On Wednesday February 12th at around 5:00pm our beloved service dog Lila was viciously attacked by a neighbors loose pitbull on our front doorstep. We had just opened the door to go potty and hadn't got all the way out of the house before the pitbull grabbed Lila and shook her like a ragdoll injuring Lila critically. Lila was taken to our vet and quickly brought into surgery to repair her stomach and intestines that had been ripped out by the pitbull. Lila spent two days the the hospital and was sent home with us on Valentines Day February 14th. Lila was so scared when she was brought home she had a very hard time breathing and had to be calmed down. It was very scary seeing her this way.My lovely neighbor was gracious enough to put the bill on his credit card temporarily until we were able to come up with the funds to pay him back. He's on a fixed income and can not afford our vet bill but was able to get the bill discounted a little bit. We are asking for help with the bill and future vet visits for her recovery.Lila is a very happy go lucky cheweenie. She treats an anxiety disorder one of our family members have. Right now she is very scared and tramatized from this attack.We did call animal control on the neighbors pitbull and they would only ticket us because we hadn't had our sweet Lila on a leash yet. They handed us a complaint paper and refused to follow up. We have since let all of our neighbors know to watch out and to keep their animals and children under extra close watch and found out this dog has attacked others before.Lila is resting up at home now and appreciates anything you can do to help out with her vet costs.Thank you and God Bless!Lila before she was attacked.