Elayne Stanley, 44, suffered multiple dog bite injuries at her home in Widnes on September 24 2019.
An inquest at Parr Hall, Warrington, on Wednesday, heard the dogs had previously been owned by her partner Paul Leigh, who did not attend the hearing, and court orders requiring him to take steps to keep them under control were made in 2016.
Miss Stanley's daughter Louise Smith told the court the dogs, DJ and Billy, had lived with her mother for about three years.
She said: "My mum was happy with it, she had them around her two children and my two."
She said she was unaware of incidents involving the dogs in 2016, including an attack on another dog which had to be put to sleep and an incident where another dog owner was injured.