Warning after cattle dog slices its foot on broken glass at Lillydale Lake offlead area

A DISTRAUGHT pet owner has sent out a warning to people using Lillydale Lake park after her dog sliced open its back paws on broken glass.

Cathy Whitaker and Sadie who was injured by broken glass at Lillydale Lake. Picture: Hamish Blair

A DISTRAUGHT pet owner has sent out a warning to people using Lillydale Lake park after her dog sliced open its back paws on broken glass.

Cathy Whitaker had to rush her Australian cattle dog Sadie to the Mt Evelyn Vet Clinic and Hospital for surgery after realising the 12-month-old pup had blood uncontrollably gushing from her back paws about noon on Tuesday, September 11.

Ms Whitaker had taken Sadie down to the popular lake for a run in the grassed offlead area, and was throwing the ball for her dog to catch when she realised something was wrong.

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Sadie had come down after leaping through the air and fussed about her foot.

She soon became disinterested in playtime and another dog walker pointed out the pup had an injury.

“I was in such a panic because she was bleeding so heavily,” Ms Whitaker said.

She said the vets rushed Sadie into surgery.

“It has internal stitches because it hit a vessel and wouldn’t have stopped bleeding without surgical intervention,” Ms Whitaker said.

The surgery cost almost $1000, and now Sadie — a very active dog — has to remain cooped up inside until her wounds heel.

“She’s a super active dog and not allowed to be for several weeks,” Ms Whitaker said.

“They told us it’s going to take a long time to heal because the injury is on her main paw pads.”

Cathy Whitaker's dog Sadie cut her foot on a piece of broken glass at Lillydale Lake.

Ms Whitaker said he had notified the council about the glass and suggested they install another bin near the picnic tables so it was easier for people to throw away their rubbish.

“People need to be aware,” she said.

“Kids could have been running around in bare feet,” she said.

Yarra Ranges environment and engineering director Mark Varmalis said the council inspected the area last Thursday and didn’t find any litter or broken glass.

“We inspect Lillydale Lake dog off-leash park a minimum of twice a week and we inspect the playspace area every day from Monday to Friday,” Mr Varmalis said.

“It’s an area that gets very little rubbish.”

He said the community safety team regularly patrols the area and removes any dangerous objects it finds.

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