A mum has told it was either "the dog or my child" when she grabbed a kitchen knife and stabbed the dog to death after it began mauling her daughter.
Jamie Morales leapt to the defence of her one-year-old to fend off the family dog that had started to attack her when she began crying.
The reported pitbull had a hold of the leg of little Ruby Cervantes who was rushed to hospital with leg, ankle and shoulder injuries and is undergoing surgery for a hip fracture.
