A pit bull attacked a toddler and his mother in Willis on Tuesday.

Around noon, 18-month-old Anthony Rodriguez and his mom, Priscilla, went to see the three dogs chained along the back fence of their mobile home. The dog, named Oreo, lunged at the baby and came off its chain.

Speaking by phone from the hospital waiting room, Priscilla Rodriguez said, “I had my hands in his mouth basically trying to pry him off of my baby.”

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