A brave mum was left needing plastic surgery after fighting off a dog that attacked her five-year-old daughter in their back garden.
Sophie Ferguson dragged the Staffordshire Bull Terrier - who had escaped from her neighbour's home - away from little Alyssa after it bit her leg.
But on releasing the child, one-year-old Rocky then turned on Ms Ferguson, sinking his teeth into her leg and only letting go when owner Pauline Disley intervened.
The pet, who had leaped over the fence, left Ms Ferguson needing an extensive operation on her right leg, reports the Liverpool Echo.
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