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| Dog maul woman's surgery success | Dog maul woman's surgery success |
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| Surgery to save the right arm of a kennel worker whose left arm was amputated after she was mauled by a rottweiler has been successful. | Surgery to save the right arm of a kennel worker whose left arm was amputated after she was mauled by a rottweiler has been successful. |
| Mandy Peynado's arms were savaged as she tried to protect her throat when the dog attacked her at Knightwood Kennels near Salisbury, Wiltshire. | Mandy Peynado's arms were savaged as she tried to protect her throat when the dog attacked her at Knightwood Kennels near Salisbury, Wiltshire. |
| Claire Gourley, Mandy's sister, said: "Her spirits are fairly good and the doctors are saying she is a miracle." | Claire Gourley, Mandy's sister, said: "Her spirits are fairly good and the doctors are saying she is a miracle." |
| Ms Peynado, 47, is due to go back into theatre on Monday for more surgery. | Ms Peynado, 47, is due to go back into theatre on Monday for more surgery. |
| During Saturday's operation, surgeons took muscle from her back and used it as a skin graft to preserve her right arm. | During Saturday's operation, surgeons took muscle from her back and used it as a skin graft to preserve her right arm. |
| Dog destroyed | Dog destroyed |
| Doctors are still unsure whether they can save what remains of the top of her left arm. | |
| Ms Peynado had worked at the kennels for three years before the attack. | Ms Peynado had worked at the kennels for three years before the attack. |
| The dog had been picked up as a stray by New Forest District Council six weeks earlier and had not shown any signs of aggression. | The dog had been picked up as a stray by New Forest District Council six weeks earlier and had not shown any signs of aggression. |
| The kennel's owner Judith Wykeham said it would have been treated differently if she had known it had a troubled background. | |
| "Apparently there was a history with the owner who abandoned the dog and the police are investigating," she said. | "Apparently there was a history with the owner who abandoned the dog and the police are investigating," she said. |
| The dog was later destroyed by Wiltshire Police. | The dog was later destroyed by Wiltshire Police. |