The dog named Sasha of a Glendora family is recovering on May 20 after surviving an attack by a mountain lion near their home. The dog’s owner Kevin Deal claims that he foiled the attack by repelling the animal. The attack, according to the family, happened about 1:30 p.m. less than a foot from their home’s kitchen door, in the immediate foothills of the San Gabriel mountains—a region where mountain lion sightings are common—just over a week ago.Deal said that after seeing the attack, he hurried outside and stopped it.The family said that Sasha is recovering now but still has some swelling, ABC7 Los Angeles reports.
