Desperate search for two-year-old girl who went missing after playing with dogs on Tara property

A desperate search is underway for a two-year-old girl who went missing from a Males property at Tara on the Western Downs more than four hours ago.

The alarm was raised about 3:30pm after the toddler, who goes by the name Ruby, had not been seen for half an hour.

The girl’s mother, Sky Gulliver, has been pleading for help on social media, telling ABC News the family were devastated to know their baby girl was missing.

“We would really like for her to come home where she can be safe and warm and with her loving parents that really, really miss her so much,” she said.

“If anyone has come across her, please bring her home, we just want our baby home.”

Another relative told ABC News this was the first time the little girl had gone missing.

“She usually stays around the house,” she said.

“This is very unlike her to go off. She was playing with the puppy at the time.

“We’re all a mess … we just want her home safe.”

She said Ruby liked playing with her parents’ two dogs and that she was a quiet and shy girl who “doesn’t talk much”.

“One second she was playing with the dog and next second she was gone,” she said.

Ruby’s mother said Ruby is due to turn three years old next week.

Police, SES volunteers and helicopters have been searching the property and surrounding area.

Thermal imaging equipment is also being used.

Police said they had no plans to call off the search any time soon.