Tanya Black says the two aggressive dogs broke through her Tokol Court fence on October 22 and killed her six-year-old chihuahua cross Jessie.
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Ms Black watched in shock from inside her home as the dogs mauled Jessie to death.
“I called the police but they said they didn’t have anyone available to come out and the ranger was an hour away,” she said.
Ms Black said her neighbour’s dogs had been trying for months to break through the paling fence whenever she or Jessie was outside.
“I repaired the fence each time but this time they got through,” she said.
“Jessie didn’t stand a chance against these types of dogs. She was dead from her injuries by the time I could get to her.
“A (paling) fence is no protection against dogs like these.”
Ms Black said when the Melton Council ranger attended, he failed to take either of the offending dogs away.
She said the dogs’ owners later agreed to put down one of the dogs, a rottweiler, but it took four days for the second dog to be removed.
The council has described the second dog as an English staffordshire terrier.
Council’s general manager of corporate services Peter Bean said it had not yet been established which dog had done the attacking.
He said a check of council’s registration database indicated that neither the rottweiler nor the staffordshire terrier were registered.
“The owner had euthanased the dog that was believed to have caused the death of the victim’s dog,” he said.
“The English staffordshire terrier has now been seized pending the completion of the investigation.”
Ms Black’s is the fourth vicious dog attack reported in Melton Shire so far this year.
(Melton Leader - Nov 3, 2011)