‘I thought I was about to lose my dog’: Yorkie on the mend after surviving alligator attack near Sarasota

SARASOTA, Fla. (WSVN) A nine-pound Yorkie is on the road to recovery after surviving an alligator attack near Sarasota. Owner Alice Trowbridge said the attack happened last Tuesday near her home. It appears the Yorkie, named Zoey, left her owner s sight and went across the backyard to a seawall. In the seconds after the attack, Trowbridge and her daughter, Laura Dumovich, said they heard Zoey crying but couldn t locate her. We heard Zoey cry, and I turned and looked, and normally she s like right around here. I didn t see her, but there s light from the neighbor s house that kind of casts, you know, down, and I saw movement down here, said Dumovich. Her daughter ran to the seawall and found Zoey badly injured but still breathing. I thought I was about to lose my dog, and I was really in a race to save her life, said Trowbridge. The neighbors heard me yelling. They came outside, and by the time they got outside, they saw our taillights pulling down the driveway,