A dog-minder had his ear ripped off by an XL bully after it attacked him while he slept.
Darren Shuttleworth-Long, 52, from Swindon was sleeping peacefully next to the banned breed on his sofa on April, 26, but was woken up after it started biting him.
The dog-sitter was caring for the dog for someone else and described the animal crashing in to him several times and snapping and snarling before biting his face.
He will now require plastic surgery to reconstruct his ear and confessed he struggles to leave the house and even hearing a dog bark sends shivers down his spine.
A woman has been arrested on suspicion of being in charge of a dog dangerously out of control
