It's been weeks since Jane Cothern's dog, Doobie, was killed by two pit bulls.

"She was just covered in blood, from head to toe," recalled Cothern.

By Cothern's count, her 92 pound German Shepherd and boxer mix suffered 200 to 300 puncture wounds and lacerations. The vet's report says "too numerous to count."

"She didn't have a chance," said Cothern. "Basically didn't have a chance. when you have dogs like that that are vicious in a pack mode mentality, going to kill, that's all it takes."

Fortunately, Cothern's other dog Allie was spared. Cothern believes Allie came to Doobie's defense. Allie was also attacked and her wounds are healed. ...

The two pit bulls in question, Traviessa and Omega, belonged to Mike Coulter, who lives near Cothern. According to witnesses, the pit bulls escaped from their house and broke through Cothern's gate in the 400 block of Kildeer Way in Southwest Bakersfield.

"They literally got in here, broke the board. pulled this off and forced way through this small opening," described Cothern.

Cothern was at work at the time, but next door neighbor Stephanie Salazar saw the attack, which she says lasted at least 15 minutes.

"It was very brutal. So lucky it wasn't my kids," said Salazar. "This is a family neighborhood. I don't want to have to worry about dogs coming through and attacking our children."

But this wasn't an isolated incident. Last year, another dog was killed after wandering into the backyard where Traviessa and Omega were kept.

"I told him, you are a fool to keep a dangerous dog like that. You have to wait for another attack?" said Cothern.

The city identifies potentially dangerous dogs as ones who have attacked other animals twice within the past 36 months on someone else's property.

In the case of Traviessa and Omega, Tammy Davis from Animal Control says city code did not apply.

"The dog that was injured came on to that dog owner's property. That's the dog that died. So their dogs weren't in violation," Davis explained of last year's incident.

"That's wrong. That's just simply wrong. My rights were violated, but it's not my rights being protected. It's the doggone pit bull's rights," said Cothern.

Despite the fact his dogs also weren't in violation after this recent attack, Davis says Coulter had Traviessa and Omega put to sleep.

"It's not something we requested he do and it's not something the law require he do," said Davis.

Coulter was not available for an interview. But his friend, Fernando Gonzalez, admits Traviessa and Omega were aggressive towards other animals, but firmly maintains they would never hurt a human.

Even so, Cothern wants the city to place tighter restrictions on pit bulls, which she thinks are inherently vicious.

"I don't think he raised them to be aggressive," said Cothern. "They all seem to think it's the way you raise the dog. And it's not the way you raise a dog. It's a characteristic."

The debate of nature versus nurture in pit bulls has raged for years. It's the subject of a documentary called "Off the Chain," where filmmakers chronicle the underground world of pit bull fighting.

And this summer, the issue caught national attention when NFL star Michael Vick pleaded guilty to dog fighting charges, after it was discovered he raised pit bulls that were later entered into fights.

Marilyn Stewart from the Alpha Canine Sanctuary says it's people like Vick that give pit bulls a bad rap.

"It's because a growing amount of society, misuse them, mistreat them, fight them. don't get them altered. it's the people. not the breed," said Stewart.

But Stewart, who owns a pit bull, concedes that they are a powerful breed and can be dangerous if not trained properly.

"When a pit bull goes and breaks in because of the ability the dog has, it's usually more deadly," explained Stewart.

That's something Cothern and Doobie learned the hard way.

"It's a scary thing. Somethings gotta be done to put an end to this," said Cothern.

But as of right now, city laws remain the same. They do not target any breed. Marilyn Stewart, from Alpha Canine, says it would be a bad idea to single out pit bulls. She says legislation needs to be applied to all dogs. As for Jane Cothern, she plans to take her case to the City Council.

We asked Bakersfield's City council if they would be in favor of breed-specific laws targeting pit bulls, and here's what they had to say:

Jacquie Sullivan and Sue Benham said they did not want to comment until they had more information.

Ken Weir and Zack Scrivner said they are against breed-specific legislation.

David Couch and Harold Hanson said they would be in favor of looking into it.

We still have not heard back from Irma Carson.