The incident occurred on Sunday, just one mile from where an Elbert County woman was mauled to death by three different pit bulls in 2003.

Jim Ross said when he saw the dogs attacking his animals, he stuck one of the dogs with a pitchfork but it didn't kill the dog or even stop it. So Ross said he grabbed his gun from inside the home and shot both of the dogs.

The owner of the dogs, Kyle Stozek, was cited for having vicious dogs at large and arrested on an outstanding warrant.

Ross' horse was expected to recover from the attack.

Just as neighbors were being notified of the incident there was a similar incident Monday morning, the sheriff's office said.

Deputies thought they had another duo of pit bulls running loose and when the dogs were captured, they turned out to be brindle-colored Rottweilers.

The dogs were rounded up without incident and returned to their home. Coincidentally, their home was the former home of Jennifer Brook. Brook's family sold the house after she was mauled to death by three pit bulls in November 2003.

Elbert County Sheriff's Sgt. Dane Hiatt told 7NEWS that they are concerned that the pit bull problem will not go away. Denver's ban on pit bulls is only transferring people to more rural areas such as Elbert County, Hiatt said.

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• September 8, 2005: Pit Bulls Save Couple's Life In Fire
• August 18, 2005: Pit Bulls Attack Aurora Collie As Council Considers Ban
• August 15, 2005: Commerce City Considers Restrictions On Pit Bull Owners
• August 9, 2005: Aurora Seeks Public Input On Pit Bull Ban
• July 26, 2005: Commerce City Considers Pit Bull Ban
• July 21, 2005: With Ban In Place, Denver Euthanizing 3 Pit Bulls Daily
• July 8, 2005: Aurora Considers Banning Pit Bulls
• May 9, 2005: Pit Bulls Banned Again In Denver
• April 8, 2005: Denver Allowed To Enforce Pit Bull Ban
• January 26, 2005: Pit Bull Breaks Chains, Kills 2 Poodles Inside Neighbor's House
• January 25, 2005: Pit Bulls Shot After Attacking Officers
• January 6, 2005: Owner Of Killer Pit Bulls Turns Herself In
• December 15, 2004: Pit Bull Owner Sentenced For Mauling Death
• July 15, 2004: Fort Lupton Defies State Law, Bans Pit Bulls
• July 7, 2004: Playful Pit Bull Pounces On Boy
• June 14, 2004: Pit Bull Shot Following Backyard Attack
• April 27, 2004: Denver Fighting To Keep Pit-Bull Ban
• April 26, 2004: Pit Bull Owners Plead Not Guilty To Homicide
• February 9, 2004: Woman Attacked By Pit Bulls; Dogs Shot To Death
• December 12, 2003: Return Of Pit Bulls Has Neighbor Contemplating Move
• December 2, 2003: Pit Bulls' Owner Will Be Charged
• December 1, 2003: Pit Bulls Maul Woman To Death