‘HEAD WAS INSIDE ITS MOUTH:’ Florida woman ‘jumped on’ alligator attacking her dog

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A Florida woman didn’t think twice when it came to saving her dog from the jaws of an alligator.

Kim Spencer was walking her dog Kona by a lake near her Florida home in Hillsborough County when the woman noticed the alligator in the water.

She told WFLX that the gator was eyeing them both and tried to get Kona to walk away but “she’s a really big dog” and stood her ground.

That was all it took before the alligator launched itself toward the dog and chomped onto the canine’s head.

“Her whole head was inside its mouth,” Spencer recounted.

“I stopped thinking and just dove on it, jumped on it and straddled it, as lady-like as that is, and was trying to pry its jaws open.”

Spencer was able to pry the reptile’s mouth open and save her beloved fur baby from the 6-foot-6 gator.

“We just got lucky because just as quickly as it ran after us, it ran back into the water, and we were out of there,” she added.

Spencer and Kona required stitches after the altercation. Still, the woman sustained injuries to both hands while Kona suffered deep bite wounds.

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They are now healing physically and emotionally, according to the outlet.

While alligators are common in Florida, Spencer had a warning for everyone about the wildlife.

“It could easily happen, and you might not be that lucky to get your child or your pet,” she said.

“Many people say they are more afraid of us than we are of them — clearly not the case.”

Spencer said she now intends to keep Kona’s walks in the gated part of her community.

“I would do it all over again,” she told WFLA. “I wouldn’t be able to live with myself if I let her be taken away.”