A MUM-OF-TWO who suffered horrific injuries when she was attacked by a dog while out jogging says she is lucky to be alive.

Siobhan Guy needed 40 stitches in her leg and spent two days in hospital following the attack by a German shepherd-type dog, which was not on a lead, on Saturday morning.

The 44-year-old was running near Whitehead Lodges, off Lowercroft Road, Bury, at around 8am when the dog knocked her to the ground and began “tearing chunks” out of her leg.

The dog owners – who were walking two dogs at the time - pulled the animal off her but fled from the scene, leaving her on the floor, before she ran to the nearest house for help.

The attack happened on a footpath leading from the rear of properties on Lowercroft Road towards Old Barn Farm in Ainsworth.

Mrs Guy said: “I have been lucky. The dog could have gone for my throat.

“I remember getting very faint and dizzy while I was looking for someone to help me.

“I could have bled to death - I knew it was bad because I could feel bits of flesh hanging off the leg.

“Adrenaline just kicked in and that is what saved me. I don’t know how I managed to run all the way up the hill to find the kind people that helped me.”

Mrs Guy, a teacher at Little Lever School, was discharged from North Manchester General Hospital on Monday and is now fearful for the safety of other residents.

She added: “My concern now is that there are children, including my own, who go through there every day.

“If it had been a child or an elderly or disabled person who was attacked then it would have been just horrible.

“Is anyone safe until these dogs are off the streets?

“I often run past dogs but you never expect them to be dangerous like this.”

Police are appealing for help to track down the dog and its owners, and have issued a description of the people thought to be responsible, who may come from the Lowercroft or Ainsworth areas.

One was said to be a white male, aged in his late 30s and around 5ft 10in; the second was a white female, aged in her mid-20s, about 5ft 5in, with long dark hair and had a substantial amount of make-up.

Anyone with information on the attack, or who knows who owns two German shepherds in the locality, is asked to call police on 101 or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.