Canterbury police have confirmed this morning they’re investigating two reports of animal welfare offences against two dogs in Cust, North Canterbury.

Resident Brooke Wallis claims a neighbour captured and poisoned her dogs leading to the death of one, and seriously injuring the other.

A police spokesperson says the first incident happened on Friday and the second incident the following day.

(Newstalk ZB has tried to contact Ms Wallis but her cell phone remains engaged)

A Canterbury SPCA says it was not aware of the incident, but a spokeswoman says they’ve contacted Canterbury police and have offered to assist with anything they need.

The dogs’ owner Brooke Wallis says on Friday a nearby resident told her they could hear her two dogs crying from a neighbour’s property.

She says her husband then went and found their dogs in a holding pen on the property “with their legs tightly bound with bailing twine upside down.”

“My husband broke them free and rushed them home. Clyde appeared ok, but Bonno was injured and couldn’t walk and appeared to be brain damaged. “We made a police report and rushed our boy to the vet.”

Ms Wallis says Bonno suffered spinal nerve damage and was given anti inflammatory medication. “We nursed Bonno all night in our bed, while he squealed in pain. It was heartbreaking.”

Ms Wallis claims while coming home from the vet on Friday night, they spotted the alleged culprit on their driveway and questioned why they were on their property at this time. They told her they were “looking for their dog. Another police report was made.

Brooke Wallis says the next morning, her dog Clyde was outside “eating balls of mince and it appeared to have powder and tablets in them.”

“I ran outside to see and collected all the remaining evidence. In the mince, was a aluminium cut off from the medication with the words “PHEN”. “I phoned the vet back immediately and they suspected it could be “Phenobarbitone” which is used to treats humans and animals with epilepsy.” In high doses, it is fatal.

Within half an hour, Ms Wallis says Clyde had lost the use of his back legs, and was clearly very disoriented. “The blood tests confirmed Phenobarbitone overdose. They had consumed so much, that the tests were off the scale.”

“Both boys, were in critical condition and on life support. Sadly, we said our goodbyes to Clyde on Saturday night and he passed away. ”

Bonno is still in critical condition. Police say no arrests have been laid.