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Oct 26, 2009 9:14 am US/Central

Wis. Man Says Dog Recovering From Bear Attack

MOUNT PLEASANT, Wis. (AP) ― A Racine-area man says the prognosis is good for his 6-year-old dog, nine days after it was nearly killed in a bear attack.

Tim Peltz of Mount Pleasant says Roxie lost a lot of blood in the Oct. 17 attack, but the boxer's recovery has been promising.

Peltz had just let Roxie out near Crivitz when the dog darted into the forest. As two bear cubs scrambled up into trees, Roxie collided with the mother bear.

The bear locked its jaws onto the dog and swung it around. Peltz ran into the house for a gun, and when he came back the bears were gone.

He found Roxie in a pool of blood. Veterinarians told him they didn't think the dog would survive.

But Roxie is bucking the odds. Her chest is covered in stitches and staples but Peltz says she's regaining her strength.

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