Silly Kids
A teenage girl was savagely attacked by her own German Shepherd after the puppy ‘suddenly flipped', tearing off part of her face.
Iona Manson from Birmingham, needed two hours of facial reconstruction surgery and more than 50 stitches after the mauling, which tore a chunk out of her nose.
And the 13-year-old, who had raised Fidden since he was nine days old, is still mystified why her 13-month-old pet suddenly attacked her.
Recovery: Iona Manson spent three days in hospital after the attack, the 13-year-old is now wary of stranger's dogs
Attacked: Iona Manson, 13, needed more than 50 stitches after was mauled by her pet Fidden, who she had raised from a puppy
Remarkably plastic surgeons managed to piece together Iona's face and today the teenager has barely a scratch to remind of her of the terrifying attack. More...
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But her mother Mhairi Manson, 39, said she was still struggling to sleep after witnessing the ferocious incident.
'It was horrific,' said the former ambulance worker. 'Iona just bent down to give him his plate of food and he just went for her.
'He just flipped, even afterwards when we put him in a cage he growled and barked angrily every time one of us went near him, something had changed in his mind.
Attacked: Iona Manson, 13, needed more than 50 stitches after was mauled by her pet Fidden, who she had raised from a puppy
Recovery: Iona Manson spent three days in hospital after the attack, the 13-year-old is now wary of stranger's dogs
'When he got off Iona there was so much blood in Iona’s eyes that she couldn’t see a thing and we were sure the dog had got her eyes.'
Luckily her father, Scott Manson, an army trainee nurse who previously served 18-and-a-half years as a tank commander, was in the living room and heard the dog growl and Iona
Iona Manson from Birmingham, needed two hours of facial reconstruction surgery and more than 50 stitches after the mauling, which tore a chunk out of her nose.
And the 13-year-old, who had raised Fidden since he was nine days old, is still mystified why her 13-month-old pet suddenly attacked her.
Recovery: Iona Manson spent three days in hospital after the attack, the 13-year-old is now wary of stranger's dogs
Attacked: Iona Manson, 13, needed more than 50 stitches after was mauled by her pet Fidden, who she had raised from a puppy
Remarkably plastic surgeons managed to piece together Iona's face and today the teenager has barely a scratch to remind of her of the terrifying attack. More...
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But her mother Mhairi Manson, 39, said she was still struggling to sleep after witnessing the ferocious incident.
'It was horrific,' said the former ambulance worker. 'Iona just bent down to give him his plate of food and he just went for her.
'He just flipped, even afterwards when we put him in a cage he growled and barked angrily every time one of us went near him, something had changed in his mind.
Attacked: Iona Manson, 13, needed more than 50 stitches after was mauled by her pet Fidden, who she had raised from a puppy
Recovery: Iona Manson spent three days in hospital after the attack, the 13-year-old is now wary of stranger's dogs
'When he got off Iona there was so much blood in Iona’s eyes that she couldn’t see a thing and we were sure the dog had got her eyes.'
Luckily her father, Scott Manson, an army trainee nurse who previously served 18-and-a-half years as a tank commander, was in the living room and heard the dog growl and Iona