HOUSTON – A three-year-old boy is recovering from serious facial injuries after being attacked by a neighbor’s dog in northeast Harris County’s Edgewood Village neighborhood.

Santiago Capetillo suffered fractured facial bones, lost two front teeth, and sustained injuries to his eye and eyelids in the attack that occurred on Nov. 18, just before Thanksgiving.

The incident happened when his mother, Valeria Capetillo, opened their front door after spotting what appeared to be a lost dog.

“It just happened so fast,” Valeria Capetillo said. “I tried to put my leg so he could bite me instead, but he just went after him.”

The child’s father, Alex Capetillo, intervened to save his son.

“My first instinct was get the dog off of my son,” he said.

Capetillo managed to subdue the animal by chok

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