A DISABLED dog owner has told how two muzzled greyhounds used their snouts to throw her puppy around like a toy.

Lisa Sargent's King Charles Cavalier cross puppy, Buster, was left bloodied and battered after the park attack.

Lisa, 37, said: "I am very upset. I cannot understand how greyhounds with muzzles can still cause this much harm to a puppy.

"Maybe the man or woman who owns them would like to pay for the heartache this has caused our family."

Buster was left with a neck gash which was pouring with blood.

The vet had to patch him up and put him on a course of penicillin.

Mrs Sargent said Buster has been left very lethargic and is reluctant for her to touch him.

Lisa has been unable to walk Buster and Alsatian, Sugar, herself since losing a leg in a car accident.

Her brother and carer David Sargent, 43, regularly takes them for walks and was with Buster when he was set upon in Hardie Park, Stanford-le-Hope.

Lisa said: "These greyhounds did have muzzles on but were roaming free around the sandpit area.

"David returned from the sandpit to tell me that two black and white greyhounds had set on my puppy throwing him around like a toy.

"My brother tried to get Buster away from them, but they were very strong."

Klare Kennett, RSPCA spokeswoman for the South East, believes the dogs may have mistaken Buster for a rabbit.

She said: "Greyhounds will chase small animals so they probably didn't see Buster as being a dog but a rabbit or another small animal, which is why they behaved the way they did. It's good the owner of the greyhounds had them muzzled.

"But I would urge all owners to keep their dogs on leads in similar situations."