‘It seemed like eternity': Man says pit bull attacked his dog at Miami Beach restaurant

A man said his dog was seriously injured after being attacked by a pit bull at a Miami Beach restaurant

A Miami Beach Police spokesperson said that on October 20, around 7:21 p.m., officers responded to Monty's Sunset - South Beach on Alton Road regarding an incident involving two dogs and their owners.

Cell phone video posted to Only In Dade appeared to show dogs fighting at the restaurant, but one of the owner's says his dog was attacked.

Chris Borchetta says he met up with some friends at Monty’s Sunset and he had his dog Lunita with him. Borchetta says shortly after arriving a pit bull clamped down on his dog and wouldn't let go.

"I just heard my dog start screaming out of nowhere and I looked down and this dog had clamped onto her back side and was dragging her across the pool deck by her backside and she was screaming,” Borchetta said.

The video shows several people trying to separate both dogs and you can hear a dog screaming.

Eventually, they were able to separate the dogs and Borchetta called 911. He says his dog has serious puncture wounds and lacerations, and underwent three hours of surgery.

"It was an unprovoked attack by the other dog,” Borchetta said. "It's a little scary to see something like that happen. It seemed like eternity, I don't know how many minutes went by."

Borchetta says his dog is a service dog and says the owner of the other dog also says his dog is a service dog.

"The owner did say it's a service animal, but you're not sure, service animals are supposed to be trained to not be aggressive and not react,” Borchetta said.

Borchetta says the owner of the pit bull called the vet Saturday to pay for the vet bills. He wants to stress that people need to have control of their animals at all times, especially in public places.

"I honestly don't think it's the animal's fault. I think like with anything with higher risk comes more responsibility,” Borchetta said. “We just know, one, the owner at some point during the night did not have control of his animal, two, the animal was aggressive, three, the animal inflicted and attacked my animal and caused serious harm."

The GM of Monty’s Sunset told NBC6 service dogs are allowed inside.