A family pet mauls a 1yr old baby, neighbors say the dog was chained up all day and night. The baby got outside where the dog's food was, when the pitbull attacked.

"Its a bad dog, it came over here, its been running around the neighborhood its killed a few dogs in the neighborhood too," neighbor Tammy Queen said.

Queen also says the pit bull that mauled a 1yr old has been terrorizing the neighborhood, including Tammy and her family.

"When a dogs tied on a chain left out on a chain, it makes them meaner. He's eating and that baby comes over there hes going to attack it, because hes not familiar with it," Tammy said.

Experts say it doesn't matter the breed of the dog, there are just certain times when an animal shouldn't be messed with.

" Its never wise to allow children around an animal when eating they are animals you know a dog is an animal. You never know what is going to trigger them, this could be a life long pet," SPCA's Rhonda Lang said.

Rhonda says the breed gets a bad wrap, and even though she acknowledges it might be some of the DNA in the dog. But, she says the way the dog is raised can make all the difference.

" They were originally bread to be a nanny dog, that's their nickname the nanny dog. Through the years they realized how strong and powerful they were and that's when they started training them for the fighting," Lang said.