A MUM begged her daughter to do away with her canine two weeks earlier than it killed her, she has revealed.
Dot Robinson, 67, warned Joanne Robinson, 43, “one thing unhealthy” was going to occur earlier than the lethal assault.
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She had seen the American XL ‘bully’ bulldog Rocco begin combating with their different canine however Joanne insisted: “I can’t quit on him mum!”
Rocco killed mum-of-two Joanne when he pinned her down in his jaws at her house in Rotherham, South Yorkshire.
Dot, of Wath-upon-Dearne, South Yorkshire, instructed the Mirror: “I warned her what would occur however she adored that canine.
“Our Jo had tried to do every little thing proper however they had been simply so large and powerful.”
Sister Vicky Robinson, 45, stated she needs Jo listened to them and removed Rocco, however added: “I by no means thought the canine would ever activate them.”
There have been an growing variety of lethal canine assaults throughout Britain in recent times.
Gran Ann Dunn, 65, was mauled to dying by a pack of uncontrolled canine in Liverpool on Monday.
And schoolboy Jack Lis died final November when a canine attacked him whereas taking part in with a good friend in Caerphilly, South Wales.
Joanne paid £4,000 for Rocco at round eight weeks when she noticed a breeder in Doncaster, Yorkshire, promote him on-line.
Dot stated the 2 canine had been “like her infants” however issues started once they began combating final yr.
They needed to be separated, Jo had cancelled a vacation to stick with them and was making ready to pay £400 for a canine behaviourist to assist.
Jo, a carer for younger individuals with down syndrome, died after the assault in July.
Boyfriend Jamie Stead, 22, desperately tried to save lots of her by combating off the 18-month previous pet.
He has undergone pores and skin grafting for doubtlessly life altering accidents to at least one hand and has suffered accidents to his different hand, stomach and face.
He had phoned Dot asking her to come back as a result of the canine had attacked them each. She stated: “Oh bloody hell, not once more.”
However she stated she collapsed to the bottom when she arrived on the home and realised Jo was useless.
She stated: “We’re not coping. None of us. She wouldn’t have blamed Rocco for it although.
“Jo was like that, simply beautiful. She all the time picked up waifs and strays. She was a gem and was adored round right here.
“She was my greatest mate. She was lovely inside and outside.”
Each canine had been killed after the assault.
