"The first thing (to do) was get the ambulance, there was that much blood"
Debbie Wedlock is fortunate to be alive after a stray dog savagely attacked her face at Warnambool on Saturday.
Wedlock was arriving home when she noticed what she described as a "skinny" bull-mastif, Rhodesian ridgeback cross on her front lawn.
Having bred pitbull terriers, Wedlock took compassion on the stray and brought food out to it. She went to pat the dog which then mauled her.
Her former partner and father of her two children, Chris McPherson, was in the house at the time of the attack. He rushed out at the sound of screams and had to kick the dog off Ms Wedlock's face.
Mr McPherson remarked that "the first thing [to be done] was [to] get [an] ambulance, [because] there was that much blood."
Police attended and the dog was impounded by a City Council Ranger who explained that the owners were believed to be away at present. If the dog is not claimed within 8 days, it may be destroyed. If the dog is claimed, it will be declared a dangerous dog and will be required to be permanently kept in an enclosure.
Prepared using report "Shock as dangerous dog attacks woman", The Standard 11/11/08, http://warrnambool.yourguide.com.au/news/local/news/general/shock-as-dangerous-dog-attacks-woman/1356634.aspx, accessed 11/11/08. Photo from source article where it is attributed "Debbie Wedlock underwent surgery after a dog attack. 081110DW43Pictures: DAMIAN WHITE Debbie Wedlock, who was attacked by dog on Friday night. Chris McPherson helped her escape. 081110DW40 "I had to kick it off her face. If it was a little kid, who knows what could've happened?" Chris McPherson".
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