Woman fighting for life after vicious dog attack in Ross St Dandenong

Police have shot and killed three dogs after they set upon a woman in a backyard in Dandenong, leaving her in a critical condition.

A woman is fighting for life after a dog attack in Dandenong. Picture: Stock image

A woman is fighting for life after she was mauled by a pack of three dogs who were shot and killed by police.

Police were called to a home on Ross St in Dandenong following reports a woman was being attacked by dogs in a backyard.

Officers deployed OC spray on the animals but it failed to deter the three dogs.

Those officers were then forced to fatally shoot the dogs to save the woman.

The woman was rushed to hospital in a critical condition.

It remains unclear whether the woman owns the three dogs or if it was her property.

In a separate attack, an elderly woman was set upon by another pack of dogs in Sunbury in late August.

A day later, the same dogs mauled a young mother who was walking with her baby.

The three dogs were later euthanised.