San Diego Police said it started a[s an attack on the victim's dog] -- a Malamute -- and two pit bulls in the 8900 block of Ferguson Way just after 6 p.m.
Neighbor Bob Hansell told NBC 7 the pit bulls crashed through 70-year-old Monica Duitsman's fence, trying to get to her dog, Strider.
Duitsman's hand was reportedly bitten -- her bones crushed -- trying to pull the dogs apart. She was rushed to the hospital for treatment.
Strider suffered an injury to his left ear, but he returned home around 10 p.m. after being treated.
"This is kind of something we voiced a concern when they moved in; unfortunately it came up tonight," said Hansell.
Hansell said he reinforced his fence when the pit bulls moved in two months ago and had helped Duitsman do the same. However, the reinforcements did not hold.
Animal control, which took the dogs, will quarantine them for 10 days to check for rabies.
The pit bull's owners could face criminal charges in the case, or their dogs could be put down. The owners declined to comment on this story.
(nbcsandiego.com - Mar 8, 2014)
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