Officers went to the home in the 6100 block of California Street where the incident happened because the homeowner "failed to report the mauling to police," Gonzales said. The homeowner said she contacted her mother-in-law, "who instructed her not to call to police," according to Gonzales, and instead contacted the homeowner's husband, who took the pit bull to the Hobart Humane Society "so the dog could be euthanized," police said.