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Two Shire of Waroona dog owners have been fined more than $1,500 each in the Mandurah Magistrates Court for separate attacks, with one puncturing a man's hand. Sarah Blazeley, 47, was ordered to pay more than $1,400 after her Staffordshire bull terrier, 'Reggie', attacked 13-year-old Australian cattle dog, 'Trig', and bit his owner Stuart Knickel's finger, causing puncture wounds. The Lake Clifton resident and mother-of-four, was convicted in her absence on Tuesday for a dog attack causing physical injury and having a dog in a public place, without a lead. Read More: Falcon man's dog to be destroyed after 'gruesome' attack on 92-year-old Prosecutor Ron Porter told the court Mr Nickel was walking Trig along Tuart Grove in Lake Clifton about 8.30am on January 15, before he saw a dog running towards him and a group of teenagers playing tennis nearby. Mr Nickel tried to "swat" Reggie with his left hand to stop the attack, but he was bitten on the thumb, causing him to lose grip of Trig. He said Reggie locked onto Trig's bottom jaw, before Mr Nickel started punching Reggie repeatedly on the top of the head. Mr Porter said Mr Nickel called for the group of teenagers to help, who began hitting Reggie on the head with a tennis racket and eventually restrained the dog. Blazeley's lawyer said the mother-of-four was taking her child to the doctor when Reggie escaped by digging a hole under the gate. She said Blazeley was apologetic and would undertake further dog training with Reggie. The maximum fine for a dog attack causing physical injury is $10,000 and $5000 for a dog being in a public place without a leash. Blazeley was fined $1,200, and ordered to pay $154.09 vet bills and $205.30 court costs. She was granted a spent conviction. In a separate matter, Waroona resident Benjamin David Knight, 44, pleaded guilty to two charges after his bulldog-cross-boxer, 'Lu', attacked jack russell, 'Jacks'. Mr Porter said Jacks and his owner, Elizabeth Ferraro, were walking along a footpath on South Western Highway in Waroona, before Lu ran from his property and pinned Jacks to the ground. Jacks received a deep puncture wound which required an operation. The truck driver apologised to the court and said he had fixed his gates to prevent Lu escaping again. Knight was fined $1,200 and ordered to pay $594.10 vet bills and $205.30 court costs.

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