Dog bitten

JJJJNR

My lab pup was bitten fairly badly on her paw (requiring overnight, anaesthetic and stitches) she was bitten through the fence at the side of my house by my neighbours dog, its the second time its happened the first time it wasn't bad so we put it down to experience and had a dog run built, but this happened at a time when they were having time out of the run. Our young children play out our back garden and often play close to the fence, so we are very concerned now that this dog will bite them.

I've approached the owner and suggested we go 50/50 on the cost of vet, but was literately told to f**k-off they weren't paying and it was the dogs fault for putting its paw through the fence, asked would they have the same attitude if it was one of my kids and got a door slammed in my face, so now I can't allow my pup out of the dog run unsupervised and can't allow my kids near the fence which is unacceptable given its our garden, we are basically being bullied by this person and their dog now.

Stheno

Could you maybe put some screening in front of the fence to stop any access?

Gran Hermano

Is the fence a boundary between your property and theirs?
Was the neighbours dog on their property when it happened?

JJJJNR

I'm out of pocket to the tune of 210+ euro over this now, but yes I got some chicken wire which I'm in the process of putting up, but that is still down to me being proactive because of what their dog did to mine (again) they don't give to f's well apart from telling me to f.off, worst type of dog owner who hasn't walked their dog in two years.. so its not the dogs fault, the dog is overly aggressive.

JJJJNR

Gran Hermano wrote: »

Is the fence a boundary between your property and theirs?
Was the neighbours dog on their property when it happened?

Yes and yes, actually I think the dog may have put their snout through the fence to bite ours.

muddypaws

Just put some fencing panels up if you're concerned, chicken wire isn't going to work, as it still has 'holes' in it, you need something solid. If you can't afford the panels, then you can get the screening as suggested above. Whilst your neighbour does sound like a bit of an idiot, he/she does kind of have a point, if your dog, or, as you're worried about, your children put their paws or hands through the fence into his/her garden, that's not really their problem, unless their dog is going onto your property. Who's fence is it, yours or theirs?

JJJJNR

Oh I didn't know that, the way I see it is, if they are prepared to allow the dog be vicious they should pay for the consequences of its/their actions, by paying at least 50% of the damage its caused and put up their own panels, but obviously from what your saying it doesn't work like that and people don't have to be in anyway responsible for animals on their property.

Jessssusss.

kylith

JJJJNR wrote: »

Oh I didn't know that, the way I see it is, if they are prepared to allow the dog be vicious they should pay for the consequences of its/their actions, by paying at least 50% of the damage its caused and put up their own panels, but obviously from what your saying it doesn't work like that and people don't have to be in anyway responsible for animals on their property.

Jessssusss.

If your pup put its paw through the fence, and you can't say for sure that it didn't*, then your dog was in their garden and that would be your problem. As far as I know they are entitled to let their dog behave however they want on their own property.

They don't sound like good owners but, unfortunately, there is no law against that. Put up the fence panels, keep your pets and children safe, and let their dog run riot in their garden.

* And, tbh, I'd see that as more plausible than an adult dog managing to get its muzzle through the fence to bite the pup.

andreac

JJJJNR wrote: »

Oh I didn't know that, the way I see it is, if they are prepared to allow the dog be vicious they should pay for the consequences of its/their actions, by paying at least 50% of the damage its caused and put up their own panels, but obviously from what your saying it doesn't work like that and people don't have to be in anyway responsible for animals on their property.

Jessssusss.

Sorry, but they arent allowing the dog to be vicious?? Your dog put its paw through the fence. The dog was entitled to protect its own property.

Most dogs would do the same and you are being very naive to think they wouldnt and im sorry, but you need to take some responsibility for your own dog and its actions.

Put up proper fencing and this wont happen again. Why should they put up panels? Its your dog that is being bitten by going through to their side of the fence, so its YOUR issue, not theirs, so its up to you to stop YOUR dog going through the fence.

tk123

Wasn't there a case a while back where somebody delivering leaflets - they put their hand into to letterbox and got bitten and tried to sue - court ruled in favor of the dog's owners.

Fence or no fence part of owning a puppy is realizing that not all dogs are accepting of puppies and being ready to step in and not have them annoying other dogs and landing themselves in trouble. Socialising with patient adult dogs will teach your puppy manners and make the polite when approaching other dogs - I say this as the owner of a 4 year old and 4 month old puppy..she's learnt not to rush in and get in other dogs faces

I'd suggest you invest in pet insurance too btw..

JJJJNR

No it didn't it ruled against the owners of the dog, it was a post man, he got something like 35k from it also, but thats not what were talking about.

tk123

JJJJNR wrote: »

No it didn't it ruled against the owners of the dog, it was a post man, he got something like 35k from it also, but thats not what were talking about.

Actually i think the one I read was that the letter box cut the guy and he tried to blame the dog - they said it was his own fault for putting his hand all the way in the letter box..

JJJJNR

thats unreal! cheeky hope he had to cover all legal costs.

andreac

Fighting wrote: »

omg. sorry to hear that .animals are our friends.but we have not look careful to our old friends.

Huh??