Two dogs that attacked a woman who entered an Auckland property, leaving her traumatised and with permanent scars, must be destroyed.

The dogs, a Rhodesian Ridgeback called Bella and a Huntaway Cross named Kupa, bit the woman as she approached the front door of the house on January 24, 2018.

Bella had come towards the woman, barking aggressively, and started circling the woman who screamed for help, according to a recently-released High Court decision.

She had turned towards the gate and tried to run when the other dog, Kupa, came out of the house.

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The woman fell to the ground as Kupa bit her left leg, with Bella trying to attack her face.

As she screamed for help again, both dogs were attached to her.

The woman was there to see owner Juliet Tuakalau's daughter for the second time in two years. A work colleague was waiting in the car.

Tuakalau appeared and grabbed Kupa, but at some stage the dog managed to bite the woman on her right side by her ribs.

The woman was taken to Waitākere Hospital in West Auckland and later to North Shore Hospital, where she required surgery. Tuakalau had wrapped the woman's arm and leg in material first.

SUPPLIED The dog attack left the female victim traumatised and with permanent scars (file photo).

The victim was left with four puncture wounds to her arm and leg, along with bruising to her abdomen. One leg laceration was about 4cm deep.

Court documents detail how the woman has permanent scars from the attack and it has a "long-lasting adverse effect" on her physical and mental health.

Diagnosed with PTSD and suffering from panic attacks, the woman has intrusive memories, nightmares and flashbacks.

Once a dog lover, she is now very afraid of dogs, according to victim impact statements.

In March 2019, a Waitākere District Court judge ordered the destruction of both dogs and Tuakalau to pay $750 in reparation, after she admitted owning a dog which attacked a person causing injury.

Fiona Goodall/Getty Images The owner of the dogs appealed her conviction and sentence in the High Court at Auckland, but the appeal was dismissed.

At sentencing, the judge decided Tuakalau had not taken sufficient steps to prevent the attack.

"A sign warning visitors of the dogs was not clearly visible; the dogs were not in Mrs Tuakalau's line of sight; the dogs were not tied up or restrained in any way; and there was no lock on the fence preventing surprise visitors from entering the property."

Her dogs were seized and impounded.

Despite her earlier guilty plea, Tuakalau appealed her conviction and sentence at the High Court at Auckland.

NICOLE JOHNSTONE/STUFF According to the courts, the owner's sign warning visitors of the dogs was not clearly visible (file photo).

Tuakalau claimed the district court had not considered all of the evidence, with the fact the victim had visited before, knew the dogs were dangerous and had been warned to stay away from the property not being included in the summary of facts.

"I accept that Mrs Tuakalau has significant personal health issues, that the dogs provide her emotional support, and that she has subsequently relocated to a property with better fencing, more signage, a padlock and higher gate," the High Court said.

"But these circumstances do not suggest the judge was wrong in relation to exceptional circumstances or circumstances not justifying destruction. The judge was right that she had to order destruction of the dogs," it concluded.

The appeal was dismissed.