"I hit him at one point in the back of the head, and it didn't even phase him. It was like bouncing off a concrete block."

FLORIDA -- A woman walking her two small dogs was attacked by another dog in Orange County on Friday morning.

Erica Bolivar said she went for a walk at 10:30 a.m. with her dogs, Peanuts and Butter, and her 18-month-old son, Sebastian. Matis, an American bulldog belonging to a neighbor, got loose and attacked her and her dogs on Barberry Drive.

 

 

 

"He started biting my Chihuahua, biting him on the neck and ribs. He bit me over here on the leg," Bolivar said.

"He kept biting and biting and biting and I had to push the baby in the stroller so he wouldn't bite him. That was my biggest fear."

Neighbor David Porter ran outside and fought the dog off with a baseball bat.

"I didn't know what to do, other than to use the bat," said neighbor Dan Porter. "I hit him at one point in the back of the head, and it didn't even phase him.  It was like bouncing off a concrete block."

Bolivar suffered a wound to her leg and a punctured lip but was not taken to the hospital.

Her Chihuahua was seriously injured and rushed to the vet.

Orange County Animal Control officials said Matis showed a high level of aggression and will be put to sleep.

 

 

In the video, the dog's owner says his dog, Matis, is a "sweetheart".

The dog owner

(WESH Orlando - Mar 28, 2014)