Sean Lowe Shares Health Update After Attack by Family Dog (2025)

The first attack occurred on March 13 while Sean and a few friends were barbecuing in the backyard. Upon hearing that the smoke alarm inside the house started going off, the reality star went to waft the smoke away with a dish rag—and that’s when things took a turn.

"He shows his teeth at me and just attacks me," Sean recalled in a March 17 Instagram video. "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 just see blood squirting," he continued. "Thank god that that my friends were there because they were able to rush me to the ER."

After receiving stitches on “five or six different places” the father of three returned home to arrange for his and Catherine’s kids to stay at his parents’ house as he figured out how to move forward. But before long, the second attack occurred.

“We’re getting the kids in the car, and I see Moose running out the front door,” Sean explained of the incident, adding that the dog “made a beeline right at me, and just lunged and started attacking me again.”

"It took everything I had to control this dog—and I'm 220 pounds,” he noted. “If it were anyone else, he would have killed my children or my wife, but I was able to hold him for 10 minutes until the cops came."

And since the attacks, Sean shared that he has been working with animal control and a no-kill shelter to figure out the best option for Moose, adding, “I don’t blame Moose a bit.” But nonetheless, the events that transpired were nothing less than traumatic.

"I have scarred arms for the rest of my life, but I can live with that," Sean said, admitting that Catherine—who he married in 2014 after meeting her on the 17th season of The Bachelor—will sometimes catch him "cringing every once in a while" from trauma. "From a psychological perspective, I think I'll be OK."

For more of Sean and his family throughout the years, keep reading.