The mother of a four-year-old girl mauled to death by a dog in her home has told an inquest it "went straight for" her daughter's throat.
Lexi Branson was killed after being attacked by an Aylestone bulldog-type family pet called Mulan last November.
A post-mortem revealed Lexi died from facial injuries and from the dog preventing her from breathing during the attack.
The dog had been picked up from kennels for strays by Lexi's mother Jodi Hudson a few weeks before.
A police investigation later revealed the dog had gone through the hands of several owners since 2007.
Mulan was advertised by the kennels as "better suited to a home without young children" because of its size, but its temperament was described as "very friendly" by staff.
The dog's previous owner, from Leicester, had Mulan for three months before lying to a council warden by telling them it was a stray so it would be taken away.
Ms Hudson, who was living in Mountsorrel, Leicestershire, at the time, described the dog as "very gentle", and said it had never shown any aggression to her or Lexi before the attack.
Mulan died after being repeatedly stabbed by Ms Hudson On November 5 last year Lexi was unwell and off school watching TV with her mother.
It was on this day that the dog "just went up on all fours and just stared at Lexi", Ms Hudson said.
"I tapped her bum and said 'Mulan, no', and as I did she went for Lexi.
"She went straight for her throat, then around her mouth."
Ms Hudson said she struggled to get the dog off her daughter, and even tried to pull the animal's forelegs apart.
A neighbour who heard screams of "terror" from next door hit the powerful dog with a rolled-up blanket, to no effect, and then dialled 999.
Ms Hudson ran to the kitchen where she "grabbed the largest knife I could find" and proceeded to repeatedly stab the dog.
She managed to get her daughter outside and then began CPR.
The attack happened in Rowena Court, Mountsorrel Paramedics arrived shortly afterwards and Lexi was taken to Nottingham's Queen's Medical Centre, where she died.
Home Office pathologist Michael Biggs told the hearing that Lexi also suffered injuries to her hands, which indicated she had tried to defend herself.
When Ms Hudson took her daughter to see the animal at the Willow Tree Kennels in Barrow-on-Soar, Leicestershire, there was a notice about the dog which read "not to be around toddlers".
When she queried this she was told by staff that was down to the bulldog's size and "a tendency to jump up".
Ms Hudson said Mulan was placid during the visit and Lexi stroked her. She later returned and paid £50 to take the animal home.
The dog was "absolutely fine" at home and on walks, Ms Hudson told the inquest at Rutland and North Leicestershire Coroner's Court.
The inquest continues.
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