Moment desperate neighbour lobs a FIREPIT at crazed ‘XL Bully’ to stop it mauling pup in vicious daylight attack
THIS is the shocking moment a terrified dog walker fights off an XL Bully-type hell hound as it savages his French Bulldog.
One bystander was forced to hurl a fire pit at the beast as it clamped its jaws into defenceless Ralph.
Josh Hymas had been walking his pup in Mansfield, Notts, when he was set upon by the grey-coloured mutt off its lead.
Terrifying footage shows the bully jump at Ralph as Josh drags him away.
The 14-month-old Frenchie ends up suspended by his lead as the attack ensues.
Josh, 30, can be seen trying to prise the hound off his beloved dog but struggles to get the beast off.
The bully shakes and tugs at Ralph as all hell breaks loose in the residential street before a woman in pyjamas charges over.
Josh manages to get the bully in a choke hold while lying on top of Ralph in a life or death fight as a neighbour charges out with a firepit.
The man smashes it over the attack dog’s back but the impact doesn’t faze the crazed mutt as it continues its blood-lust rampage.
Josh said the owner was screaming “kill it” as he considered gouging the hounds eyes out to make it stop.
The bully eventually loses its grip as Josh manages to get Ralph into his arms and off the ground.
He runs for a front door but the dog gives chase before both smash into a brick wall.
Josh manages to dart round the attacking hound and makes it through a door as a lady in pyjamas grabs the mutt by the collar and drags it off.
Josh thought Ralph was “already dead” when he jumped on top of him.
Recalling Tuesday afternoon’s horror, he told MailOnline: “He just went limp in my arms.
“I thought: ‘He’s just going to savage him’ because he was tearing his head back and forth, back and forth.
“My little one-year-old boy wouldn’t know what to do without him. He’s his best mate.”
Ralph miraculously survived the attack while Josh only sustained cuts and bruises.
From December 31 Xl Bullies must be microchipped, muzzled and kept on a lead in public and it will be illegal to breed, sell or abandon them.
Advertising, gifting and exchanging the mutts will also be outlawed and they must be kept in a secure place to prevent escape, the Government says.
Owners have been reminded that they can ask a vet to euthanize their pets and claim £200 compensation.