A NURSE whose pedigree pet has been savaged for a fourth time by an alsatian off the leash in a Kidderminster park says she fears a child will be attacked.

Wendy Stobbart, who works at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, was deeply shocked and upset by the attack on Sunday afternoon which left Woodstock, a three-and-a-half-year-old cavalier king charles spaniel, with two puncture wounds and severe bruising. cavalier king charles spaniel Woodstock bears the scars of his latest attack by an alsatian.

"Supposing my nephew or niece had been walking the dog? This alsatian has attacked other dogs and has ripped the jeans of one woman," she added.

She said police told her they could not act under the Dangerous Dogs Act unless the alsatian attacked a person or livestock.

Miss Stobbart, 43, of Shrubbery Street, said the attacks took place in Baxter Gardens, off Hurcott Road, the earliest three years ago.

She said the alsatian had run up and begun playing with Woodstock before suddenly turning violent. "The owner said, 'he's never done that before,'" she added.

The second attack occurred a year later in identical circumstances but after she protested the man walking the dog began swearing furiously at her, she said.

She said the third attack last September was more serious and left Woodstock needing medical treatment and "psychologically traumatised", afraid to go into the park.

He had only just recovered before the latest attack which left him covered in blood, unable to walk properly and heavily dosed with antibiotics and painkillers.

She said Woodstock received nearly £200 worth of veterinary treatment for the attack, adding: "The owners should not allow it to run around off the leash and unmuzzled."

A police spokesman said if one dog attacked another it was a civil not police matter.