A man said he was forced to use his Taekwando training to save his dog’s life after a pitbull attacked them during a walk.
Fred Schiller of Houston, Texas, told the local ABC affiliate KTRK who was walking her small dog, Verve, when the pit bull came running from across the street.
“Next thing I know, pitbull is heading straight in,” Schiller said.
He said the pit bull went straight toward Verve and started biting the dog’s neck.
“I started kicking the pit bull,” Schiller said.
Fred Schiller (pictured) said he was forced to use his Taekwando training to save his dog’s life after a pit bull attacked them during a walk.
Schiller said she was walking her small dog, Verve, when the pit bull (pictured) came running from across the street.
He was bitten on the hand, but was able to restrain the dog with the help of a passerby.
Still, the pit bull wouldn’t let Schiller’s dog fall. That’s when he said he had to resort to his Taekwando training.
“I took the pitbull to the ground and started hitting him in the head,” he said. “I kept hitting and hitting. I wouldn’t let it fall. My dog was screaming. His eyes were wild. I thought he was going to die.’
Ellen Blasio, a bystander, said she intervened without hesitation. They bit her several times on her hands.
“Without thinking, I ran to grab the little dog,” he said.
Schiller was also bitten on the hand, but was able to restrain the dog with the help of de Blasio.
“I kept the pit bull pinned with his head in the mud because I thought, ‘Okay, if I let this go, I’ll be next,'” Blasio said.
While the pitbull was being restrained, its owner arrived, got out of the car and picked up his dog.
She has not been charged with any crime.
It took several days for BARC, the city’s animal shelter and adoption center, to identify the owner and her dog, but they finally found her Thursday.
The shelter told KTRK it agreed to take the dog to the shelter to be tested for rabies and quarantined.
Ellen Blasio (pictured), a bystander, said she intervened without hesitation.
Blasio said she was bitten several times on her hands.
‘My dog was screaming. His eyes were wild. I thought he was going to die,” said Schiller (pictured: Verve, Schiller’s dog)
BARC said the owner most likely will not be charged for having her dog off leash because its officers did not witness the encounter.
‘I said, “Is that all you’re going to do?” I said, ‘This dog almost killed my dog. He’s dangerous,'” Schiller said.
Schiller could go to the justice of the peace court and request that the pit bull be declared legally dangerous, but a judge would make the final decision, BARC said.