Milos road to recovery ❤️‍

Hello Everyone, My name is Katherine. On May 3rd 2024 was a very traumatic event for our family. Milo our 2 year old Shih Tzu Maltese was brutally attacked by a pit bull in our local neighborhood. It all happened when my sister and mother was simply running an errand and he escaped on their way out. He simply peed on our front lawn and then got distracted coming back inside and started to chase a duck. At that moment they didn’t think anything of it but grabbing his leash to get him back inside the house so they could leave. My sister immediately went back inside to grab his leash to get him back in. In those 5 seconds my sister rushes out hearing screaming coming from afar she quickly went towards it. When she arrived at the scene he was being dragged by the neck by a white large male pit bull who was being walked without a leash. It appeared the owner had no control of her dog to even intervene and stop the situation but sat there and watched everything unfold when the pitbull wasn’t responding to anything the owner did. He would not let him go it was the most horrific thing that we never imagined would happen. All people did was watch what was happening and no one thought to try to help which is sad in our society. A fellow Samaritan came in out of absolutely nowhere and somehow separated both dogs. After we recovered Milo my sister rushed back to the house along with my mom to get their phones (they did not have it at that moment.) they immediately call the hospital when my mom went back to the scene the pitbull owner left without any kind of remorse or question as to anything she could help with especially you not being able to control your own dog to not brutally attack anyone for that matter. My sister and mother In our most of our neighbors have dogs and he’s very friendly with all dogs never has been aggressive just purely sweet with people and other animals. I want to emphasize that we are fully aware of the safety of my pet and we would never walk him without a leash. It was that he escaped. He just got excited to see any other dog like usual and turned out to hurt him. These dogs are very dangerous because of the way they are breed and shouldn’t even be in public with that kind of aggression or even owned. My Mom and sister continue to be traumatized given that your never prepared to react at a situation like this especially where we live we did not expect it. We would’ve never thought in a million years we’d be in the position we’re in. Thankfully they took him to the animal hospital with no thought but making sure he’s kept alive and taken care of. He means so much to us and brings so much love in our home. Unfortunately it’s a lot financially and we were not prepared for this. As many dog owners know it can be a never ending debt and ridiculous how animal wound care can be. He has stitches on his neck and is wearing a bandage and will hopefully recover soon. He has very deep wounds from the bite from the other dog that left a lot of open pockets leading to blood loss. He’s been responsive but remains very anxious and scared regarding the incident. It’s our baby and it’s so important to be aware of your animals behaviors especially with other dogs.