Mum found boys in a ‘pool of blood’ after vicious dog attack

Sean, 12, and Wayne, 13, were attacked without warning

By Christine Lavelle

TWO school boys were mauled by their new pet dog while they slept on their couch in front of the television.

Brothers Wayne, 13, and Sean Darling, 12, suffered around 70 wounds between them after new edition to the family – Clyde the dog – savaged them without warning in the living room of their home in Bonnyrigg, Edinburgh.

The boys’ mum Etta Paterson, 50, told how her sons are lucky to be alive after the ordeal, which left them “lying in a pool of blood.”

She said Wayne and Sean, both pupils at Lasswade High School, had fallen asleep on the couch after watching TV on Sunday night, with Clyde – an Old English Bull Terrier crossed with a bull mastiff – sleeping next to Wayne’s feet.

Gran’s dog ban after Andrew’s face is bitten open

By Michael MacLeod

A GRANDMOTHER whose Lakeland Terrier ripped open a five year-old boy’s face has been ordered to pay him £350 compensation.

SCARRED: Youngster Andrew Osborne was bitten by a dog

Little Andrew Osborne was playing with his twin brother outside his Midlothian house when he was savagely attacked in May.

The tot was knocked over as the dog leapt up and sunk its teeth through his right cheek, leaving him streaming with blood.

He needed three operations and 34 stitches after the horror attack, and is expected to be scarred for life.

Dog owner Frieda Lang said she knew nothing of the attack until police arrived at her door.

As cops questioned her, the 67 year-old realised the gate to her home had been left open and accepted that her eight year-old dog, Pip, was to blame.

She told police she wanted the dog “put to sleep” immediately.

Today (Thurs) Edinburgh Sheriff Court heard she was “considerably contrite and remorseful” over the attack.

Staff want to adopt pooch after he was dumped in pub toilet

By Rory Reynolds

A TERRIFIED dog has been taken into care after being dumped by its owner – in a pub toilet.

Dingo the Border collie was found by staff at the Standing Order in Edinburgh after being abandoned – at 10am in the morning.

Pub staff said the dog was very nervous and very lean – so they fed him a whole plate of black pudding.

Now staff at the pub are considering adopting Dingo, and reckon he could get used to black pudding breakfasts.

Charlene Walshe, manager of the Standing Order: “The gentleman came in at about 10.45am in the morning and headed straight down to the toilets.

Dog attack victim “lucky to be alive”

By Michael MacLeod

A DOG “like Jaws” mauled a Scots primary school boy, leaving him with blood spurting from his arm.

Eight year-old Logan Urquhart will start his school term with a dramatic tale to tell his classmates – and the scars to prove it.

He was out walking his dog with his sister Sommer, 11, and mum Laura, 31, when a bull mastiff chased the family into a shop.

The beast targeted little Logan’s right arm, chomping through the youngster’s muscle.

Now his mum is calling for the dog to be destroyed, while police have vowed to track down its owner.

Logan was left with a five-inch-long gash on his arm after the attack outside shops in the captial’s Inch area.

Boy savaged by dog gets some cheer from football heroes

By Alexander Lawrie

A FIVE-YEAR-OLD boy who had his face ripped open in a savage dog attack has been treated to a special day out as a guest of his favourite SPL football team.

Andrew Osborne spent time rubbing shoulders with his Hibernian football heroes after the club invited the family to be guests of honour at their Open Day.

Along with twin Matthew, older brother Jamie, eight, and mum and dad Craig and Barbara, little Andrew was delighted to be welcomed into the team dressing room on Sunday to meet star such as Derek Riordan and Merouane Zemmama.

Kind-hearted Hibs boss John Hughes then showed the family around the stadium before settling down in the home dugout for a chat and some photographs.

Dog attack boy needed over 30 stitches

By ALEXANDER LAWRIE

THE FIVE-YEAR-OLD boy who was scarred for life after being attacked by a pet dog last week has required over 30 stitches to repair the damage, it has been revealed.

Little Andrew Osborne was playing with his twin brother Matthew and his older sibling Jamie just yards from his front door when he was mauled by the passing dog, in Easthouses, Dalkeith, Midlothian last Tuesday.

The youngster underwent two emergency facial operations last week and is due back at Edinburgh’s Sick Kids hospital for another today (Tues).

Distraught mum Barbara has revealed the sickening attack left Andrew with four deep cuts to his cheek, nose and lip that required 34 stitches.