Early this morning a large dog, a half-bred mastiff belonging to a coal merchant close to Tate Hill Pier, was found dead in the roadway opposite to its master’s yard. It had been fighting, and manifestly had had a savage opponent, for its throat was torn away, and its belly was slit open as if with a savage claw.
– Bram Stoker
Dracula, Chapter 7. Dracula does not confine his blood-sucking Mina to human victims. Here Mina tells of a big dog killed by Dracula with its throat torn away.