A mum said she is 'scared to take her dogs out' after her three-legged dog Marley was viciously attacked.
Mum-of-two Barbara Walker was walking with her two dogs on the field by the Running Horses Pub in Lydiate on Tuesday morning when the incident occurred. While throwing a ball for the dogs to catch, she saw a dog that resembled a pitbull run off from its owner and start coming towards them.
Realising the dangerous situation that was about to unfold she scooped her five-month-old puppy into her arms. The stranger's dog then proceeded to attack her dog Marley.
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Speaking to the Echo she said: "I was just throwing a ball for my dogs and all of a sudden I heard this man shouting and I looked up and there was this big dog that looked like a pitbull coming over. The dog was muzzled but it kept jumping all over Marley and I started kneeing it in the head to get it off.
"He kept shouting for the dog to come back, but it just was not interested. He could not control him. It was really vicious and it's lucky it had a muzzle on otherwise it would have shredded my dog."
Barbara, 38, said after a few minutes the owner of the dog came over and managed to get his dog on a lead. When she threatened to call the police he quickly left.
She said Marley, who lost his leg after being hit by a car before his first birthday, is recovering well but has two cuts on the side of his body.
However Barbara is shaken up by the attack, she said: "When the man left I felt sick and I was shaking. It broke my heart, I was crying. My kids are older now but my dogs are my babies. I'm scared to take my dogs out now on my own now."
Barbara has reported the incident to the police and is awaiting a response.
Merseyside Police were approached for comment.
