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A woman and her dog are attacked by a loose dog in Southgate, her dog did not survive

Posted at 6:30 PM, Oct 20, 2016
and last updated 2016-10-20 18:31:08-04

A woman and her dog were attacked by a loose dog while walking in a Southgate neighborhood.  The woman received some bite and scratch wounds, but her small dog was killed.

It happened on September 25.

Diane Peters was walking her small six year-old dog, Scooter, on their regular route- along Fordline Road near the elementary school. 

That’s when she saw the loose dog.

"You could see it in his eye, I knew what he was going to do, I just couldn't move quick enough,” said Peteres.

She tried to scoop up Scooter as she saw the dog running towards them, but she wasn’t able to get him up in time and the dog viciously attacked Scooter.

"He bit him, he shook him so hard that it took both of his kidneys out of the sack, ripped his intestines and ripped his stomach,” said Peters, tearfully.

The dog also bit at her, but it wasn’t like what happened to Scooter. 

She said a neighbor driving by stopped and helped her.
 
"He got out of the car and actually literally kicked the dog off me and lifted me and the dog and put me in the car and brought me home,” said Peters.

She and Scooter each went to get medical attention right away, but Scooter did not survive.

"He was such a big part of this family, I mean the neighbor kids would come over,  my grandkids, he went everywhere, he would go to the store and get coffee and the paper with my husband,” said Peters.

She said she’s feeling the loss of Scooter deeply.

After she was attacked, Peters called both animal control and Southgate Police, both responded, but neither could find the dog.
 
She said the dog is all white, with a brown spot on his head, she believes he is a pit bull.

"That dog belongs to somebody. It did have a collar and a tag, somebody knows where the dog is. They're hiding it or they've already gotten rid of it,” said Peters.

Officers at the Downriver Central Animal Control Shelter have been back out to the neighborhood on several occasions, but they still haven’t been able to track down the dog. 

"I want him caught and I want him put down before he hurts somebody else,” said Peters.

If you see the dog or know anything about him, call the Downriver Central Animal Control at 734-246-1328.