Hervey Bay couple shocked by horror dog attack

A Hervey Bay couple has been left in shock and with a hefty vet bill after an off-leash dog “went in for the kill” on their nightly walk. It comes after a woman was killed by three dogs in the same region.

A Hervey Bay couple has been left in shock and with a hefty vet bill after an off-leash dog “went in for the kill” on their nightly walk.

Georgina Weston was walking her mother’s maremma, Leggs, with her husband Alan and their two dogs in Queens Rd, Scarness, when the attack happened on the weekend.

The unleashed dog went racing over to Leggs and grabbed her by the throat.

“It knew what it was doing,” Georgina said.

“It went in for the kill.”

Leggs, pictured here with Alan, was bitten on the neck when she was being taken for a walk on Queens Road in Scarness.

Alan was able to use his hand to deflect the bites of the other dog.

But Leggs still suffered a puncture wound to her neck, while Alan was bitten on the hand.

Two men who appeared to own the dog eventually took control of the animal, using a belt as a makeshift leash.

But they didn’t speak to Georgina or Alan and they didn’t offer to pay for the dog’s medical treatment.

Georgina did not know the breed of the dog that attacked, but said it was a medium sized dog weighing between 25 and 30 kilos.

The couple snapped a photo of the men with the dog involved in the attack.

The couple took Leggs to an after-hours vet for treatment, which set them back almost $500.

“We’re stuck with the bill, but they walk off scot-free,” Georgina said.

She reported the incident to a ranger from the Fraser Coast Regional Council on Monday and was shocked to hear that the ranger had attended four other incidents already that day.

It’s the latest in a series of horror dog attacks that have rocked the Fraser Coast this year.

In June, Amanda Carmichael was killed by three dogs in a horror attack at a home in Milton Street, Maryborough.

Then, a couple was attacked on Saltwater Creek Road by two dogs just weeks later.

Leggs is recovering from a dog bite that left her with a puncture wound on her throat.

While Leggs and Alan had been injured, Georgina considered her family to be lucky and said she knew the outcome could have been far worse, particularly if the dog had attacked one of her smaller animals.

She said it was clear many people were simply not doing the right thing.

It is the second time Leggs had been the victim of an attack but on the first occasion the offending dog had been on a leash, she said.

This time, the attacking dog had been running freely, with no way of being restrained.

“It’s not hard to be responsible.”