Topeka ? A grateful pet owner says she has Attorney General Paul Morrison to thank for her dog’s safety.

Carmen Alldritt was on a walk two weeks ago with Buddy, her yellow Labrador, when an unleashed Doberman pinscher approached and attacked. The dogfight spilled into the middle of the street, Alldritt said, with Buddy getting the worst of it.

“Things just weren’t going good, and my dog was in pain and suffering,” she said. “And about that time, here came a shiny black pickup, and this guy gets out.”

The guy was Morrison, she said, who waded into the fray enough to let Buddy spring loose. After a few stitches, he continues to recover.

Morrison would not talk about the incident, but Alldritt was grateful. “I mean, what other attorney generals in their states just stop in some neighborhood when they see something going on?” she said. “I’m so thankful.”