A brave mum who fought off a dog attacking her young son and his friend outside a property in Caerphilly has said she dreads to think what could have happened if she hadn't been there. Gwent Police was called to a property in Graig-y-Rhacca earlier this week after a dog lunged at the two children, aged five and seven, and left one of them with injuries that required stitches and medical care.
The distressing incident comes just days after a five-month-old baby was rushed to hospital after being attacked by a dog in Penyrheol, Caerphilly town and just 18 months after ten-year-old Jack Lis tragically died on November 8, 2021, after being attacked by a dog at a friend’s house in Pentwyn, Penyrheol.
A spokesperson for Gwent Police said: "We were called at approximately 4.25pm on Monday, May 1 to a report of a dog attack in a house in the Graig-y-Rhacca area. A boy suffered minor injuries. The dog has been seized by officers. No-one else was injured."
