A horse rider left with injuries she says have destroyed her sex life after she was chased by an out-of-control dog is suing the animal's owner for more than £300,000.
Gillian Spencer, 51, and her horse were chased by an Alaskan Malamute owned by Philip Terry in Chobham Common, Surrey in January 2011, causing her to fall.
The mother-of-two has now launched a High Court law suit against Mr Terry, claiming the incident has left her with spinal and arm injuries
The Evening Standard reported that the horse ridden by British Airways worker Ms Spencer was bitten by one of six dogs Mr Terry was walking on the Common.
Court documents quoted by the paper claim Ms Spencer's horse bolted following the bite and she was knocked unconscious for 45 minutes after falling in a nearby wood.
Whereas she was once a fit and health woman, she now has difficulty writing, is unable to run or apply make-up and no longer has sex, the High Court writ states.
Mr Terry was convicted of having a dog dangerously out of control in a public place at Guildford Magistrates Court in October 2011 and later took his dog to a specialist to try to stop it chasing other animals.
Ms Spencer, of Sunninghill, Berkshire, who says she was off work for two years following the fall, claims that Mr Terry was negligent by failing to have the dog on a lead.
Alaskan Malamutes are husky-like dogs, originally bred in the North American Arctic Circle to pull sleds through the snow.
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