LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. - A tiny dog is mauled to death right in its owner's home.

It happened in Lehigh Acres on Maple Avenue South

Patricia Denis was decorating her home for the holidays when all of a sudden a pitbull charged through their front screen door.

"My dog was screaming horribly," she said.

Her three year-old Shih Tzu named Buster was in a fight for its life.

A neighbor's pitbull literally broke through the screen door, attacking Buster.

David, Patricia's son says it happened on the living room floor.

"Buster is only this big. The pitbull's head is this big. Buster was making a horrible noise," he said.

David tried pulling the dogs apart, but the pitbull bit through his finger.

A few seconds later, Buster was nearly dead.

"There was blood everywhere. Buster was pretty much gone by then," he said.

David was able to finally pull the dogs apart.

He and Patricia rushed Buster to their vet.

45 minutes later, he was dead.

"He was a wonderful dog. He played with all kids," Patricia said about Buster.

David went to the pitbull's owner to get some answers and an apology, but he wasn't home.

Today, David and Patricia still haven't heard from him.

"The owner of the dog hasn't contacted us. No contact what so ever," he said.

WINK News also tried contacting the owner but he wasn't home.

We did contact Lee Animal Control to ask why the pitbull has not been confiscated.

They told us they had to wait for more evidence and an affidavit from Patricia.

Animal Control seized the dog Friday afternoon.

Its owner did not contend the seizure and handed it over to the agency.

A spokesman for the agency said the dog was euthanized late Friday evening.