A suspected XL Bully attack has left a pensioner with "bloody injuries" and her dog dead in a horror attack.
Freda Jones was left "dragged across the floor" while she was out walking her dog Guiness, a two-year-old mini Schnauzer.
According to her grandson Bradley Ward, Jones, 77, was left with a bloody injury to her wrist after one of the dogs latched onto her arm.
He said the incident took place less than a mile from a primary school in South Normanton, north Derbyshire.
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The 27-year-old said: "She was walking Guinness at around 10am like she does every morning.
"She heard loud barking from one of the nearby properties before a loud crash saw one of the dogs burst through a fence, with the other following behind. She was dragged along the floor and was completely helpless at that moment."
Ward told DerbyshireLive how a neighbour rushed out onto the street after hearing the commotion and described how the man "wrestled" the dog to save Freda.
He added that the neighbour, despite being a "big and strong lad" struggled to fight off the breed due to its sheer size and strength.
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Guinness was rushed to a nearby vets. However, within hours, he was pronounced dead due to puncture wounds from the second of the dogs.
While Ward has said he is not in favour of the XL Bully ban, he did say it takes a physically strong person to handle the breed and that owners should be specially trained in order to prevent events like this in future.
He added: "I'm angry that this has been allowed to happen, not just because my dog was killed but because my elderly grandmother has been left traumatised following the incident.
"Friends from the area have told me that they are now refusing to walk their dogs in the area until they know that the dogs are off the streets...Guinness had already died when we picked him up from the vet later that day. He was wrapped in a blanket and I couldn't bring myself to look at him."
A spokesperson from Derbyshire police said: "We were called to reports of a dog and a woman being injured by another dog in Albert Street, South Normanton at around 10am on Sunday, February 4.
"The dog which was injured later died. The owner of the dog which caused the injuries has been interviewed and enquiries are ongoing. Anyone who has any information which could help with our investigation is asked to contact us quoting the reference 24*71348."
It comes after an XL Bully attack left a grandmother dead in Jaywick, Essex.
Back in November, an "XL Bully" type dog sunk its teeth into a passerby in Swadlincote, South Derbyshire.