My one-year-old daughter was viciously savaged by our family’s ‘perfect’ St Bernard – it tried to rip her face off

A HORRIFIED mum has told of the moment her baby daughter screamed as the family’s “perfect” dog tried to rip her face off. One-year-old Mené was left dripping with blood from her countless wounds after the St Bernard pounced on her at her home in Johannesburg, South Africa. SWNSMené, one, was left with horror injuries after being attacked by the family’s dog[/caption] The St Bernard also bit dad JacoSWNS Mum-of-two Lizanne Naudé said the tot was sitting in the kitchen while her dad Jaco cooked dinner when the dog become overcome with a bout of aggression and sank his teeth into her face. Lizanne, 32, heard her daughter’s haunting screams – as well as that of her husband and four-year-old son Lihan – and ran inside to find the youngster with blood pouring from her face and neck. She said: “I saw bite marks and blood, and Mené was screaming. “At this stage, I wasn’t thinking about anything except to comfort her and try to stop the blood. Read more world news BEACH BLOODBATH Horror as two sharks maul each other by beach turning water RED with blood SAVAGE CRUELTY Iran sentences 51 people to death by STONING in twisted executions “I had no idea what I was doing but it was instinctive, I wanted to keep her close to me. “Her lip was completely ripped open and she had a huge wound near her neck – it’s amazing that didn’t hit a major artery.” The horrified parents rushed the tot to hospital where doctors operated on her wounds, including a deep cut across her neck, and a tear from her top lip all the way up to her nose. They had to do skin grafts and realign her skin to reform her lip, as well as treat her deep neck wound. Most read in The Sun ISLAND PIONEER Dancer Natasha Ghouri will be Love Island's first ever deaf contestant ENDER NIGHT TOGETHER Max Bowden leaves co-star Shona McGarty's home after spending night FAN CLUB Jack Grealish parties with reality star in Ibiza as he celebrates winning Prem STYLE IT OUT I'm a style guru, get rid of these 3 items and you'll look 10 years younger NO KIDDING I rushed son to A&E after finding 'hole' in mouth & then realised huge blunder HELPING HAND How do I get the £400 energy grant and £650 cost of living payment? The day after the attack on August 22, 2021, the pooch was being bundled into the car to go to the SPCA shelter when he savaged Jaco’s arm too. It was decided by vets that a dog who attacked on more than one occasion was too much of a risk and could not be rehabilitated – and he had to be put down. Lizanne said the attacks were totally out of the blue. She said: “I couldn’t understand it. In that moment, it was like having a different dog.” “He’d been absolutely fine for almost a year. Until that point he had been perfect with the kids. “He was well trained and we’d never had any issues with him.” ‘TRAUMATIC’ Mené’s entire face had to be bandaged up to the point that her skin was barely visible – and her parents had no idea how she would look until the bandages came off. The impact on the whole family was crippling – with Lizanne and Jaco regularly having nightmares about it, while little Lihan kept telling friends at school how bad it was. Mené’s wounds have now healed but she has been left with lots of red scars that she is having treatment for. But the trauma has left her unable to speak properly and she still “babbles” now – despite being able to say some words before the accident. Lizanne said: “It has had a traumatic effect on her and on our whole family. “We had no idea how she would even look after the skin grafts and face surgery because she was so bandaged up. Read More on The Sun COULDN'T MAKE IT UP I’m a makeup artist, here’s 5 things we want to tell you but don't FLAT OUT My flat is so small my kids have to eat on the FLOOR & it's covered in toxic mould “It’s been nearly a year now but the impact has been huge – it’s hard not to think about the worst that could have happened. “It could have been so much worse and hopefully by the age of ten she won’t have any visible scars left.” SWNSMum Lizanne says the attack has left her kids traumatised[/caption] SWNSThe tot had to undergo surgery after being left with several wounds[/caption]