his large former dog dwarfing a Pug, and he said his trainer explained that the Pug ‘hates all dogs except for Gus.’

‘Must be the close resemblance,’ he joked. 

Earlier in the video, Lowe showed off a gnarly set of stitches and bloody bites marks on his arms from Moose repeated attacks, which he thought at the time could ‘kill’ him.

Earlier in the video, Lowe showed off a gnarly set of stitches and bloody bites marks on his arms from Moose repeated attacks, which he thought at the time could ‘kill’ him 

The reality star revealed Monday in a somber but chilling video that his dog Moose (pictured with the family shortly after his adoption) had ‘ripped’ his arm open, leaving him feeling as if he was ‘fighting for [his] life

After finishing third on season eight of The Bachelorette, Sean went on to star on season 17 of The Bachelor, where he proposed to his future wife Catherine Giudici (pictured together in 2017 in NYC)

‘Our family has been through something pretty traumatic over the weekend,’ Sean said in the video, before noting that he had debated whether to even share his experience. His wife Catherine sat next to him throughout, but she was mostly silent while tears streamed down her face. 

According to Lowe, he had invited friends over for a barbecue on March 13. At the time, his wife and their three children were doing some shopping at a mall. 

Although he was grilling outside, Lowe said he accidentally set off his home’s smoke alarm because he had left the windows open and the breeze blew the smoke indoors. 

Lowe said he thinks the smoke alarm set the emergency in motion, as the piercing noise may have distressed his dog. 

‘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 recounted. ‘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,’ he added.

Lowe thought it must have taken multiple minutes to detach the dog’s jaws fro his arm and get it outside. 

But even after he got Moose off his arm, the dog jumped back to continue attacking him. 

Lowe said he thought a smoke alarm set his dog off. ‘I feel him ripping into the flesh of my arm,’ he recounted. He was left with blood spurting from his arms, so his friends rushed him to an ER, where he received multiple stitches

He then returned home, but it was less than 12 hours before Moose allegedly attacked him again after a gust of wind apparently blew open a door that hadn’t been properly locked, releasing the dog

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

Lowe’s friends then joined in to detach Moose again, at which point he realized just how severe his injuries were.

‘I look down at my arm and… it was cut so deep and I just see blood squirting, probably a couple feet,’ he recalled.

The Bachelor star worried his dog might have severed an artery with his teeth, as he saw ‘a pool of blood’ accumulating at his feet.

Luckily, he was surrounded by friends who immediately rushed him to a hospital emergency room, where he received multiple stitches for his injuries.

He then returned home, but it was less than 12 hours before Moose allegedly attacked him again.

Lowe, who said he was shocked and ‘heartbroken’ by the attack, claimed that the door keeping Moose away from him wasn’t securely locked, so a gust of wind allowed the canine to escape and begin biting him again outside. 

‘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. ‘He made a beeline right at me and just lunged and started attacking me again.’

He kept the animal pinned down for 10 minutes until police and an ambulance arrived; pictured on The Bachelor with Catherine

Lowe said he just barely managed to stop the attack, and he was certain that his wife or children could have been killed if they were mauled, so he decided the dog had to go

However, he didn’t blame Moose, and instead said he may have been traumatized by his unknown early experiences. He recounted how earlier on the day of the first attack, Moose had rested his head on Lowe’s lap for some affection

Lowe said Moose had ‘ripped’ his arm open again, and he felt as if he was ‘fighting for [his] life.’ 

‘I feel like if this dog gets up, he’s going to kill me,’ he said.

He noted that he could barely keep the dog off himself, despite weighing 220 pounds, so he feared that the animal could have killed his wife or children if it had mauled them instead. 

Lowe said he was able to keep Moose pinned to the ground for around 10 minutes, until police and an ambulance arrived. 

However, the shocking incident made him decide that Moose had to be removed from the home immediately, even though the dog had seemingly been nothing but sweet up until then.

Lowe shared that he was currently consulting with a no-kill shelter and animal control officers to figure out a solution for Moose, which hopefully wouldn’t require the dog to be euthanized.

Because of the unusual nature of the attack, and the possibility that external factors might have set off Moose, the reality star said he wasn’t laying the blame on the dog.

‘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,’ he theorized, adding that the dog had been ‘great’ around his children and had acted like an ‘affectionate, loving Boxer.’

 Although he had turned off comments on his original Instagram video, accounts replying to clips and news stories reposted by other accounts to X (formerly Twitter) largely blamed Lowe for even getting a rescue dog in the first place

 One poster said they should simply ‘kill the dog,’ rather than letting experts determine what to do with the animal

 

 

Multiple users were convinced that rescue dogs were either inherently violent, or that the risk of them suddenly becoming violent was too risky

Lowe mentioned that earlier on the day of the first attack, Moose had just been looking for affection and had sweetly laid his head down on his lap so that he could be petted. 

He added that the family would ‘miss’ their dog, even though he would now have plenty of scars on his arms to remind him of the terrifying experience. 

But on social media, many commenters weren’t as even-handed when it came to apportioning blame as Lowe was.

Although he had turned off comments on his original Instagram video, accounts replying to clips and news stories reposted by other accounts to X (formerly Twitter) largely blamed Lowe for even getting a rescue dog in the first place. 

‘We need to re-assess dog breeds in America,’ wrote one commenter. 

‘Not all dogs should be around people,’ added another person. 

One poster said they should simply ‘kill the dog,’ rather than letting experts determine what to do with the animal.

Multiple users were convinced that rescue dogs were either inherently violent, or that the risk of them suddenly becoming violent was too risky. 

Boxers like Moose are not inherently aggressive or violent, though they require substantial training to ensure they don’t attack or harm people

‘There is no way I would jeopardize my family, especially my kids, with a rescue dog where I don’t know the history or the behavior. Why would anyone roll the dice like that?’ opined one commenter. 

‘Rescue a dog, sure but don’t rescue a ticking time bomb,’ wrote another user. ‘Your kids’ safety comes first, not virtue-signaling. Common sense is on life support.’

Several commenters seemed to think that Lowe had rescued a Pit Bull, despite him mentioning multiple times that Moose was a Boxer.

Although the two breeds look similar, and are often bred together, they are distinct.

Boxers — and Pit Bulls — aren’t inherently aggressive or violent dogs, but they do require significant training to ensure that they are safe around people, and neglectful or malign owners can train them to be aggressive or to be quick to attack.