GIRARD - The mother of a 12-year-old girl attacked by a neighbor'sdog says her daughter received more than 100 stitches in her faceand now the family worries whether the dog was sick with rabies.

Destiny Turner was walking toward her house, 211 Broadview, at about 7 p.m. Sunday when a dog chained in their neighbor's back yard leaped on top of her and began biting her face.

"I screamed, pushed away and ran into the house," Destiny said.

Her mother, Susan, heard her daughter screaming, ran from herbasement and met her as she reached their back door.

"Blood was running down her face," Susan Turner said. "The dog bites were from her lower lip up the side of her face. It looked like a pie-shaped piece was missing."

She called 911 for an ambulance. Destiny was taken to St. Elizabeth Health Center for treatment.

The dog's owner, Christine Morris, 507 Dearborn, told police that the dog had its shots in 2009 but she did not have any paperwork regarding its registration or any shot records, according to the initial police report.

While police were interviewing Morris, it was discovered there was an unrelated Trumbull County Sheriff's Office warrant for her arrest. She was taken into custody and released a few hours later.

Shortly after the Turner's returned home at about 2 a.m. Monday, Samuel Letizia, Susan's stepfather, and Thomas Clawson, Susan's son, drove from the hospital's pharmacy to deliver pain medicine

prescribed for Destiny. They could not get out of the vehicle because the dog was loose and would not let them out of the vehicle, he said. Michael Morris came out of the house to retrieve the dog, according to a police report.

When officers went to search for the dog, they found a camp fire ablaze in the backyard. Initially, no one answered the door. David A. Peterson and Morris eventually came out and finally said the dog was in the basement.

On Monday, the animal was taken to another home in Bazetta.

"How could officials allow the dog to be taken out of the city?" Susan Turner said. "We don't know if it had rabies or any other disease. It is irresponsible.

City Health Department Commissioner James Dobson said, "We called the Trumbull County Health Department told them about the situation. Because the dog is in Bazetta, it is in their jurisdiction."

Sandy Swann, County Health Department epidemiologist, said the dog is required to be quarantined - kept away from all other animals and people - for at least 10 days.

"If the dog has rabies, it will die within that period," she said. "If the family cannot provide proof of previous vaccinations, we will require them to obtain all of the necessary shots and license."

No domestic animal in Trumbull county has ever been diagnosed with rabies, Swann said. However, rabies in wild animals - mostly raccoons and bats - have been found in the county.

The department send the pet owners quarantine letters, explaining what they have have to do.

We have a 95 percent compliance record," she said. ''If we cannot ensure the animal does not have rabies, we will require the person that was bitten to go through the series of rabies shots. That is something we do not want to do, if it is not necessary."

The whole series of shots and vaccinations could cost as much as $5,000.

Susan Turner said, "My daughter is probably have to undergo more pain and surgery. She will have to go to a plastic surgeon to have her face reconstructed.''

In addition to the dog attack on her daughter, Turner said two of her dogs were hit by cars a day later and, a third dog suddenly became ill and died Wednesday.

"We spent most of our money taking our (the third) dog to the vet," she said. The family is talking to an attorney about their options.