Terrified pet owner mauled by 'XL Bully' that 'broke out house' and attacked him
A dog owner was triggered into action when an XL Bully-type hound savaged his miniature pooch in horrific scenes captured on video.
The terrifyling clip shows a man walking along a residential street with his tiny puppy, later identified as Josh Hymas and his pet, Ralph, who was on a lead when the vicious mutt emerges from one of the homes in Mansfield, Nottingham. Father-of-one Josh claims the beast managed to break out by jumping his owners six foot fence before carrying out the savage and sustained attack.
The dog, which is thought to be a recently-banned XL Bully, is seen darting out of an opening in the house not visible on the video before going straight for little Ralph. At first, Josh appears to be allowing the two pets to meet as he holds the Bully on its back, while maintaining as much distance with it from Ralph as possible.
But suddenly, the beast jerks its body and continues with its aggression, appearing to latch its powerful jaws on to the pup's back. Josh picks Ralph up and starts spinning on the stop as the Bully continues to gnash and jump up, hellbent on hurting the little pooch.
Other neighbours emerge from their homes but at first maintain a distance from the feral creature, apparently wanting to avoid coming in to any harm themselves. At one point, a man goes into the owners' garden, picks up a "fireplace", which he then smashes on to the dog in the hopes of stopping it.
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Josh spoke of the terrifying moment when he was pulled to the floor. Thinking his dog was fatally mauled, he lay on the pup hoping he'd stop the monster from tearing him apart. He said Ralph, who is the best friend of his one-year-old son Hugo, is just a year and two months old.
Even the owner, who has not yet been identified, was reportedly telling people to "kill the dog" after it broke free by hopping a six-foot fence, Josh explained.
He told MailOnline: "As I jumped on top of Ralph I thought Ralph was dead already. He just went limp in my arms. I thought: 'He's just going to savage him' because he was tearing his head back and forth, back and forth.
"When I had my face down in the curb I was thinking that if this dog lets go my face is the nearest thing he's going to bite. But all I care about is our little family dog. My little one-year-old boy wouldn't know what to do without him. He's his best mate. I'm just lucky I didn't take my boy with me. You'd die for your sons or daughters, and that was exactly what I was willing to do."
Josh Hymas says little Ralph is the best pal of his one-year-old son (Josh Hymas)
Ralph thankfully survived the incident (Josh Hymas)Thankfully, Ralph survived the attack and is currently enjoying a big bone to help get him through the traumatising experience. Josh only suffered minor injuries, but is fully aware of how much worse it could have ended.
He said the incident has left Ralph, who was always "brilliant" with other dogs, scared of socialising with his fellow canines. At one point, Josh said he tried to push his thumbs into the other dog's eyes to "try and blind it" and "striking the dog as much as I could".
BullyWatchUK, a regulation advocate group, said that the dog had been recently rehomed and that his former owner has been begging for someone else to adopt the feral creature. The breeding, selling, advertising, rehoming, abandoning, or allowing an American Bully XL will become illegal on December 31. Any found without an exemption certificate will be seized, and potentially destroyed, by police.
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