[SandRat]

Praying hard, sweat rolling off the forehead now for the little angel.

[Kathy in Alaska]

"The girl, said to be about 6 years old, was taken to a hospital and was undergoing surgery this afternoon for what police called critical injuries to her neck and head. The unidentified girl's mother was with her at the hospital.

The injuries were so severe that the first neighbors on the scene said they thought she was dead.

Troy Danford heard the screaming next door and ran outside with his .38-caliber handgun. He saw the animal on the front porch with the baby sitter's arm in its mouth, tugging at her. He fired into the air because he didn't want to shoot the woman. Then, when he had a shot, Danford took aim at the pit bull. At least one shot hit its legs.

Neighbor Kyle Mayeaux, a soldier at Fort Richardson, said he ran into the home after hearing the screaming and gunshots in the Glacier Terrace mobile home park off 33rd Avenue and Boniface Parkway and found the girl bleeding from the neck and appearing lifeless.

He felt a faint pulse and put pressure on her neck wound to stop the bleeding until medics arrived."

It was their own dog!!

Whole story so far....not looking good. Prayers and more prayers.