Lamar Spikes only moves from the couch if his mother carries him, and he hasn't spoken much since the attack.
Lamar said his legs and back hurt the most, but he has cuts in several places. When a dog came charging at him in Avondale, he ran and watched his brother hide.
"He jumped in a tree," he said.
"That is the worst feeling ever, to get that call," his mother, Amanda Spikes, said.
Her cell phone rang while she worked. Friends told her to rush to Ridgeway Avenue. They said her son had been attacked by the neighbor's pit bull.
Lamar's family says an abandoned house on the block is guarded by several dogs.
"They are trying to torture this dog. They're making the dog vicious. A pit bull in a house with no lights, in an abandoned place. What do they expect?" Spikes said.
The attack happened Friday, just as City Council moved a step closer to making its vicious dog ordinance breed-neutral. The city banned pit bulls 11 years ago, leaving some dog owners angry.
"They're definitely misunderstood," claims pit bull owner Brandon Turner.
Turner said a dog's behavior behavior reflects its owner.
"They're really smart. She is super-smart. They catch on to the way the people they're with act, and they pick up their traits. If people train them to be mean or aggressive to protect their property, they're going to do it because they obey their owners," Turner said.
"I will not stop until this dog is dead and this lady's in jail," she said.
Police said they are investigating the incident. There are currently no charges, but it is still an open case. Police said they believe the dog is still with its owner.
(WLWT Cincinnati - April 30, 2012)
