{"id":761272,"date":"2026-06-26T09:38:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T09:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/761272\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T09:38:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T09:38:10","slug":"arundel-couple-rushed-to-hospital-after-dog-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/761272\/","title":{"rendered":"Arundel: Couple rushed to hospital after dog attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A married couple has been rushed to hospital after a dog attack on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/topic\/gold-coast-a72\" class=\"sc-jNzrEP eIMCEl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gold Coast<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The two were out on a walk with their own dog in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/australia-news\/qld\" class=\"sc-jNzrEP eIMCEl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arundel<\/a> about 6pm on Thursday when a mastiff started to chase them.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Two people have been rushed to hospital after a dog attack on the Gold Coast last night. A mastiff chased the married couple who were out walking their dog around Arundel at about 6pm.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ef6db7a202731e1f4c25b2b965d01ab604458ace2351f9ab22a099188f79be93.jpeg\"  width=\"100%\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"_0b53bae146db0b62 _7475dd3391ee1518\" style=\"--text-color:var(--color-text-secondary)\">CCTV captured the couple on a walk in Arundel with their dog before the attack.\u00a09News<\/p>\n<p>The pair called out for help after the dog latched onto them.<\/p>\n<p>Neighbours raced to the couple\u2019s rescue and managed to chase off the dog.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/topic\/paramedics-26ro\" class=\"sc-jNzrEP eIMCEl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paramedics<\/a> rushed to the scene after the terrifying attack.<\/p>\n<p>The woman in her 40s suffered wounds to her arm and hands, while the man in his 50s had a laceration and puncture wound to his arms.<\/p>\n<p>The council said city officers seized an animal from the scene.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[An] investigation is now under way,\u201d a spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>A council officer returned to the street on Friday and dropped a leaflet in the dog owner\u2019s letterbox.<\/p>\n<p>The injured couple remained in hospital on Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A married couple has been rushed to hospital after a dog attack on the Gold Coast. The two&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":761273,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-761272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=761272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761272\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/761273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=761272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=761272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=761272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}