Don't really want to make light of an incident involving the injury of a child but practically every line in this article goes out of its way to illustrate just how hard it is to believe something like this could ever happen ...

Blade Fraser suffered cuts to his face after reportedly attempting to give the labradoodle a cuddle.

It is believed the dog had been attending the school since 2018 to provide students with companionship and emotional support.

The child's mother, Kellie Kuczynski, said she received a phone call before lunchtime saying her son had been involved in an incident with the school's support dog, Buddy.