Man Stabs, Kills Neighbor's Pet Dog After It Fights With His Canines

In this image, a dog's paw reaches through the kennel fence at the Queen Anne's County Department of Animal Service in Queenstown, Maryland, Jan. 24, 2008. Getty Images/Jim Watson

A man stabbed his neighbor’s dog to death after the canine attacked his pets. The incident took place in Toledo, Ohio, on Friday night.

Speaking to CBS-affiliated television station WTOL on Monday, Eric Roberts said he saw his dog and his neighbor’s canines fighting through the fence of the backyard. He, however, went inside the home. Upon realizing that something wasn’t right, Roberts went back to the backyard only to find his pet dog named Amorah with stab injuries.

"I didn't know Amorah was stabbed. She passed away in my arms. I had her up in the air holding her trying to get her into the house,” he recalled.

Roberts’ girlfriend Erika Smith said, "I go back in the backyard and I can see she was dead when I got here and you could see all the stab marks. He got her a good 16 to 18 times in her stomach and a couple in her neck and face.”

"All he (neighbor) had to do was break it up and walk away. He had that choice, and he chose to just go ahead and kill my dog; and the way he did it, it's just brutal and it's cold-hearted and it's just wrong," Smith added.

Speaking to the television station, the neighbor, Richard Dosset, said he stabbed the dog because no one was helping him separate the canines and that he was only trying to protect himself and his pets.

"The Brindle one wouldn't let go of my dog for nothing. I tried everything, it wouldn't let go and the guy wasn't doing nothing, he's on the phone talking to somebody and I'm talking to him like 'help me, please, help me!' and nothing was happening. And I'm thinking my dog's dying. So, I took my pocket knife and I killed the dog," Dosset said.

Meanwhile, the case was being investigated by an animal cruelty officer with the Humane Society and charges were expected to be filed. Dosset said he planned to share his side of the story with the investigators.

Demanding justice for the dog, Smith said, "I want him (neighbor) to go to prison, I want him to go to jail for this. I want him to pay the consequences; she was family."