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A Beechboro mum has told of her horror as two dogs ripped into her young sons in the front yard of the family's own home.

Kate Johnson said she desperately tried to protect Sebastian, 3, and Levi, 5, as the dogs attacked them just outside their front door on Monday.

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She said she was walking to the car to take Levi to school when the unrestrained rottweiler cross and pit bull cross appeared

It comes as the state government the effectiveness of changes to the Dog Act in 2013 which imposed stricter controls on dangerous dogs.

“I had no time to run back into the house, no time to run into the car. They just grabbed us — it was pretty terrifying.”

Sebastian required a hospital visit to get stitches for a gash in his leg while his mother needed treatment for puncture wounds in her arm.

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"I think it’s the emotional trauma that is the most damaging,” she said.

She said she hopes the dogs will be put down.

City of Swan chief executive Mike Foley said the council was investigating and had seized the two dogs. “