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MGN Online TAMPA, Fla. (AP) – A Tampa Bay-area toddler has needed at least two reconstructive surgeries after being mauled by her family’s dog. Polk County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Carrie Horstman says the one-and-a-half year old girl was inside her Lakeland home Tuesday night when she was bitten on her face by the family’s 10-year-old pit bull mix. The Ledger reports (http://bit.ly/1vxMRKV ) that doctors expect Karissa Hooks to make a full recovery. The sheriff’s office has euthanized the dog. Horstman says Karissa’s aunt told investigators that she was in a bedroom with the dog and the girl when she turned and saw the dog “had hold of the baby’s face.” Karissa remained hospitalized at a Tampa hospital. Horstman says the dog did not have a history of biting, and the family released it to authorities.