HIGH POINT, N.C.—
MAY 7 UPDATE: The female victim, Jennifer Baldwin, is in good condition as of Thursday morning, a hospital spokesperson says. The male victim, Thomas Howard Roy, Jr., was treated and released.=========
Two people were taken to the hospital Wednesday after their own dogs attacked them in their yard, police said.
One of the owners was badly hurt and was being treated late Wednesday afternoon at High Point Regional Hospital, High Point Police Lt. Steve Myers said. The other had minor wounds, said Myers.
Neighbors said they saw several dogs attacking their owners behind the owners' house on Flint Ave, where a sign reads "Warning: Guard Dogs."
Police said two dogs were involved in the attacks.
"I was just sitting here (and) all of a sudden, I hear somebody holler," said neighbor James Owens. "She's laying down behind the house with three or four dogs on her."
"I walked outside and I walked up there to that house, and she was saying 'Help me.' She had blood down her legs," said another neighbor Amanda Biddix.
Biddix said the dogs were out of control.
"The dog came after me and my cousin. She fell on the ground and like six dogs jumped on top of her, biting her stomach. Two of them had the back of her neck. They had her hand ... shaking it and everything," she said.
Police described the dogs as mixed-breed.
"Animal control officers took both the dogs that were involved," said Myers. "They have been taken for the rabies observation period."
Police said they had been called to the same house about a month again in reference to a dog bite.
