Boy, 6, loses ear in dog attack LOS ANGELES, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- A dog escaped from its yard and attacked a Southern California boy and his mother, severing the 6-year-old's ear and biting his mother in the back, police said. The incident happened in Moreno Valley, Calif. while Ruben Juarez Jr., his mother and younger sibling were walking through their neighborhood, KTLA-TV, Los Angeles, reported Wednesday. Ruben said his mother was bitten when she tried to get the dog off him. Paramedics rushed the boy to a nearby hospital where he underwent surgery to re-attach his ear. Moreno Valley Animal Control seized the dog, a bull-mastiff. They said even though the animal had no history of attacks it still may be subject to euthanasia.