A kennel worker who was attacked by a Rottweiler dog has had her left arm amputated, and may lose the other one.

The animal turned on Mandy Peynado and sank its teeth into her arms while she was exercising it at Knightwood Kennels in West Grimstead, near Salisbury.

Ms Peynado was airlifted to Salisbury District Hospital where she is said to be in a stable condition.

Kennel owner Judith Wykeham said she had not been told the abandoned dog may have had a troubled history.

Describing what happened, Ms Peynado’s sister, Claire Gourley, said: “She went into the kennels, the dog wanted to play and grabbed hold of her coat.

“She tugged away and he pulled her down and kept on biting and pulling her. He pulled her up and down the pen a few times and just kept biting her.

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