Italian cops were called to catch a poodle that bit off the nose of it's female owner and then ran into the garden with its new snack.

Loredana Romano, 34, from Forli in northern Italy said. "My little Vale often climbed into bed with me, I don't know why she suddenly bit off my nose."

Cops chased the poodle and managed to prize the well chewed morsel from the dog's  mouth - which was reattached in hospital.

The woman has already forgiven her dog but says it will not be allowed to sleep in her bed again.

Austrian Times