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A man who lost his arm in a vicious dog attack has recalled the moment the canines tore him apart.

Brendan Clark, 43, was working on a Coonamble property, in central-western New South Wales, when he was mauled by two large dogs.

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Clark told the Newcastle Herald he didn’t think much of the dogs when he first saw them.

It wasn’t until one of them had jumped at him, latching onto his arm, with the other following, that he began to worry.

Chevron Right Icon 'They were eating me alive.'

The 43-year-old mechanic said the dogs, who weighed about 50kgs each, were pig-hunting “mongrels”.

"They got me on the ground fairly quick, and as soon as I hit the deck I went, 'Righto. You're going to have to fight now, they are trying to kill you'," he said.

Clark said one of the dogs began biting at his face.

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"I grabbed him by the collar and gripped my fingers in to keep him away," he told the newspaper.

"He started chewing on my arm, and I thought - 'You can have my arm, but you're not having my throat'."

'Tried to stay face down'

Clark tried to choke the dogs to get them to release their hold but soon realised his efforts weren’t enough.

"I could hear the bones breaking and the meat being ripped off. They were eating me alive."

A third dog approached soon after but was killed by the bigger of the two.

"Then they came back for a second crack at me. I tried to stay face down," he said.

"I buried my face in the dirt and pushed my throat down to try to stop them from getting to my vitals.

"It was instinct."

Clark is now using how to live with one arm. Credit: GoFundMe

The dogs were put down when Clark was eventually taken to hospital.

He underwent surgery, and skin from his legs was taken to try repair his injured left arm.

"You could see bone in both arms," he said.

Flashbacks

Though he survived the attack, Clark said he gets flashbacks, which cause him to convulse in bed.

"But remembering the two dogs on top of me, stripping the flesh from the bone, hearing the bone snap, and feeling the rush of blood down my body ... That's the worst part of the flashbacks."

He’s now on antibiotics to help fight any infection he could’ve contracted from the dog’s mouth or the dirt, and will likely move in with his dad as he gets used to living with one arm.

Chevron Right Icon 'I'm learning, by the hour, how limited life is going to be.'

"I'm learning, by the hour, how limited life is going to be," he said.

"Even going to the toilet ... what a nightmare."

His friend, James Everitt, has set up a GoFundMe page to help with his medical costs.

Everitt described Clark as someone "always willing to help somebody and put himself last".

"Brendan we love you mate and we want to see you bounce back to happiness."