"Ponce drifted in and out of sleep. Soon, her husband would light a fire and let out her dog, Vega, a pit bull-German shepherd mix, to guard her."
Here in my home town, Dalton, Ga., you never saw a pit bull until the Latinos moved in. Now it seems they're everywhere. I've, in the last three months, had two occasions where pits have come after me while out for a walk. I don't know what a small child would have done. This dogs were crazy. I've never seen dogs that, off their own property, would not turn and run when a human yelled, No! and stomped their foot.
If you walk where these killer dogs roam, carry a spray bottle filled with bleach or ammonia and let them have it if they get close. Some spray bottles can really lay out a spray that goes 12-15 feet. One or two shots to the face and they won't come near you again.