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A Jessamine County woman is upset because a pit bull killed her dog as she walked it Tuesday morning.

Rita Curtis was walking her miniature chihuahua on a leash in her yard when a pit bull charged her dog. She says before she could do anything about it, the pit bull had the smaller dog in his mouth.

Jessamine County Animal Control officers say this isn't the first time the pit bull's owner, James Gilaus, had been warned about this dog running loose, and Animal Control has cited Gilaus for allowing his dog to run at large in the past.

Curtis and her neighbors say the attack could have been prevented.

"This could've been a child," Cheryl Holland, a neighbor, said.

Gilaus has apologized to Curtis, saying the dog pushed open a door without him knowing it. Animal Control cited him for allowing his dog to run at large.

The pit bull was put down.