The dogs reportedly had never been violent before.
EAST ORANGE -- A five-year-old was attacked by the family dog early Saturday, News 4 New York reported.
Janaya Everett was in an upstairs bedroom when two dogs kept in the basement entered. One of them, a pit-bull mix, attacked her, police said. She was taken to University Hospital in Newark where her condition was not immediately known.
A family member said the dogs were never violent before. The dogs were taken and will likely be put down, he also said.
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