A mother has told of the terrifying moment she was mauled by a Rottweiler while walking her dog near her home.
Shue Leung was walking her Shih Tzu in North Baddesley, Hampshire, when she was pulled to the ground by the dog.
The Rottweiler, who was off leash at the time, attacked her as she clutched her own dog in an attempt to save it from harm.
Dramatic CCTV footage shows the huge dog spot Ms Leung and her seven-year-old pet Mushroom watching them for a few seconds before launching an attack on the smaller animal.
Shue is seen trying to pull Mushroom away from the Rottweiler before she falls over and the dog continues its savage attack – this time on her face.
The 52-year-old woman was left in a ‘pool of blood’ and suffered horrific injuries.
The Rottweiler was put down after the attack. The man has been provisionally interrogated by the police and the investigation is still ongoing.
Shue Leung, 52, (pictured with her dog Mushroom) was walking her Shih Tzu when she was pulled to the ground by the Rottweiler
Shue suffered horrific facial injuries and was left in a ‘pool of blood’ after the attack
Shue was walking her dog near her home when she was attacked by the stray Rottweiler
The dog’s older owner then runs up and hits him to scare him away.
He then appears to help stricken Ms Leung, gesturing to the dog to keep it away as he watches.
A passerby called an ambulance and Shue was rushed to the hospital. It took about 70 stitches to close the wound on the side of her face.
Recalling the attack, she said: “I was walking my dog. We do it every morning around that time.
‘Just outside our neighbors I saw that a Rottweiler without a snout was not in the lead. The owner was very far behind him.
‘That’s where the Rottweiler saw us. I brought my dog up hoping to grab him.
‘With his full force he pushed me to the ground. He tried to grab my dog’s forearm.
Shue admitted she didn’t want to look at herself in the mirror because of the gruesome scars
CCTV footage shows the Rottweiler attacking Mushroom (pictured) as Shue tried to protect her dog
‘I held my dog tightly. I was curled up so the Rottweiler couldn’t get to my dog.
‘After the dog attacked me, the owner ran to stop the dog. If the owner had been a little slower, my face could have been worse.”
Ms Leung, who works front of house for a fast food restaurant, said she was in “terrible” pain and had to wait in hospital for about four hours for surgery.
When she finally had surgery, she spent five hours in theater and said that when they cleaned her wound it was “horrific.”
The incident happened around 9:40 a.m. on March 1, but weeks later she was unable to return to work and said she was concerned about people seeing her injuries.
She said when her family saw her injuries, “they were shocked,” adding, “My son saw it and he couldn’t deal with it.
The residential street in North Baddesley (pictured) where the attack took place
‘I will certainly be scarred for life.
‘I don’t want people to see my scars. To be honest, I don’t want to see the dogs. I’m afraid to go out.’
She added: ‘I don’t even want to look at myself in the mirror.’
Hampshire Police said they were called at 9.50am on Friday, March 1, reporting a woman had been bitten on the head by the dog.
A spokesperson said: ‘She suffered serious and potentially life-changing injuries which required hospital treatment.’
Officers have also confirmed that the dog has since been ‘humanely euthanized’ after its owner, a man in his 70s, ‘voluntarily reported’ the animal to police.
A spokesperson for Hampshire Police said: ‘We received a report at 9.50am on March 1 that a woman in her 50s had been bitten on the head by a dog in Fleming Avenue, North Baddesley.
‘She suffered serious and potentially life-changing injuries, requiring hospital treatment.
“The dog’s owner, a man in his 70s, voluntarily reported the animal to police, and the dog has since been humanely euthanized. The man has been questioned by police under caution and investigations are ongoing.”