I had a pack of pit-bulls surrounding me and growling real low when I was 12. I was not attacked, but that was because my uncle, who owned them, called them off in time. (shiver)
My parents told my grandparents that we wouldn't come to see them anymore until those d-mn dogs were gone or dead, Dad did not care which.
You were very lucky Cheryl. A pack of pit-bulls is a fearsome thing.