Imagine walking your three-pound dog when a massive rottweiler comes charging at you. Do you a) scream and run; b) play dead; or c) fight the dog with all your might in order to save your pet.
For Virginia Young of Rockford, the answer was C. Her Papillon sustained eight critical bite wounds, but survived the attack. Young managed to fight the dog off to the best of her abilities until a neighbor stopped to help.
Virginia Young of Rockford holds Lilly, a 7-year-old Papillon dog, at her home on Wednesday. Lilly survived an attack from an at-large rottweiler in Rockford. The community has had issues with at-large dogs.
