Doreen CFA called to rescue dog impaled in fence, owner bitten
CFA volunteers were confronted with a distressing scene when they arrived to help a German Shepherd stuck in a fence in Doreen, discovering its pregnant owner was suffering a dog bite to her leg.
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CFA volunteers have rescued a German Shepherd after it became impaled on a fence in Doreen, while also helping its pregnant owner who had been bitten by the dog on her leg.
Doreen CFA Lieutenant Robert Bury said the brigade was called to the house in the residential area of Doreen at 3.50am Monday.
He said 12-year-old dog Axel had been scared by something, and had gone to jump a fence nearby when he got impaled with two metal rods in his abdomen, leaving his front feet and head on the ground.
Mr Bury said crews got blankets to keep the dog warm while they worked out how to help him.
They established the dog’s name and began to talk to him and calm him down.
“Once we spoke to him and mentioned his name lots and he knew we were there to help him, he was quite calm,” Mr Bury said.
At the same time they discovered the dog’s owner, a 34-year-old pregnant woman, was inside the house suffering from a dog bite to her leg.
“I’d say the owner has gone out to try and release the dog and that’s when she has been bitten; at the very start I’m sure he would have been very agitated,” Mr Bury said.
The CFA volunteers split into two crews; one to provide first aid to the owner until ambulance crews arrived, and the other to help the dog.
The crews were able cut a section of the fence to free Axel, before taking him to a vet, where he was doing well, Mr Bury said.
He said from the last report crews had, his owner was also OK.
An Ambulance Victoria spokesperson said paramedics were called to an incident in Doreen just before 4am Monday morning.
The spokesperson said a woman was taken to Northpark Private Hospital in a stable condition with a lower body injury.
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