Aussie teen’s harrowing plea after she was attacked by a Rottweiler that she’s known since he was a puppy
A teenager has issued a stern warning to Aussies after she was mauled by a Rottweiler she knew since he was a puppy.
Haylee Owens, 19, was visiting her friend’s home in Noranda in Perth’s northwest on Sunday when a four-year-old dog named Ninja suddenly bit her on the face.
Ms Owens’ friends called an ambulance because her forehead started bleeding profusely.
The brutal attack left the teen needing plastic surgery and 28 stitches which she said could leave permanent scars.
Despite being friends with Ninja for years, Ms Owens said the dog rushed towards her at a moment’s notice as she ‘gave him cuddles’.
Despite the terrifying ordeal, she has since returned to see her friend’s dog without incident, but admitted her parents still had “questions about the situation.”
Ms Owens urged Aussies to always be weary of dogs, no matter the breed or how well they know them.
“You never know what’s going through their mind or body,” she said PerthNow.
Perth teenager Haylee Owens has warned Australians to always be tired around dogs after her friend’s Rottweiler, Ninja (both pictured), attacked her without warning
The teen added that it “only takes a second” for a dog’s behavior to change dramatically.
Her plea comes weeks after two women were attacked by three US staff dogs in Melbourne within 24 hours.
The dogs knocked an elderly woman Christine, 71, to the ground, biting her face, legs and back and breaking her hip.
Shockingly, the same dogs were still on the loose the next day when they brutally mauled a young woman who was pushing her toddler in a stroller on the way to school pick-up.
The young mother was rescued by Good Samaritans who pulled the dogs off her, but were also injured by the animals.
The three dogs were later euthanized.
Despite knowing the dog since he was a puppy, Ms Owens was left with extensive injuries that required plastic surgery and 28 stitches that could lead to permanent scarring (pictured)
It comes after two other dogs attacked two women in a Perth park in broad daylight last week.
Helen Mato was at John Moloney Park in Marangaroo last Tuesday morning when the stray dogs approached her.
Ms Mato feared for her life as she struggled to get away from the dogs’ brutal force before a passing Uber driver stopped and rushed to her aid.
Hours earlier, a woman in her 20s was rushed to Joondalup Health Campus after a separate attack in the same park.