Girl who survives dog attack takes selfies to recognize her beauty

Two vicious pit bulls almost mauled her to death but she now heals herself by taking selfies. 

Zoey Woody, six, was viciously mauled by two pit bulls and left her skin terribly torn and jaw  'shattered into hundreds of pieces’. The toddler has accepted ten hours of surgery to repair her jaw and other surgeries like skin grafts.

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Zoey used to lapse into Post-traumatic stress disorder but taking selfies helps her walk out the ordeal. Zoey's mom said: 'I think taking selfies is her way of understanding. She won’t look in a mirror and avoids them – the only way she looks at herself is through her camera phone.'

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The little girl takes around 30 selfies a day with different expressions. ‘Some of selfies are smiles, some silly faces, others more serious and some at different angles.' her mom said. 

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She added: ‘I think the selfies are positive as it’s helping her to understand and appreciate the healing process too.' 

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While Zoey sometimes would ask her mom if she's ugly and the thoughtful mom replies she's beautiful.  'Other people tell her she is beautiful too, which I believe is helping to encourage her to recognize that she is still pretty.'

DETROIT (AP) — A dog missing in California since the summer turned up more than 2,000 miles away in suburban Detroit.

Police in Harper Woods responded to a call about a stray dog last week, picked up the terrier mix and contacted an animal welfare group.

The Grosse Pointe Animal Adoption Society said it quickly discovered that the dog, named Mishka, had an identity chip implanted in her with information about her owners.

Mehrad Houman and his family live in San Diego but were planning to travel to Minnesota when the call came in. He landed there and then drove 10 hours to Michigan for a reunion with Mishka, the adoption group said on a Facebook post with pictures and video.

“This is a tale that Hollywood would love to tell,” the group said.

Mishka had wandered away from Houman’s workplace, an auto garage, in July and never returned. Her collar had the family's phone number.

“We think it was stolen and then it was sold and ended up in Michigan,” said Corinne Martin, director of the animal welfare group.

Houman's wife, Elizabeth, said it's “been an incredible journey.”

“I never gave up,” she said Thursday. “I put up over a thousand flyers. I had a flyer on my back windshield. I wore her leash whenever I would look for her. ... Now I just want to find out how she got to Michigan."

Veterinarian Nancy Pillsbury examined 3-year-old Mishka, gave her a rabies shot and cleared her to travel home to California.

“She was clean, well-fed. Whoever had her took good care of her,” Pillsbury told The Associated Press. “How she got here — that's a story only Mishka knows."

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In this image provided by Corinne Martin, Mehrad Houman holds his dog, Mishka, after she was examined by veterinarian Nancy Pillsbury in Harper Woods, Mich., Friday, March 29, 2024. Mishka was discovered in suburban Detroit, eight months after disappearing in San Diego. (Corinne Martin via AP)