A mum feared her three-year-old daughter was going to be killed as she was attacked by a huge dog.

Rachel Tanner has told of the horrific moment the Rottweiler Mastiff mix bit her little girl on the face and ripped out chunks of her hair in Charing, near Ashford.

The 27-year-old described the ordeal as a “nightmare” as the large hound pinned terrified Rachel-Rose Cottrell on the floor.

“It was horrific - I thought she was going to be killed,” Ms Tanner told KentOnline.

“It nipped her in the face and this made my daughter scream. After this, the dog pinned her to the floor and continued to attack her.

“The Rottweiler had my daughter by the hair and it has created a massive bald spot.”

The mum-of-one had been visiting another house in the village at the time of the attack.

She says when the dog came into the back garden it proceeded to “charge” straight for her daughter.

Rachel-Rose is now on a week’s worth of antibiotics to help prevent infection.

Ms Tanner says she would have never visited the property if she knew how “dangerous” the animal was.

“It was so scary. I have never seen anything like it,” she said.

“It must have been on top of her for 20 seconds, but it felt like a lifetime.”

In order to stop the attack last Friday, Ms Tanner says she kicked the dog multiple times to free Rachel-Rose from its grasp.

Once the incident was over, the pair returned home and the mum called the police immediately.

“The police came round about 10am the next day to speak with us about what had happened,” said Ms Tanner.

“After they went to inspect the dog, an officer told me the dog was muzzled and on a lead, so they did not see it as a threat.”

A Rottweiler Mastiff mix is a powerful breed which will usually weigh between 145 to 165 pounds and has an expected height of at least 32 inches.

Ms Tanner is appealing for the dog in Charing to be taken away so that it cannot harm any other children.

She added: “I want this to be taken further. The dog is clearly dangerous.

“This has completely changed the way I view dogs.”

Ms Tanner also fears what long-term effects this could have on Rachel-Rose, and says her daughter has been jumping whenever a dog nearby barks.

A police spokesperson said: “Police received a report that a dog had injured a child while in the owner’s garden.

“It was advised that medical treatment be sought and an appointment was made to speak to the child’s family the following day. Officers attended and took the details of the incident which remains under investigation.”

KentOnline approached the dog’s owners yesterday but they declined to comment.