Warning after dog attack at Mugdock Park

Alison Harvie, whose family live in Bishopbriggs, is also appealing to witnesses who were in the park at the time of the attack around noon on Saturday, November 14, in a clearing near Khyber Field.

Both she and her friend Caron were bitten on the leg by the Collie-type dog after its owner lost control of it.

Alison said: “I shudder to think what would have happened had a young child been in the area.

“The area is a marked circular walk which my friend and I have done many times.

“When we walked into the clearing there was a woman shouting at people to stand still and ‘keep your hands down’.

“She was hysterical and had completely lost control of her dog. There were a number of other people there. The dog was a collie, named, I think, Kyra or similar. Not a breed I would normally consider to be a threat or a danger.

“The dog was going berserk between a number of people barking and baring its teeth.It ran at us and pulled Caron’s jacket off her waist, shredding it and bit the back of her leg.

“She fell to the ground but fortunately managed to get up and started to use her jacket like a bull fighter.

“She told me to get my back pack off and use it as a shield. I think it was at that point the dog lunged at me and bit my shin of my left leg.

“The backpack proved 
effective as a shield and probably saved me from a worse attack.”

They managed to get away and warned others approaching the area but said they did not know how many other people were bitten.

After treatment at hospital, they reported the incident to the police.

Officers are investigating and are also appealing for any witnesses to come forward. If caught, the owner will be charged under the Dangerous Dogs Act.

Alison added: “What is very concerning is if it happens again and a child is attacked?”

Anyone with any information should call police on 101.