She never had a chance.
A vicious pit bull belonging to Japanese hip-hop star DJ Honda made mincemeat of a fluffy Yorkshire terrier owned by a celebrity facialist when the pooches squared off on the Lower East Side.
The brutal attack — which left the smaller dog needing her face sewn back together — is part of a pattern of bullying by the musician’s three nasty canines, residents said yesterday.
The pit bull, Boss, was walking off his leash on Orchard Street the evening of April 3 when he pounced on Christine Chin’s 12-pound pooch, Bebe.
“My pet was almost shredded to pieces,” Chin said. “I feel so bullied and so helpless. I said to my husband, ‘Should we get a gun now?’ ”
Chin, whose clients include model Kate Moss and actress Penelope Cruz, said she called the police but they would not make a report.
Bebe needed two hours of surgery to repair her face — a $4,000 procedure.
But despite claims by neighbors that his dogs are a menace to the neighborhood, Katsuhiro Honda — a favorite deejay of rap stars such as Mos Def — has denied any wrongdoing.
The dogfight started at 6:45 p.m. Bebe was being walked by Chin’s daughter, Elaine Chew, and Boss and fellow pit bulls One and Boy were being walked by Honda and his employee, Alex Lee.
According to Chew, Boss came up on Bebe from behind.
“Boss had her neck in his mouth and he was shaking his head back and forth,” Chew said. “I thought he was dead — I was screaming.”
But Lee, who co-owns the dogs with Honda, contended that Bebe was to blame.
“She said, ‘Is it OK if Bebe says hello to the dogs?’ ” Lee said. “One of my babies said hello and then Bebe snapped and started growling. Then my baby bit her. If Bebe didn’t start growling, my dog wouldn’t have bit her.”
Lee also claims she offered to pay the veterinarian bills, but Chin said she has heard no such thing.
“Every time something happens with their pit bulls, they blame the other dog,” Chin said.
All the dogs involved in the incident are friendly, both owners insisted.
But neighbors agreed that Honda was unable to control his three pit bulls.
A neighbor, Kay Merryweather, said that about three months ago, one of the pit bulls ran up to her 10-year-old Pomeranian, Coco.
“He jumped into the air and bit her on the neck,” Merryweather said.
Honda immediately apologized that time, said her husband, Rion.
“He was in pajama trousers with no shirt on,” he said. “He said it would never happen again. He said if it happened again he would put the dog down.”