When Boston police arrived to the scene, the Pitbull-mix named Buddha was no where to be found, but the couple was left with gruesome injuries, reported NBC Boston. Officers quickly began administering first aid to the couple,

"She's very close to her animals, almost like children, I think. She took good care of them. She walked them every day," her friend Jean McGuire, 93, told CBS. "She's a wonderful person, very generous, very loving person, loved animals."