TEDDY WAS SCREAMING WHEN HE GOT A GLIMPSE OF HIS FACE IN THE MIRROR

Dog attack leaves boy with life-changing scar's | Gran demands XL bully breeds be banned outright

- RYAN THOM

A FIVE-YEAR-OLD boy has been left with life-changing injuries after an XL bully attacked him.

Teddy Kerr has had his face reconstructed after the beast tore into his head and body at a house in Paisley.

The dog was destroyed following the brutal mauling at an address on Greenbank Drive on Sunday.

Teddy had been visiting family friends with his mum, Chelsey, 32, and sisters, Brooke, 10, and Taylor, nine, when the horrific incident unfolded.

His helpless loved ones watched on as the powerful dog turned on Teddy and ripped into his back before pinning him down and locking its jaws into his cheek.

The schoolboy was rushed to the Royal Alexandra Hospital (RAH) as blood poured from his wounds.

He is now being cared for at Glasgow's Royal Hospital for Children and has received more than 100 stitches to his face.

Teddy's gran, Marion Hanratty, told the Record: "I thought I was going to lose my grandson.

"The dog's teeth punctured through his back and the bites were inches away from puncturing his lungs. If that had happened then who knows what the outcome would have been?

"He is only five, but he will be scarred for life after this. He is such a gorgeous wee boy and to see him like this makes me feel physically sick.