An in­trud­er got more than he bar­gained for ear­ly yes­ter­day morn­ing when he was mauled by a dog af­ter a Pleas­antville fa­ther al­leged­ly caught him peep­ing through his teenage son’s bed­room win­dow.

The in­trud­er was al­so over­pow­ered and ap­pre­hend­ed by the home­own­er be­fore be­ing bit­ten by the fam­i­ly’s three-year-old mixed-breed dog, Spike. Po­lice said the man was treat­ed and dis­charged from the San Fer­nan­do Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal last evening. He was not ar­rest­ed by of­fi­cers.

In an in­ter­view with Guardian Me­dia yes­ter­day at his home on Cir­cu­lar Road, Kirk Pe­gus cred­it­ed his pet dog for alert­ing him that some­thing was amiss. He re­called that around 5 am, Spike be­gan bark­ing and growl­ing in the yard.