Jack Russell Snoopy was dragged off his owner's lap and mauled as new statistics reveal almost three dog attacks are reported to council every week

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Updated July 17 2018 - 4:51pm, first published 4:07pm
ATTACKED: Snoopy is on the mend following four hours of surgery and 44 stitches after being attacked in front of owners Gwen and Robert Thompson. Picture: Lachlan Bence
ATTACKED: Snoopy is on the mend following four hours of surgery and 44 stitches after being attacked in front of owners Gwen and Robert Thompson. Picture: Lachlan Bence

Snoopy the Jack Russell was sitting on the lap of his owner Robert Thompson when a neighbour’s dog charged up the driveway, grabbed Snoopy in his jaws and viciously shook and mauled the terrified dog leaving him with more than 40 stitches and injuries that have still to fully heal more than three months after the attack.

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Michelle Smith

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