A one-year-old girl has serious facial injuries after being bitten on the face by a dog on Queensland's Gold Coast last night.

The Neapolitan mastiff attacked the child at a Helensvale home just after 6:00pm.

The child was taken to the Gold Coast University Hospital in a serious condition with facial injuries.

The dog was given to Gold Coast City Council animal management officers when they visited the home last night.

A council spokeswoman said the owner of the dog had asked for it to be put down.

Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) Clinical Director Tony Hucker said the young girl suffered severe facial injuries.

"The bleeding was controlled straight away and [the girl] needed some pain relief because these are painful injuries," he said.

"That child will have ongoing surgeries to correct that and probably will be fine, but [she suffered] really high-risk injuries."

Mr Hucker said it was a timely reminder to think about safety around the home with pets.

"We all love our dogs but the data is pretty clear — most dog bites are from dogs that the person who's been bitten knows and the most common age group is kids," Mr Hucker said.

"The most vulnerable kids are that three to five year age group — it really quite a risky group."

In a separate incident, two women suffered significant leg injuries when they were attacked by a dog at Petrie, north of Brisbane, just after 9:00pm.

A teenage girl and a woman in her 30s were taken to the Royal Brisbane Women's Hospital in stable conditions.

The attack happened at a private address.

In total, the QAS responded to six dog bite incidents since Thursday afternoon.

Children 'can't read dog language'

RSPCA spokesman Michael Beatty said it was a timely reminder for parents to take care of young children around dogs of any size.

"We'd just urge people to please don't leave a young child unsupervised with any dog — it doesn't make any difference in regard to the size of the dog," Mr Beatty said.

"Just don't leave a child unsupervised with a dog because you never know what small children can do — they obviously can't read dog language.

"Very young children in particular, they don't know what the appropriate behaviour around a dog is, so they might for example, pull their tail or startle it, not meaning to, but that can have an effect on the dog particularly a dog that might have a nervous disposition anyway.

"In regards to dog owners, most dog owners will be able to read a dog's body language and they'll be able to tell if that dog is feeling apprehensive.

"But don't allow any child in particular just to come up and pat the dog without consulting with you first and making sure the dog is at ease."