INDIANAPOLIS -- A 3-year-old girl is recovering from her injuries after she was bitten in the face by a neighbor's pit bull in the Mars Hill area of Indianapolis Saturday.

Rayvin Crawford has been at Methodist Hospital since the attack. Her parents told 6News' Julie Pursley that she was playing with another child in the neighbor's yard when the dog bit her.

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"We allowed our 15-year-old son to walk her down there and play in the yard with the baby," said Carl Crawford, Rayvin's father. "The babies were playing with a ball. She missed the ball and the dog attacked the baby."

Rayvin Crawford was carried home and taken to a hospital, where she underwent surgery and was given more than 200 stitches.

"Her face was ripped apart," said Rene Robinson, the girl's mother.

"Why these people would let the dog out in the yard with these children playing, I don't know," Crawford said.

The 2-year-old male pit bull was taken to Animal Care and Control. Rayvin's parents want the dog put down, but authorities said the owner wants the dog back and that its fate will be up to a judge.

"A lot of other things could happen. The dog could be placed somewhere else or it could be euthanized, just depending on how the judge feels about this case," said Media Wilson, of Animal Care and Control.

Rayvin's parents said doctors told them the girl might need more surgeries.

"We don't know if she's smiling. We don't know if she's sad. There's no emotion," said Rene Robinson, Ravin's mother. "She's not my … she's not the same."

6News tried to contact the dog's owner, but was unable to reach that person. Pursley said the owner now faces about $700 in fines.