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One of the pit bull type dogs which attacked nine year old Danielle McAllister.
A nine-year-old girl has been attacked by two pit bull type dogs in the Waterside area of Londonderry.
Danielle McAllister suffered bite injuries to her arm following the attack at 1630 BST on Monday afternoon in the driveway of her house at Gelvin Gardens.
She was taken to Altnagelvin Hospital for treatment.
The dog warden has been informed. It is not yet known what has happened to the two dogs which attacked the girl.
Danielle's mother, Ciara, said that if neighbours had not intervened, the attack on her daughter could have been much worse.
"I had the flu and I was in my bed and my daughter of 15 came running in and says 'mummy mummy run quick Danielle is getting mauled by two pit bulls'," she said.
"I came running to the street and a neighbour across the street and another neighbour, we just lifted brushes and it was locked on to Danielle - the two dogs on either side of her - and then one broke off.
"I was very upset, it is only for the neighbours I can't thank them enough, they got the dogs away because the dogs were not letting go.
"Because it happened outside our own door it's probably a blessing in disguise, because if it had happened on the way down from school, no-one would have heard her screaming and they probably would have mauled her face and everything.
"It doesn't bear thinking about."
Danielle said she had been shocked by her ordeal.
"It was terrifying, the two dogs were beside the gate and I thought it was Taylor and Molly who live next door having a fight, so I went walking on and then I saw these dogs walking under my mum's car," she added.
"First of all, they came after me and I said go and they went, they came back, I said go and they started jumping on me and bit my arm.
"Once I got down, one of them scraped me on the arm and face and my legs were scraped as well."
Ciara McAllister said she had been fearful of dogs before the attack, but had always tried to give her daughter a balanced view of the animals.
"I am scared of dogs myself, so I have always put on to Danielle not to be scared of dogs, not all dogs are bad, but this has just been horrendous," she added.
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One of the pit bull type dogs which attacked nine year old Danielle McAllister. A nine-year-old girl has been attacked by two pit bull type dogs in the Waterside area of Londonderry.
Danielle McAllister suffered bite injuries to her arm following the attack at 1630 BST on Monday afternoon in the driveway of her house at Gelvin Gardens.
She was taken to Altnagelvin Hospital for treatment.
The dog warden has been informed. It is not yet known what has happened to the two dogs which attacked the girl.
Danielle's mother, Ciara, said that if neighbours had not intervened, the attack on her daughter could have been much worse.
"I had the flu and I was in my bed and my daughter of 15 came running in and says 'mummy mummy run quick Danielle is getting mauled by two pit bulls'," she said.
"I came running to the street and a neighbour across the street and another neighbour, we just lifted brushes and it was locked on to Danielle - the two dogs on either side of her - and then one broke off.
"I was very upset, it is only for the neighbours I can't thank them enough, they got the dogs away because the dogs were not letting go.
"Because it happened outside our own door it's probably a blessing in disguise, because if it had happened on the way down from school, no-one would have heard her screaming and they probably would have mauled her face and everything.
"It doesn't bear thinking about."
Danielle said she had been shocked by her ordeal.
"It was terrifying, the two dogs were beside the gate and I thought it was Taylor and Molly who live next door having a fight, so I went walking on and then I saw these dogs walking under my mum's car," she added.
"First of all, they came after me and I said go and they went, they came back, I said go and they started jumping on me and bit my arm.
"Once I got down, one of them scraped me on the arm and face and my legs were scraped as well."
Ciara McAllister said she had been fearful of dogs before the attack, but had always tried to give her daughter a balanced view of the animals.
"I am scared of dogs myself, so I have always put on to Danielle not to be scared of dogs, not all dogs are bad, but this has just been horrendous," she added.
This article is from the BBC News website. ? British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.