Kelpie named Ezra was stabbed and had poison splashed on her face in a random 

A family whose pet Kelpie Ezra died after being stabbed four times with a large knife and had poison poured on her face in a random attack are demanding answers. 

Rhiannon Symons, 19, allegedly saw a hooded man drive up to her family’s property in Dederang near the Victoria and New South Wales border last week and stab their two-year-old dog with a large knife.

He then allegedly got back in the blue Subaru and drove away.

Ms Symons described the moment she ran outside to find her beloved pet covered in blood.

‘I went out to find her rubbing her face and still crying and blood all on one side,’ she told 7 News.

‘She’d been stabbed four times and had poison poured on her face.’

The teenager rushed Ezra to the vet but it was too late.

She died the next day.

Ezra the Kelpie can be seen on top of a horse at the family’s property in Victoria

Ezra was two when she was stabbed and poisoned by a stranger

Ms Symons said she didn’t know who the man was or why her dog was attacked.

The family believe it was a case of mistaken identity and the man meant to attack another dog.

‘It’s just disgusting,’ the teen cried.

‘It’s so cruel for no reason. They’ve targeted the wrong people and the wrong dog.’

Sharron and Rhiannon Symons (left) have pleaded with anyone who know anything about the death of their Kelpie. Rhiannon said the attack on her dog Ezra (right with Rhiannon) is ‘disgusting’

Ms Symons gave a desperate plea for anyone who knows anything about the attack to come forward. 

Victorian police suggested the attacker could either be mentally ill or trying to prove a point.

‘It’s as if it was directly targeted at this family and we’re trying to establish what their motive might have been,’ police said. 

The attacker could face jail time.