A young woman faces having her dog destroyed after it bit a man and attacked three other dogs.

Nicola Wallace, 21, pleaded guilty to four charges involving her a pit bull terrier Floyd at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court last week.

Her pleas of not guilty to four other charges were accepted by the prosecutor.

Wallace admitted to being in possession of a pit bull terriertype dog – banned under the Dangerous Dogs Act – at her home in Ardrossan’s Island View between October 25 and November 25 of last year.

On October 25 of last year, Wallace was the owner of a dog, namely a pit bull called Floyd, that was dangerously out of control at the junction of Island View and Ardneil Court.

Her dog ran aggressively towards a 16-year-old girl and her Shih Tzu, seized hold of the dog, repeatedly bit it on the head and body and refused to let go.

Once the two dogs were separated, and the teenager was holding the Shih Tzu, Floyd continued to act in an aggressive manner and repeatedly jumped up at the girl and attempted to bite her dog.

Wallace’s dog was again dangerously out of control on November 3 at Island View in that he ran aggressively towards a woman and her Labrador. Floyd snarled, jumped on the Labrador and bit it on the body.

Once separated and with the woman standing between the dogs, he continued to act in aggressive manner and repeatedly attempted to attack the Labrador.

On November 25, also at Island View, Wallace’s pit bull struck again. He was dangerously out of control in respect that he ran aggressively towards a man and his two dogs, a Shih Tzu and a Yorkshire terrier. Floyd seized hold of the Shih Tzu, repeatedly bit it on the head and body, refused to let go.

Once separated, he continued to act in an aggressive manner, attempted to attack the Yorkshire terrier and bit the owner on the body to his injury.

Sentence was deferred for reports until March 13.

The court continued to consider the destruction of Wallace’s dog.