Woman Bites Dog To Save Dog

[Conveyor Belt]

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A US woman bit a pit bull terrier on the nose to save her pet Labrador.

Amy Rice, 38, of Minneapolis, had first tried to wrench the pit bull's jaws from her beloved Ella's throat.

"I ended up biting the pit bull on the nose," she told the local Star Tribune. "I didn't plan it, that's what happened.

"I broke the skin and had pit bull blood in my mouth. I knew what happened, and I knew that it wasn't good."

Animal care and control manager Dan Niziolek said the case was a first, even for more seasoned animal control officers.

"However, we see people who will do anything to protect their animal," he said.

Injuries to the pit bull were minor, but now Amy is dealing with a potential rabies scare as well as her 12-year-old dog's wounds.

[betsy]

I think I would do that for my dog, Patches, but you really don't know what you will do until you are confronted with something like that.

[Booshay]

I would definately try to get the pitbull off of my dog somehow, not sure how though. Now if the same pit bull was attached to one or two particular MyHattiesburg members....I say let'em eat.

[dyates]

lol!

Our pit got into a fight with the neighbors dog about a year ago. The neighbor's son was trying to get my dog to let go of his....hitting him in the back as hard as he could with a metal bat. He wouldn't let go until I got out there and yelled at him. That's all it took.

[Booshay]

Good thing you were home because if not, both dogs probably would of ended up dead.

[dyates]

If the neighbor would've shot my dog, yeah I guess so. They wouldn't do that though. We keep our dogs in kennels in the backyard...we don't let them roam around..that's irresponsible. This particular time our dog got out of the kennel and jumped the fence because their dog was roaming around in our yard. Their dog charged at ours and the fight was on. Our dog actually did nothing but grab ahold of theirs and hold him down.

We all hated that it happened but they understood my dog was only acting on his instinct. They felt responsible so there was never any problems over it. Their dog ended up in a cast. A few months later (still letting their dog roam the neighborhood) a pack of dogs got ahold of him and they had to put him to sleep.