Mum left 'pouring with blood' after sacrificing her arms to protect daughter from 'aggressive' bully XL dog

A mum has been left petrified and with potentially life-changing injuries after protecting her daughter from an 'aggressive' bully XL dog. Katie Deere was walking her dog along with her young child in a pushchair before the bully XL pounced.

The 31-year-old was 'pouring with blood' as she was rushed to hospital for surgery. Now, Katie admits it's 'hard to know what the future means' for her following the vicious episode.

Teaching assistant Katie says she spotted the 'aggressive looking loose dog' looking at her from the other side of Doncaster Road in Askern, South Yorkshire, on August 17. Worried, Katie picked up her own dog and continued walking, Yorkshire Live reports.

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But before she knew it the dog ran across the road and pounced upon her, gripping on to her arm. Thankfully, quick-thinking Katie managed to push the pram, which her young daughter was in, towards a passer-by who had stopped to help.

Her dog also jumped out of her arms and ran away, meaning Katie took the brunt of the attack. A man who had witnessed the whole thing from the road jumped out of his lorry and ran to Katie's assistance.

In an act of incredible bravery he managed to pull the dog off Katie, freeing her arm and then called an ambulance. Katie was blue-lighted to Northern General Hospital in Sheffield, where paramedics at the scene felt was the best place for the injuries she had sustained in the attack.

It was here that Katie had to endure a five-hour surgery on both of her arms, including fifty stitches and a repair of her left finger, which was partially amputated. Reliving the harrowing incident, Katie said: "I can remember seeing the dog