THE mother of a 10-year-old girl mauled by two Rottweilers praised the child’s grandmother for helping to save her.
Rhianna Kidd was attacked by the dogs while riding her bicycle in Dundee.
The primary school pupil was being treated for a fractured jaw and had to have plastic surgery after the Rottweiler attack in Dundee.
A 33-year-old woman was charged in connection with the Rottweiler attack under the Dangerous Dogs Act.
Speaking from her daughter’s hospital bedside, Rhianna’s mother Lisa, 30, said: “If it hadn’t been for Mum, those dogs would have ripped Rhianna to pieces.
“She didn’t hesitate when she saw the dogs attacking Rhianna.
“Mum recently broke her ankle and ribs in a fall and is still in pain, but she managed to get to my daughter in time.”
The two Rottweilers involved in the attack, who were traced by police, were put down.
Irene Grady the girl’s grandmother, saw the dogs set upon the youngster as she pedalled towards her home in Dundee’s Dryburgh Street.
Mrs Grady, 56, said: “Rhianna was screaming, she was covered in blood, absolutely covered.”
A Tayside Police spokesman said: “The woman has been charged under section three of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 for failing to keep the dogs under control and a full report will be submitted to the procurator fiscal.”
A new law on dogs was passed by the Scottish Parliament earlier this year.
Councils will be able to order the destruction of potentially dangerous dogs if the owners fail to comply with safety measures.