Brave girl's 3-hour op after mauling by dog

A THREE-year-old girl needed hours of surgery after she was savaged by a dog.

- Jake Meeus-Jones & Darren Burke

Elouise Smith was attacked by a Staffordshire bull terrier-cross on a play date at a friend's house.

Mum Stacey Louise Murray, 33, said she was sickened when she picked up Elouise and saw she was covered in blood with wounds down to the bone.

She said: "Apparently the dog bit her once, let go, then it sat next to her and she was sat next to the dog trying to calm it down. She was crying when I got to the house and her face was wrapped up in a white towel.