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The Pocket Bully dog that ‘ripped off’ part of a five-year-old girl’s face when she tried to stroke it has been pictured.<br>Farrah-Leigh Nichol, five, had gone to stroke the Pocket after asking permission from the owner at around 6.30pm on Saturday near a Nisa store in Teesside.<br>But as the schoolgirl patted the animal’s head it pounced – biting a huge chunk out of her left cheek.<br>Her father Alex Nichol, 30, kicked the Bully away and scooped his daughter up before she was rushed to hospital, where she is being treated for serious facial injuries. <br>Farrah-Leigh’s mother Danielle Kemp, 32, and Mr Nichol are by the youngster’s side as she prepares for skin graft operations. <br>Ms Kemp told MailOnline: ‘What I saw and the screams I heard will haunt me, she really didn’t deserve this.<br> This is the Pocket Bully dog that ‘ripped off’ part of a five-year-old girl’s face when she tried to stroke it<br> This is the devastating injury caused to little Farrah-Leigh Nichol after she was savaged by a bully-type dog outside a corner shop<br> The Pocket Bully is a cross between an American Pit Bull Terrier and a Patterdale Terrier<br> Yet as the schoolgirl gently patted the animal’s head it pounced – biting a huge chunk out of her left cheek<br> Farrah-Leigh Nichol had gone to stroke the Pocket Bully after asking permission from the owner at around 6.30pm on Saturday outside a Nisa store in Teesside (pictured)<br>’I was cooking tea when Alex came running in with Farrah-Leigh.<br>’Our heads are all over the place at the moment.

My little girl has already had one operation and she has another two to come. <br>’She has one tomorrow morning and then another in two weeks, she’s been very brave. <br>’The support we have had from local people has been overwhelming, we can’t thank them enough.’ <br>The family live close to the store on Norton Road, in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, and the youngster was accompanied by her father when the dog struck without warning. <br>The owner of the animal waited at the scene as emergency services arrived and the dog has now been seized.<br>Pocket Bullys are smaller variants of American Bullys, with full-grown males under 17 inches and females under 16 inches at the shoulder blades.<br> Farrah-Leigh Nichol, five, (pictured) was injured when she was mauled by a dog after she stroked it on Saturday<br> The dog, a Pocket Bully, allegedly involved in the attack on five-year-old Farrah-Leigh Nichol<br> The family live close to the store on Norton Road, Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, and the youngster was accompanied by her father when the dog struck without warning<br> She has had one operation and is set for two more following the horrific incident outside a Nisa store on Saturday evening<br>Mr Nichol, who works as a tiler, said: ‘We had gone to the shop together and she had paid for some bread at the till.<br>’We came out and I pressed the button to cross the road and she said, “Can I stroke that dog?”<br>’I said, ”Yes, but you will have to ask the man first.”<br>’She said, “Can I stroke your dog?” and he said, ‘Yes, no problem.'<br>’She went to stroke the dog on the head.

She loves dogs. She was stroking it really gently.<br>’The dog jumped and she jumped back and I thought, that was lucky.<br>’But then the next minute I saw her curled up on the floor and she said, “Dad”.<br>’She was crying and all her face was off.
Her face was gone. It was just gruesome.'<br> Her father, Alex Nichol, 30, said: ‘We have three dogs (pictured, Farrah-Leigh with one of the family’s dogs) ourselves.

We have a Staffie and two XL Bullies. But I would be happy to muzzle them'<br> Farrah-Leigh’s father Mr Nichol, 30, (pictured) said: ‘If all dogs were muzzled it would just take away the risk.

If it saved just one child it would be worth it'<br>Mr Nichol rushed over to his daughter who was still in dangerously close proximity to the animal.<br>He added: ‘I ran across to get her but the dog was right behind her.<br>https://rosiedogbreedsblog0149.weebly.com/ generously visit our own web page.

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