Janaya Everett, three, was viciously attacked in her grandmother's home in West Orange, New Jersey, on Saturday by one of the dogs.
Family members said the animals are kept in the basement and they are not sure how the two dogs were able to get out.
Dwyane Harper, Janaya's grandmother's boyfriend, was working on a car outside when he heard blood-curdling screams coming from inside the home.
He ran upstairs to find the child covered in blood, with her scalp destroyed.
'The baby was laying on the floor bloody with her scalp all messed up, and just a mess... horrible, horrible thing,' Harper told ABC 7 New York.
Harper told the news station the dogs snuck in right after Janaya's grandmother left the room.
'The child was just laying on the ground helpless, like I thought the baby was dead, but apparently not,' Andy Jacobson, who ran to help the girl after the attack, said.
Harper and Jacobson stayed with Janaya until EMTs arrived. Once they were on scene, they didn't wait for a stretcher and carried the girl out in their arms.
'When they took the baby out of the house, one of the EMTs took the baby in his arms. That was good he didn't waste time for no stretcher or none of that (sic), he just took the baby,' Jacobson said.
Janaya was taken to University Hospital and went straight into surgery. She is expected to make a full recovery, according to ABC 7 New York.
Both dogs were removed from the home, and Harper adds that they will most likely be put down.
(Daily Mail - May 15, 2016)
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