A six-year-old boy who tried to get his football back after it went over a garden fence spent five days in hospital after being viciously attacked by a dog.
Rhys Jones was playing with a friend in Carmarthen, Wales when his ball went into a neighbouring garden.
As he went to retrieve the ball, a dog - thought to be a Staffordshire Bull Terrier - lunged at him, biting him on the arms and legs. Police are investigating.
The ordeal only stopped when another dog attacked the terrier. Rhys was taken to hospital where he was found to have an infected bite in his foot and broken bones.
Rhys Jones, 6, recovering in Glangwili Hospital in Carmarthen, where he stayed for five days
In total, he spent five days in a hospital bed and is now too frightened to look at his own injuries.
His grandfather Anthony Rowlands said it was lucky his grandson is still alive.
'One of my daughters was watching Rhys after school at her home,' said Mr Rowlands, who lives nearby.
Rhys after an operation on his foot, he now has to wear a protective boot for around six weeks
'I had just finished work and all of a sudden my daughter called in a panic to say that Rhys was on his way to hospital.
'I was absolutely mortified and went straight there. When I walked into the room I held Rhys. His eyes were going white. The doctor said it was because he was so scared.'
Rhys has since undergone an operation on his foot and has to wear a protective boot for around six weeks following the incident, which happened on the afternoon of Monday, April 1.
The back of the six-year-old's arm before and after he was stitched up, after the April 1 attack
The primary school pupil spent the next five days in Glangwili Hospital in Carmarthen, and has been off school since.
Mr Rowlands says the horror of what happened to
