"I heard our dog, Baby start yelping and screaming," said McGee. "I saw two pit bulls just chewing on her, I mean chewing."
McGee says he developed a plan to get the first pit bull off his little dog.
"Soon as I pushed it back it lunged forward and bite me in the face," he recalled.
The Phoenix father then tried again to push the animal away, but this time it went after his arm.
"He lurched forward and got me here in the arm," he says, pointing to his underarm. "Nice couple of puncture wounds there."
Trying to remain calm, McGee says as soon he got one dog off him, he hit the second pit bull as hard as he could with his fist.
After that he says he put his severely injured Baby in the kitchen.
The dogs took off and McGee realized he, too, had been seriously injured in the attack.
 |
| RIP Baby |
"They severed an artery in the face right here and they had to do reconstructive surgery," he said.
But the real hurt he has inside is for his beloved Baby, who didn't make it.
"Baby was a rescue dog, kind of a cocker mix," he said. "She was blind, had diabetes herself and we were taking care of her. She was happy and didn't deserve to go like that."
McGee says he's in support of a new bill called "Fabien's law" that's getting unanimous support in the legislature.
It would hold pet owners accountable for vicious dogs.
"If you're going to keep a dog like that that's your business, but you better have a policy because stuff like this will happen, and you'll be responsible," said McGee.
The two pit bulls have been taken by Animal Care and Control and are expected to be put down.
(abc15 - Mar 23, 2011)
Earlier:
