A phone call no one ever wants to receive — that’s how Hilary Guinn describes the moment her husband called her on Tuesday evening.

He was frantic. All he could say was that she needed to get back immediately.

When Guinn arrived, she discovered a brutal scene on her property. Several of her animals had been killed in what she describes as a violent attack.

“It was like something out of a horror movie,” Guinn said. “I was in shock. I was scared.”

The Guinn family keeps goats, chickens, and other domestic animals on their property. Her husband first heard loud commotion coming from the goat pen — but nothing could have prepared him for what he found when he opened the door.

“When he pushed the door, one of the dogs came out,” Guinn said. “He was in such shock, he didn’t know what to do.”

Guinn says two pit bulls were inside the shed, and had brutally attacked her goats. As one ran away, her husband shot it in the leg. 

Five goats were attacked. Only one survived.

Before the dogs made their way into the pen, they killed two chickens.

In the aftermath, the family began calling for help. A Facebook friend that she had never met saw her posts asking for help, and came over to help.

"She came over and climbed into the fence with us. And she called a friend of hers who has kind of like a little goat ICU. She's a goat lover. She had all the medications she had saved many goats. We couldn't find a vet. We didn't know what else to do," said Guinn.

She tells us, the woman stayed up with her goats through the night trying to help.   

They also called police, who referred them to a detective with the McKamey Animal Center.

During our interview, Guinn received a call from that detective, who told her one of the dogs had been located and was in the custody of the shelter. The second, however, was still missing.

Since posting about the incident on Facebook, Guinn says she’s heard from numerous neighbors who claim they’ve experienced similar attacks.

“It is a problem in the valley,” she said. “People do not keep their dogs on leashes around here.”

This marks the second time Guinn has lost goats to a dog attack.

Now, by sharing her story, she hopes to hold those responsible accountable — and prevent another family from suffering the same loss.

“I don’t plan to give this up,” Guinn said. “I won’t rest until both of those dogs are in custody and not on the roads.”