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I saw this today in the news, very sad.
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Tuesday February 12 07:05 PM EST
Dogs May Be Put To Sleep After Attack
A 7-year-old boy was upgraded to stable condition Tuesday after a dog attack on the Treasure Coast.

Russ Davis had what he called the "neighborhood dogs" -- two 120-pound rottweilers named Shadow and Drago. Children used to love playing with them in Davis' back yard.

Late Monday afternoon, Davis' neighbor tried to barricade the rottweilers behind the fence they already broke. When the woman went inside across the street, her 7-year-old, Jaimee Krupilis, started screaming.

"When she opened the door, the male dog was attacking the child, while the female was kissing the child at the same time," said Chuck Johnson of the PSL Police Department.

The child told his mother that Drago, the male dog, bit him and attacked when he ran.

"It's a rottweiler's natural instinct to chase someone if he runs or screams," Davis said. "There's not much you can do about that. There's no way to train that out of an animal."

Police described the boy's bite wounds as being some of the worst they've seen.

"I did tell the city to destroy (the dogs)," Davis said. "Because of the potential taste of blood in an animal's mouth and having done it once, the propensity could be there for a second situation. And I won't allow it.

"There's no way you can tell anyone what you feel in a situation like this. The biggest pain are the scars that will remain on the young boy until who knows when."

Davis has been a breeder for several years, but he said he has never seen anything close to the incident Monday.

The dogs' owner is asking animal officials to put the dogs to sleep. A decision will be made in ten days.

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