TEXAS -- Terry Gill remembers the fear when she says a neighbor's two pit bulls almost attacked her.
"I could've gotten mauled by that white dog or both of 'em at the same time," Gill said.
Gill says she was mowing her lawn when she tells us the dogs began barking at her through the fence.
According to Gill, the dogs were acting aggressively and started breaking through the fence. She held up the fence to keep them from getting out and possibly attacking her.
"I was yelling at the top of my lungs I know for ten minutes. Finally I realized no one was going to help that's when I said well... I'm dog food I'm dog meat," Gill said.
Gill couldn't hold the fence up any longer and ran back inside her house. She wasn't hurt.
She called police. Once an officer arrived one of the two dogs escaped.
"He had to make a choice he thought the safest thing to do was shoot the dog," Gill said.
A Pinehurst Police Officer shot and killed the dog to protect himself and other neighbors.
The other dog didn't get out of the yard.
"It's about being responsible. An ounce of prevention in these cases," said the Pinehurst Police Chief.
Pinehurst Police Chief Fred R. Hanauer III says this is one of three pit bull scares within six days.
The first was a Pinehurst family that owns six pit bulls was attacked by one of their own dogs; they was hospitalized.
In another scare, a dog that belonged to the same resident got out and approached a bicyclist but no one was injured.
"Be responsible. Maintain your pets. Keep anybody from getting hurt that's what we want to achieve here in Pinehurst," he said.
The Chief and Gill both hope dog owners take better care of their pets in the future to prevent any one else from facing an attack.
"Socialize your dogs and love em like they want to be loved... that's all," Gill said.
(KFDM - May 25, 2016)
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