A TERRIFIED young girl needed surgery after a dog pounced on her and bit her leg.

The nine-year-old was walking on a beach with her mum when the black "shaggy" dog charged at her and locked onto her leg.

1 Cops are probing the dog attack

The mystery mutt pounced on the schoolgirl on Croy Shore in Maybole at around noon on Friday.

The dog ran off and the worried mum took her daughter home to dressed the wound but the injury got worse and she had to be taken to Ayr Hospital.

She was then transferred to Crosshouse Hospital where she had to receive surgery to the horror wound. Medics describe her condition as stable.

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PC Jamie Dunlop from Ayr Police Station said: “The mother and daughter did not recognise the dog from being on the beach before and it is vital that anyone with information that could assist our enquiries comes forward.

“If you were near to Croy Shore on Friday afternoon and either witnessed what happened or noticed a black shaggy dog in the area, please get in touch.

“Anyone with information can contact Ayr Police Station via 101, quoting incident number 3517 of Friday 5 .”

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