© WKRGZoey Green was accompanying her mother Paige Woody on Saturday. Woody had agreed to pet sit two dogs in Crestview, Florida
A five-year-old girl was mauled by a pit bull mix in a vicious attack that left her with a broken jaw, a torn eyelid and countless stitches and staples.
Zoey Green was accompanying her mother Paige Woody, who agreed to pet sit two dogs in Crestview, Florida, on Saturday when a pit bull mix named Mandingo suddenly lunged at her, bit her in the face and dragged her into the yard.
Paige managed to fight the dog off and covered her daughter's body with her own before she was airlifted to an intensive care unit in critical condition,
WKRG reported. Paige showed up to the home on Villacrest Drive for the third time so the owner could show her how to apply a horsefly spray to the two dogs in the backyard.
She didn't want to leave her daughter in the car, so she brought Zoey along, making sure the five-year-old stayed inside the house even though the owner said the dogs were great with children. But the girl became impatient and started tapping on the glass door, so Paige cracked the door open to talk to her.
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