A terrified dog owner found her pet with its chest ripped open on a trip to the park.
Tia Bell from Woodchurch, Wirral, had taken her daughter Ivy, one, and her staffy-cross Wally for a picnic in Arrowe Country Park off Arrowe Brook Road.
The 27-year-old said she was terrified after hearing Wally yelp in pain and emerge from the water with skin hanging off his chest.
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She said: “I had been throwing his ball to him and he was splashing about in the water of one of the pond/lake parts.
“I heard him yelp and thought he had twisted his ankle but when I saw him there was skin just hanging from his body, it was terrifying.
(Image: Tia Bell)
“There are about five poles sticking out of the water, four have been levelled off, but one of them is not a clean cut and has just gone right through his skin.
“There are other poles like this around the walk ways and I cut my foot on one when I was pregnant with Ivy.
“I didn’t think anything of…
