THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER RIGHT
DOWN TO THE TIMING.
WE WILL TELL YOU HOW MUCH
COOLER IT WILL BE BEHIND THE
FRONT IN A FEW MINUTES.
ATTACKED BY THEIR OWN PET,
A PASCO COUNTY COUPLE IS
RECOVERING AFTER THEY WERE
BITTEN BY THE FAMILY PUT WILL.
JAMILA JOINS US FROM PORT
RICHIE WHERE THIS HAPPENED.
I UNDERSTAND THE DOG HAD TO BE
PUT DOWN?
Reporter: THAT IS THE SAD
PART OF THE STORY.
I COULD TELL YOU THAT THE
COUPLE JUST CAME HOME ABOUT ONE
HOUR AGO.
THEY DID NOT WANT TO TALK TO US
ON CAMERA.
THE MEN HAD TO GO INSIDE.
HE WAS BANDAGED UP IN A CAST.
WE ARE TOLD THE DOG WOULD NOT
STOP TRYING TO ATTACK SO
ORDERED A DEPUTY TO SHOOT HIM.
A DOG ATTACK HAS OWNERS LIVING
ON UNDERWAY STUNNED.
AUTHORITIES SAY A PITBULL
ATTACKED ITS OWNERS.
THEIR DOGS ARE VERY QUIET.
THEY HAVE BEEN VERY PLEASANT.
WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY PROBLEMS.
Reporter: MICHELLE LIVES 2
DOORS DOWN FROM WHERE THE
ATTACK HAPPENED.
SHE SNAPPED THIS PICTURE OF THE
DOG LYING IN THE BACKYARD AFTER
A DIP YOU WILL -- A DEPUTY WAS
FORCED TO SHOOT IT.
I WAS GOING TO WALK OVER AND
LET THEM KNOW SOMETHING WAS
WRONG WITH THE DOG AND THERE
WERE 3 OR 4 POLICE CARS.
THEY WERE TAKING THE GENTLEMAN
AWAY.
Reporter: OFFICIALS SAY THE
COUPLE WERE TALKING WHEN THE
DOG STARTED TO WRITE -- BITE
THE MAN.
THE GIRLFRIEND WAS TRYING TO
PREVENT THE DOG FROM CONTINUING
TO ATTACK.
Reporter: DEPUTIES SAY SHE
BEGGED THE DEPUTIES TO PUT THE
DOG DOWN.
BOTH PEOPLE WERE TAKEN TO THE
HOSPITAL.
WE HAVE A LOT OF CHILDREN
AND ANIMALS ON THE STREET.
IT IS A SHAME.
I AM SORRY TO HAPPEN -- HERE IT
HAPPENED TO THEM BUT I AM GLAD
THEY ARE ARKOE -- ARE OKAY.
Reporter: OFFICIALS SAY THE
COUPLE HAVE 2 OTHER PEOPLE'S
