A family dog had the scare of a lifetime — yanked into an alligator’s jaws right from his Florida backyard — and while he somehow made it out alive, his injuries are nothing short of brutal.

The pics are rough — the German Shepherd named Zeus suffered a fractured jaw and deep puncture wounds … he had his jaw realigned and wired shut by a veterinarian, all after he broke free from the gator that busted through the backyard fence in Wesley Chapel, near Tampa, and dragged him to a nearby pond.

Zeus’ owner, Susan Alkhatib, told WFLA it all unfolded in a blur last week — the whole family rushed outside to watch in horror as the gator thrashed around with Zeus’ head locked in its jaws.

They rushed Zeus to the emergency vet for life-saving surgery — and now the tough little warrior is on the mend.