Dog bite/ attack

[TinkerBelleLuvr]

And we never did figure out when Wendy got nipped either.

 

[justalayman]

TinkerBelleLuvr;2856767]so, the other person whose dog ran out of the house has no liability?

What I understand from your explanation is this: loose dog came after your dogs. You stood between to separate them. Somewhere along the line you got tangled and tripped by the leashes. You fell and subsequently released the leashes.

The owner of the loose dog came and restrained her dog which, if your dog was leashed, would have ended the situation. Since your dog was no longer controlled, it was free to go after the other dog and got the owner instead of the dog.

Is that what happened or not? Maybe I'm misunderstanding the situation (remember where I said I cannot see exactly what happened) but since you are so adamant you have no fault here, maybe I'm misunderstanding what actually happened.

 

[TinkerBelleLuvr]

The loose dog came charging us. I was working on keeping loose dog away from the terrier who wasn't liking the situation. Wendy came running and was working on trying to hold down her dog. I was literally at this point surrounded by all three dogs with her trying to hold her dog who was getting out of her hands. I tangled in the leashes at this point and fell. When I fell, I dropped the leashes. The lab left the scene and terrier was now next to me and Wendy snarling at bulldog. I grabbed the leash back to get him back. Wendy's husband came to the rescue to grab the dog. We got the dogs apart. Wendy was between the two dogs. We were ALL next to each other with this.

BOTH dogs nipped each other AND drew blood. Wendy did NOT have any puncture wounds - in fact, you didn't see where there was any teeth marks.

She did state that it was her fault that she got nipped since she was between the dogs.

 

[TinkerBelleLuvr]

Update:

Humans are fine ... doggies are fine ... no major damage was cause.

The neighbors are going to be putting up an interior baby gate to slow the dogs. They are looking at putting in an electric fence in to boot to keep the dogs in.

I will be carrying my bags in a waist pack, along with my phone. I will be picking up some pepper spray.

No litigation will be happening. I didn't think so, but I wanted to understand the liability from both sides.

Oh, I'm also getting a free mani/pedi and haircut from the lady's hair salon I'll be making her a necklace and earring for her to wear.

Sure is nice when it can be amicably be fixed

 

[CJane]

Update:

Humans are fine ... doggies are fine ... no major damage was cause.

The neighbors are going to be putting up an interior baby gate to slow the dogs. They are looking at putting in an electric fence in to boot to keep the dogs in.

I will be carrying my bags in a waist pack, along with my phone. I will be picking up some pepper spray.

No litigation will be happening. I didn't think so, but I wanted to understand the liability from both sides.

Oh, I'm also getting a free mani/pedi and haircut from the lady's hair salon I'll be making her a necklace and earring for her to wear.

Sure is nice when it can be amicably be fixed

Practice using it first! And be super careful to not spray YOUR doggies!

 

[TinkerBelleLuvr]

I used to have pepper spray with me at all times on the bike up north. I swear that it sometimes felt that I was carrying an invisible sign that said, "please chase me. I want to go faster up this big a** hill with you chasing me with big teeth." My aim was dead on - mucho practice.

 

[stealth2]

They are looking at putting in an electric fence in to boot to keep the dogs in.

I assume you mean like Invisible Fencing? Be aware that it will NOT stop a dog determined to get to something on the other side.

 

[TheGeekess]

I assume you mean like Invisible Fencing? Be aware that it will NOT stop a dog determined to get to something on the other side.

Neither will a traditional electric fence (think livestock) unless it is multiple strands.

 

[csi7]

I would strongly advise the neighbor to put up a second barrier fence outside the front door area since this dog is a runner. Under the new rules in Florida, dogs considered dangerous (and this runner is considered dangerous), need to be physically under direct control at all times.
Homeowner Insurance will NOT cover an incident where it is proven that the dog has gotten loose in the past.
If you wear cologne or scented fragrance, that can attract the animals to you out in the street as well. The pepper spray will help. When walking multiple animals, there is a secondary leash that can be attached to the belt to keep the animal under leash control.
I hope you keep walking the animals, and have a safe time in the future walking them.