'Both dogs got on Scrub, and they were just shaking him like a toy and pulling at him,' Vonda Bryner says. 'They pretty much tore him apart.'

Charges were filed against the owner of two dogs that attacked his neighbor and killed the neighbor's dog in Fayette County.According to court paperwork, Patrick Seese was convicted in September 2017 of "harboring two dangerous dogs, specifically a pit bull mix and a boxer mix." The conviction was handed down by District Judge Wendy Dennis, and Seese was ordered to follow safety provisions.Seese's neighbors, Vonda and William Bryner, told Pittsburgh's Action News 4 that the dogs were never kept in the proper enclosure or muzzled. William Bryner was putting his 13-year-old dachshund, Scrub, on a leash last month when he broke free. "Both dogs got on Scrub, and they were just shaking him like a toy and pulling at him," Vonda Bryner said. "They pretty much tore him apart."William Bryner was injured in the attack and had to undergo surgery on his arm. The Bryners say their son was also attacked by the dogs last year.Seese was not home when Pittsburgh's Action News 4 tried to reach him for comment Friday. The dogs have been euthanized.

Charges were filed against the owner of two dogs that attacked his neighbor and killed the neighbor's dog in Fayette County.

According to court paperwork, Patrick Seese was convicted in September 2017 of "harboring two dangerous dogs, specifically a pit bull mix and a boxer mix." The conviction was handed down by District Judge Wendy Dennis, and Seese was ordered to follow safety provisions.


Seese's neighbors, Vonda and William Bryner, told Pittsburgh's Action News 4 that the dogs were never kept in the proper enclosure or muzzled.

William Bryner was putting his 13-year-old dachshund, Scrub, on a leash last month when he broke free.

"Both dogs got on Scrub, and they were just shaking him like a toy and pulling at him," Vonda Bryner said. "They pretty much tore him apart."



William Bryner was injured in the attack and had to undergo surgery on his arm. The Bryners say their son was also attacked by the dogs last year.

Seese was not home when Pittsburgh's Action News 4 tried to reach him for comment Friday. The dogs have been euthanized.