Current Events > "A horrific accident": family dog attacks 11-year-old

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Our dog Beans and our other dog Bellatrix heard him and so they were standing at the top of the stairs and kind of started growling and he didnt pay any attention to it, like theyre not going to hurt me, whatever,' says Jessica. Got up the stairs and our dog thought that he was somebody whod broke into our house because he had his face covered so he didnt see him so I mean immediately grabbed a hold of him. It happened in like under 5 seconds.

Jessica was able to quickly pull Beans, a pitbull, off of Malakia, but the damage was done. Malakias right ear was bitten off in the attack. Luckily, Malakias hearing is still intact but as an 11-year-old boy, hes worried about being bullied and cosmetic surgery to replace his ear is very expensive.

Malakia and Jessica say neither of them blame their dog for what happened, but sadly, Jessica says Beans was put down Friday night because she says something like this cant happen again. Jessica says what happened is no ones fault and she doesnt want people to think pitbulls are vicious animals. Beans was a roadside rescue that had lived with the family for three years since he was a puppy.

At least they didnt blame the dog before killing it

Came in expecting pit bull, got pit bull

Why is this gimmick a thing

Came in expecting pit bull, got pit bull

Why is this gimmick a thing

Came in expecting pit bull, got pit bull

And here I was expecting it to be a lab.

you'd think the dog could smell who it was under the mask

no ones fault