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WEBVTT SAYS IT TAKES ANGUISH TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL. IT IS A DOG ATTACK DIFFICULT TO WATCH, ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE THE MOTHER. OF THE BOY BEING BITTEN. >> IT IS HARD DEALING WITH THE SITUATION BECAUSE EVERY DAY, SOMETHING WORSE COULD OF HAPPENED. BRIAN: THIS WOMAN SAYS THE ATTACK LEFT HER 11-YEAR-OLD SON WITH A SEVERELY INJURED LEG, SLICED BY THE DOG’S TEETH FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER. SHE’S NOT SURE HOW IT HAS AFFECTED HIM EMOTIONALLY. >> I WANT TO KNOW HOW HE’S THINKING, BUT HE DOESN’T REALLY TALK ABOUT IT. >> YOU CAN SEE HIM BEING DRAGGED AS A DOG REFUSES TO GIVE UP. THE TAX CHARLES WHO WAS STANDING NEARBY. >> THEY COME AND PUT THE LEASH AROUND HIM. >> THE OWNER OF THE DOG HAS BEEN ORDERED TO PAY A $35,000 FINE AND FOLLOW A LONG LIST OF CONFINEMENT AND INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS. THE MOTHER OF THE VICTIM BELIEVES THE LAW SHOULD’VE ALLOWED THE PUNISHMENT TO GO FURTHER. >> AS YOU LIKE THE DOG SHOULD HAVE BEEN PUT DOWN. A BIT MY SON AND ANOTHER PERSON. HOW MAY PEOPLE DO YOU WON THIS DOG TO BITE BEFORE YOU REALIZE THIS DOG IS DANGEROUS? >> OUR INITIAL CONCERN RIGHT NOW IS HIS HEALING, HIS PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING. AND ALSO THE SAFETY OF THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE. BRIAN: A FENCE IS KEEPING THE DOG RESTRICTED, BUT THE FEAR HAS NOT BEEN CONTAINED. >> I DON’T WANT NO OTHER MOM MORE ANYBODY TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS SITUATION BECAUSE THAT IS THE HARD SITUATION TO GET THROUGH. BRIAN: THAT 11-YEAR-OLD IS RETURNING TO SCHOOL AND GOING THROUGH THERAPY.

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The mother of a boy who was attacked by a dog now designated as “vicious” says she would like to see the animal put down. “It’s hard to deal with the situation because I think, every day, something worse could have happened,” said the mother of the 11-year-old victim. WLWT is not identifying either. The boy was seen on a security camera along McPhearson Avenue in Price Hill as he was pulled off his bike by a dog police have described as a red pit mix.A boy who had been walking the dog tried to free the leg of the victim, but the dog wouldn’t let go. Two men who happened to be passing the area began struggling with the dog. Eventually, the dog let go of the victim’s leg, but quickly attacked a man who was standing nearby. That man required five stitches after the attack.Heather Stephens, the dog’s owner, was fined $5,000. She will have to follow confinement and insurance requirements ordered by the court. The dog will also have to be muzzled and leashed when it’s outside.The dog will not be euthanized.The victim’s mother would like to see laws that would allow the dog to be destroyed after an attack like this one. “The way I feel is, the dog should have been put down. It bit my son and also another person. How many more people do you all want it to bite before you realize this dog is dangerous?” the victim’s mother said.The dog is now designated as “vicious.” If it attacks again, it could be euthanized.The victim is now recovering at home but has not been able to return to school.