A West Australian grandma says she seems like she might pass away of a damaged heart after her “soulmate” was killed by another dog throughout a walk along a popular Great Southern beach.
Key points:
- A dog has actually been killed following a dog attack in Albany
- A grandma has actually been hospitalised following the attack
- She desires the dog beach guidelines to alter
Diana Nicholson’s seven-year-old dachshund, Ella, was trampled to death recently throughout a walk at the Middleton Beach dog location in Albany.
Ms Nicholson, 64, was seated in between the beach and the path to the parking area to put her shoes on when the event happened.
She said Ella, who she called her “soulmate”, had actually attempted to safeguard her from the approaching dog when she was assaulted.
“And it simply got her behind where all her muscles are and simply ripped into her,” Ms Nicholson said.
Ms Nicholson went to help her dog, which was on a lead at the time, however was assaulted while doing so by the dog that she declares was not on a lead.
She said the dog’s owner came by and rested on her own dog to attempt to stop the attack, and called the veterinarian following the attack.
The breed of the dog that assaulted Ms Nicholson is not understood.
Good Samaritan assisted
Ms Nicholson said a good Samaritan concerned her rescue and assisted her get to the veterinarian as she remained in excessive shock to move, however Ella was already dead.
“It seemed like a concussion,” she said.
Ms Nicholson then needed to go to medical facility for treatment.
She said she needed to remain over night to get surgical treatment as the injury on her arm would not stop bleeding.
The 64-year-old is still recuperating.
She said she thought the owner of the dog put the animal down following the attack.
Calls for dog beach guideline modification
Ms Nicholson said the sorrow she felt following the event had actually broken her heart.
She was so troubled she prepared to leave Albany and had already loaded her boxes.
“Yesterday was the very first time I stopped weeping,” she said.
The previous nurse, is now requiring harsher charges for dog owners if their dogs are associated with an attack.
She desires the City of Albany to turn the off-leash dog location at Middleton Beach into an on-leash zone to help keep individuals safe.
She said dogs were unforeseeable and must be on a leash in public locations.
Ms Nicholson thinks lives might be at threat if absolutely nothing is done.
She said she would be officially reporting the event to the council.
The City of Albany has actually been called for remark.
