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An 81-year old woman and her small dog were attacked by two large dogs while walking by Kin Park in Brandon on Sunday.

Blood covered the ground on the pavement in front of the park, after the large dogs knocked down the woman and bit the little dog at about 1:15 p.m., a witness said.

MELISSA VERGE/THE BRANDON SUN Emergency personnel administer first aid to a dog after the attack at Kin Park on Sunday.

"I was driving up the street and I seen the two dogs a white one and a brindle coloured one running across the park, and I seen them jump on the little old lady and proceed to tear into the little pooch," said Mike Carlson, who was driving by the park when he witnessed the incident.

Brandon police said the large dogs are a Great Pyrenees and a pit bull, and the small dog is a Bichon cross.

Carlson said he didn’t believe the two large dogs bit the woman, but knocked her over in their effort to reach the small dog.

"The lady hit her head quite hard on the ground; it broke her sunglasses," Carlson said.

Carlson said he slammed on the brakes, got out of his vehicle and helped other witnesses chase away the dogs, then waited with the woman until emergency crews arrived.

"I sat with the lady just going through the first aid steps, keeping her calm and making sure her vitals were good," Carlson said.

The woman was placed on a stretcher and transported to the Brandon Regional Hospital. Her dog was taken to the Wheat City Veterinary Clinic.

Animal control was on the scene getting information from the witnesses.

The large dogs were seen after the attack with their owner, who gave a statement to police before driving off, Carlson said.

MELISSA VERGE/BRANDON SUN The area where a little dog and an 81-year-old woman were attacked on Sunday by two large dogs was hosed down to wash away the blood in front of Kin Park.

According to another witness, the large dogs are often left unattended.

"You see those dogs quite often on social media as roaming," said Kayla, who didn’t want her last name published.

Veterinarian Sherry Wurtz of the Wheat City Veterinary Clinic said it was uncertain if the Bison cross would fully recover.

"They tried to kill him, there’s been tremendous blood loss," Wurtz said.

"The next 24 hours are important. He’s hanging in there."

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