Mia Legenhausen was walking her family’s schnauzer-cross-poodle on Palmer Ave last Monday when a dog, which looked like a boxer, ran across the road to where she was walking Voosha.
Ms Legenhausen said at first the stray dog tried to play with her two-year-old pooch.
“It started as a friendly thing but it bit her around the neck. It wouldn’t let go,” she said.
Ms Legenhausen said she was yelling at the dog and trying to pull it off Voosha.
Strangers walking by had to help pull the dog off hers.
“It could have killed our dog. I got bit in the struggle. I was bleeding a lot.”
Ms Legenhausen attended Western Hospital in Footscray where she got seven stitches in her finger.
“It was scary. I will never forget the look in the eyes of our dog. Usually my grandchildren walk the dog on their own. I don’t know what would have happened to them,” she said.
The incident comes as dog attacks reported in Wyndham rose by 16 per cent to 221 in 2013, up from 189 the previous year.
Council chief executive Kerry Thompson said 69 people were issued with infringement notices in 2013, up from 44 the previous year.
“While most pet owners are responsible and ensure their dogs are well behaved and socialised, some owners allow their dogs to roam and do not have them trained effectively,” she said.
She confirmed that the council was investigating a dog attack which occurred in Point Cook on March 17.
(Wyndham Leader - March 25, 2014)
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