Girl, six, left bloodied after she was mauled by German Shepherd

Little girl, six, left bloodied and bruised when she was mauled by a German Shepherd in horror attack which only ended when her mother’s ‘desperate screams’ scared the animal away

• Angel-Mae Dawson, six, was mauled by a German Shepherd in Stoke-on-Trent
• Her mother’s screams appeared to startle the dog and it fled from the scene 

A little girl was left with puncture wounds on her back and legs after a horrific dog attack which only stopped when her mother’s desperate screams spooked the animal away,

Angel-Mae Dawson, six, was playing outside her home in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, with her eight-year-old brother and cousins when a German Shepherd appeared alone on the street at around 7pm on Saturday.

The animal charged at Angel-Mae and seized both of her legs in its jaws before furiously shaking her around.

The girl’s father Jack Dawson, 28, said: ‘The dog went straight for my daughter. It went for one leg first, tried to incapacitate that one, and then went for the other one.

‘It shook her about on the ground and then bit into her back. It looked like he’d gone for her spine. It was literally a few seconds but within a few seconds the dog had managed to do a lot of damage.

Angel-Mae Dawson, six, was playing outside her home in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, when a German Shepherd charged at her

Angel-Mae suffered five puncture wounds on her legs and two on her back. She has severe bruising on her lower back and upper thigh and is being treated for possible infections

‘Her mum had screamed with such a mother’s desperation. It scared the dog away. It shocked me. 

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‘The first thing she could think of was to protect her daughter. She put her safety out of the window to save her.

‘My daughter would not be alive today if it wasn’t for my wife saving her life. The only reason we still have a daughter is because of her.’

The parents bundled Angel-Mae into the car and headed straight to the Royal Stoke University Hospital.

Mr Dawson said: ‘We were full of anxiety, my daughter was screaming, my wife was holding onto her.’

Angel-Mae suffered five puncture wounds on her legs and two on her back. She has severe bruising on her lower back and upper thigh and is being treated for possible infections.

Her father added: ‘They’ve told her she’s at a very high risk of infections so she’s not allowed in school for a week. They can’t close the wounds yet as dog bites are really toxic.

Angel-Mae, pictured with her brother Jamie and parents Jack and Amy, is on the road the recovery after her ordeal

The little girl’s dress was spattered with blood after the attack on Saturday

‘She’s terrified of going outside, every time she hears a dog bark she’s terrified. She’s not able to walk properly, if she needs the toilet we have to help her. She keeps having small panic attacks. She’s had to have plenty of cuddles off mum.’

Now Jack has this message for parents following the attack.

He said: ‘Do not let your kids play out without you watching, for any reason. You never know what’s going to happen. If we had not been in the garden and my wife hadn’t seen the dog come out, we would no longer have a daughter. I nearly lost my daughter to somebody’s dog.

‘Just because there are dogs in the street, doesn’t mean they are friendly. People need to think that if their dogs are potentially vicious, they need to be muzzled, especially because kids can’t protect themselves.

‘I love animals, I would wish for them all to have a lovely life. But if a dog is vicious enough to do as much damage as it did to my daughter, in such a short time, my honest opinion is that it should be terminated or at least put somewhere where it can be looked after, isolated away from children.’

Staffordshire Police have been approached for a statement.

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