Another serious dog attack has occurred in Ipswich.
It happened on Saturday evening when an elderly person and his dog were attacked at Melrose Drive Flinders View.
The victim was walking his dog on the footpath in Melrose Drive with a friend.
As they walked past a house, the offending dogs ran from rear yard through an open gate.
One dog knocked him over and bit him on the buttock whilst he was on the footpath.
The other dog attacked the victim's dog causing punctures and lacerations.
The victim picked up his dog and held it away from the attacking dogs and continued to fight them off until the owner came from house and called them off.
The victim has taken his dog to the vet for treatment to wounds and then attended a doctor in relation to his own injuries.
The dogs are Mastiff Cross types and both are registered.
The dogs had allegedly escaped through the driveway gate that was accidentally left open.
An inspection of the fencing showed the dogs could not have escaped the property unless the gate was open.
The dogs are confined to the property.
Ipswich City Council is considering possible legal action against the offending owner.
This type of occurrence is happening more and more. Dog owners - take responsibility and ensure your dogs are confined on your property. Our (friendly and social) dogs are kept inside TWO enclosures to ensure they cannot get out onto the road. If someone leaves the "house" gate open by mistake, there is still the main entrance gate that would need to be open before the dogs could escape our property. We hope the gentleman and his dogs are going to be OK.
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