Police responded to a call for assistance after a woman received significant injuries after being bitten by a dog at a Colebrook property on Sunday night.

A woman was bitten by the family’s pit bull at the Mudwalls Road property about 10:30pm.

Ambulance Tasmania paramedics were unable to provide medical assistance to the woman until police subdued the animal.

Police were required to incapacitate the animal using a firearm after capsicum spray was ineffective. The dog was later euthanised by an Animal Management Officer from the local council.

The woman was transported to the Royal Hobart Hospital with significant but non-life threatening injuries.