Family's German Shepard Missing after Pit Bull Attack

CALIFORNIA -- Owners of one 2-year-old pit bull named Red say he’s the sweetest dog you’d ever want to meet.

But that idea is a hard sell to Max, a 3-year-old German Shepherd and the man walking him for a friend around 5 p.m. Sunday, when Red went on the attack.

The dog even pounced on his owner.

 

 

 

 

 “I was horrified honestly.  It’s pretty brutal,” Justin McClelland said.

McClelland lives in Yuba City and asked a friend to keep Max in Sacramento while his other dog was in heat.

He’s stunned by the canine clash that was caught on a driver’s personal dash-cam as they passed College Oak and Mary Kate Drives in Sacramento.

 

 

Does the pit bull owner carry his break stick everywhere?

The pit bull tries to attack its owner, jumping up to grab his face

The pit bull owner retreats and the pit bull goes back to attacking
the German Shepherd

 His friend was hurt in the process.

“I went to go get Kevin, because he was bleeding in his arm. His shoes had been taken and everything, so I immediately came to help him out.”

Red’s owner agrees this was a terrible incident, but says he wasn’t irresponsibly walking his dog without a leash – Red made a break for it.

“I really don’t know what happened because I have the door locked up well on the other sided,” Mike Lindstrom said.

And as far as the take down by his own pet?

“He’s a friendly dog, but he’s not around other dogs,” offered Lindstrom by way of explanation.

“The guy lives two blocks away from a park.  What if it was a kid? That’s my biggest concern with the whole deal,” said McClelland.

And while 3-year-old Max seems to have escaped that toothy tangle unscathed physically, he was scared enough to run-off and has stayed gone.

It’s left his family heartbroken and desperate to find him.

“Max is our baby. We love him,” said McClelland.

McClelland says he intends to work on the ‘ dangerous dog’ issues he believes the dash-cam exposed after  he finds Max.

(FOX40 - Aug 5, 2014)