Boy bitten on neck, women on arms by dog at Quakers Hill

A four-year-old boy is lucky to be alive after being mauled by an American bulldog in a savage unprovoked attack outside his home in Quakers Hill on Sunday afternoon. VIDEO.

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A four-year-old boy is lucky to be alive after being mauled by an American bulldog in a savage attack outside his home in Quakers Hill on Sunday afternoon.

The dog viciously bit the boy’s neck during the attack which was only stopped when his mother and the female owner of the dog who lives next door, came to his aid.

Both women were also injured suffering bites to their arms.

The injured boy is accompanied to an ambulance.

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Neighbours said the dog, named “Keely”, was highly aggressive and had previously been reported to the Blacktown Council.

They said yesterday’s attack was “an accident waiting to happen”.

Police said the boy had been playing with his brother out in the street and had stopped to speak to the neighbour when the dog attacked him and bit him on the neck and shoulder.

The dog is surrendered to authorities. Picture: TNV

However it struggles against getting into the van. Picture: TNV

Quick actions by the boy’s mother and the dog owner in dragging the dog off the boy prevented a more serious incident.

“With them intervening, they have saved the boy’s life,” a paramedic at the scene said.

Riverstone Police Acting Inspector Al John said the boy was doing nothing wrong when attacked.

“The boys were on the footpath talking to the neighbour when the whole thing occurred,” he said.

A police officer and ranger join the attempt to get the dog into a secure van.

They finally succeed when a second police officer joins the attempt and lifts the back of the dog up and into the van. Picture: TVN

The boy was taken to The Children’s Hospital at Westmead where he was in a stable condition on Sunday night with lacerations to his neck and shoulder.

His mother was taken to Westmead Hospital for treatment to a number of bites on her arm.

They were both given tetanus shots.

Neighbour Jessica Farrell said she had been scared to walk past the dog’s house with her children.

“I’ve got four kids and this is the only way out of the street and I’m petrified every time I take them to the park,” she said.

“They have to be very quiet whenever we walk past the house. It was an accident waiting to happen.”

The young victim was in hospital in a stable condition, with cuts to his throat and shoulder, on Sunday night. Picture: TVN

Animal Holding Facility rangers struggled to subdue the dog which reacted angrily when they attempted to load it into the back of a secure van.

Two police officers, a ranger and the dog’s other owner struggled to restrain the hound, who, upon seeing officers, bucked and tugged against an animal control pole.

Once the dog was in the AHF van, its owner pressed her face against the window and sobbed the words “I love you”.

The animal is expected to be destroyed.