Customers and staff at Glenbrook's Cafe 2773 are still coming to terms with last night's attack by two dogs that dug their way into the restaurant's backyard animal enclosure and killed four chickens and a sheep.
But they have taken heart from positive news about two pigs injured in the attack - Missy Piggins and her older pen pal Morris - who have responded well to treatment by vets this morning.
The cafe's manager, Dave Clark, said "they are both taking food and water which is a very good sign that they should be okay".
Mr Clark said despite the loss, there are no plans to close the animal enclosure because it is "such a big part of what we do here and the kids just love it".
"Yes, we'll have chickens and sheep again," he said.
"We'd had plans to do renovations out the back anyway, so it (the animal pen) will be moved and realigned."
Asked if this dog attack - the second one at the cafe in two years - could have been envisaged, Mr Clark said "no, not at all... The dogs dug that deep [under the fence] and were just determined to get in".
"The cafe owner (Shane Simpson) is absolutely devastated. He'd only been back from an overseas trip for two days and came in very early this morning when we'd heard what had happened."
Regular customers Therese Halligan and her three-year-old daughter, Estella, told the Gazette they come to the cafe from Leonay "all the time to see the little pigs and farm animals and use the playground".
"It's a real drawcard for parents who think, where can we go to eat where kids are welcomed?" Ms Halligan said.
"Estella has to spend a lot of time in hospital and when she is there she looks forward to coming here to see the animals - she calls it 'her' cafe."
Ms Halligan said what happened last night is very sad but she didn't try to hide it from Estella.
"I was very open about it with her because she is learning about the life cycle of animals and people.
"Because she often has to go to hospital, it was a good opportunity for her to see that animals sometimes have to be seen by doctors and go to hospitals too."