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A dog walker has described the terrifying moment a pack of four “household” dogs attacked her and her beloved pet.

Courtney Milner, 30 was walking close to Aintree Racecourse when four dogs, which included a golden Labrador and a Springer Spaniel, ran from nowhere to attack her two-year-old dog.

The incident left both Courtney and Hugo – her Neapolitan Mastiff crossed with an American Johnson bulldog - with multiple injuries including cuts to their faces.

Speaking of the incident, which took on Thursday morning, Courtney said: “It all happened really fast, I was walking Hugo along the canal, like I do everyday, when a Golden Labrador ran over, at first I thought it was just excited as he was jumping up

“But, then a Jack Russell and two Springer Spaniels ran over too and that’s when they starting attacking Hugo.

“I just dived on top of him, but even then the Jack Russell continued, I got bit on my face and now have bruising on my arms, they even managed to rip through my coat.

“Hugo weighs 148 pounds so there was no way I could lift him to stop the dogs getting him.

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“Given my profession and how long I have worked with dogs you’d think I’d be able to prepare for these type of situations, but the dogs just came from nowhere.

“It’s important to remember these were not your typical breeds which people assume would attack you, these were household dogs which people usually believe are placid.”

After around three minutes, Courtney managed to drag Hugo away from the dogs, leaving them both shaken, with Courtney admitting the incident has knocked her confidence.

She added: “The other three ran off but the Jack Russell kept going, it was really terrifying.

“Hugo was unable to eat for a couple of days after the attack but thankfully he seems back to his usual self now.

“For me, I used to walk up to five dogs at a time but I now have to do one at a time, just until I can be sure the dogs won’t come back.

“This was a completely unprovoked and out of the norm attack.

“I know I was only injured because I got myself involved to protect Hugo and they never went for me directly, but I’m sure other dog owners would have done the same thing.

“I think it is really important now to get the message across that out of all five of the dogs, Hugo looks like the typical breed people assume would attack and he didn’t retaliate in any way, but this proves the stereotypical idea about dogs is wrong.

“Attacks aren’t always carried out by bull breeds. Any dog can be dangerous especially in a ‘pack’.

“People need to make sure their dogs are microchipped and details updated along side tagged collars. None of the dogs involved on Thursday were wearing leads or collars.

“Since the incident so many people have contacted me to say they’ve been the victim of similar incidents with a dog which was a ‘nice breed’.

“But, no one seems to report them, this is what I want to encourage people to do.

“I just don’t want it to happen to anyone else.”

Courtney, who has not reported the incident to police, has since tried to find the owners of the four dogs but has not been successful.