A man has been arrested after a “dangerous” dog attacked a horse and its rider.
The incident happened at about 11am on Sunday when police were called to a report of a horse and its rider being attacked by a black “Staffie” type dog in the High Grange area of Billingham.
The horse was bitten and bolted, causing the rider to be thrown off.
The horse then ran through Wallington Road and Marsh House Avenue.
A spokesman for Cleveland Police said: “The horse rider has asked that her sincere thanks be passed on to those who stopped to assist her, especially the people who gave her a lift to find her horse and those who helped to bring it back under control.”
The horse and its rider both sustained dog bites, but neither have serious injuries.
A man has been charged in relation to an offence of having a dog dangerously out of control.
The dog has been seized and signed over to police.
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