New Zealanders experienced almost 10,000 dog-related injuries last year, yet it seems only a fraction of these are reported...

A playdate turned into a day of terror as a mother was forced to save her son from being 'murdered' by a dog.

There have been more than 320 dog attacks on people in Auckland in the past six months.

A 10-month old boy is in hospital after being attacked by a dog at a Gisborne house yesterday afternoon.

A young woman bitten by a rottweiler in a store promotion gone wrong wants to apologise to the dog's owner.

A pet store assistant lost her lip in a dog attack at a "bring in your Rottweilers" promotion in West Auckland yesterday.

A 8-year-old boy left with "half his face hanging off" after a pitbull attack said he was grateful it was him and not his baby brother or sister.

A man who went to check on a burglary at his neighbour's house was attacked by a police dog, which bit through a nerve in his little finger.

A 63-year-old who chased an intruder at his property was savaged by a police dog that attacked the wrong man.

Animal experts are urging improved education of dog owners form a major part of the Government's review on dog controls.

A three year-old girl has 20 stitches in her face and almost lost an eye after being attacked by a pit-bull terrier in Wairoa.

The two pitbulls that nearly mauled a 5-year-old to death were well cared for and had played safely with children before, says the local council.

Two dogs which left a five-year-old BOP girl with "potentially life threatening injuries" have been destroyed.