Child Still In Critical Condition
Following Dog Attack

Wednesday, Sep 05, 2007
By Linda White
www.nbc13.com

CARBON HILL, Ala. -- A four-year-old Walker County boy remains in critical condition after he was mauled by the family dog Tuesday afternoon in Carbon Hill.

While discussing Tuesday's attack by the new family dog, a pit bull, on her youngest son, Logan, the anguish was apparent on Shanon Dobbin’s face.

"One of his eye sockets is probably going to need to be repaired. He’s got broken jaws, a broken collar bone. He's got severe lacerations to his neck. They don't know how bad that's going to be until the swelling goes down,” she said.

Logan and his dad, Jimmy, had just finished playing with their new pit bull when the family said Logan’s love of dogs took over and he went back to play with the dog by himself.

"The next two minutes he was hollering and crying. I heard him over the TV. Something told me to go check on him. I went up there and there he laid and the dog was on top of him then,” said Jimmy Dobbins.

The family kept the dog chained to a tree. It had only been with them for a month when it attacked Logan.

The cowboy boot Logan was wearing remained near the dog’s pen Wednesday while plywood for the pen was still covered in Logan’s blood. His family was just thankful that Logan is still alive.

"I just thank God he's right here right now. When I walked up there and looked at him, the first thing that popped into my head is that it could have been worse,” said Jimmy Dobbins.

Now this family is asking for prayers for their little boy who was injured by what he thought was his best friend.

The pit bull is being held at the Walker County Humane Society where it is scheduled to be euthanized.

As for if any charges will be filed in Tuesday’s mauling, Carbon Hill police said they are still investigating.