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Dog Bite: To Sue Or Not To Sue
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<blockquote data-quote="toonertoo" data-source="post: 86225" data-attributes="member: 1944"><p>Brownclown, first the dog needs to be checked to see if his shots are up to date and if not needs to be quarantined, or watched for 10 days. All of this is taken care of through the local police dept. this dog needs to be tagged legally. Tetanus will not help if he has rabies, distemper or heartworm, or parvo. </p><p>2nd. people need to be responsible for their pets, and that is what I hate about resi where everyone opens their door, and tell me it wont bite, etc, while its frothing at the mouth to get a piece of me. I say sue, it is under homeowners ins. and it will raise their rates, and when it hits the pocket people learn. It is irresponsibility, on the owners part, pure and simple. Anyone who has a dog known to be aggressive, needs to have the ability and controls in place to deal with it. What if it had been a kid going around fund raising, or selling girlscout cookies. I doubt they would have fared as well as the Big ole UPS guy.</p><p>3rd. I never had a fear of dogs in my life, until I was attacked. It changed my whole life. I would hear my own keys jingle and it would scare me. And when you approach an area with a dog, and you are sending of the smell of fear, he knows it, if he never bit before he will bite you, coz he senses the fear, and it scares him. </p><p>4th. I didnt think mine was that bad either, as you described, it is called shock. And by the time my husband got the dog off of me my bicep was a memory, and a big stringy thing hanging out of my arm. 2 weeks off with no pay, as it happened in my neighborhood. Not at work. But in my case the guy had no homeowners so I was SOL. </p><p>5. I am a dog lover, I have had recently 2 dobermans, best dogs I have ever had, and not ever mean. But I dont let it go meet everyone at the door. And if I had children at home they would know not to answer the door until dog is contained. Because who knows what a dog thinks. And our uniforms and our trucks seem to set off an alert. Good luck to you, get that mutt checked. And I say go for as much as you can get, medical, time lost, and psychological damages. It will affect you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="toonertoo, post: 86225, member: 1944"] Brownclown, first the dog needs to be checked to see if his shots are up to date and if not needs to be quarantined, or watched for 10 days. All of this is taken care of through the local police dept. this dog needs to be tagged legally. Tetanus will not help if he has rabies, distemper or heartworm, or parvo. 2nd. people need to be responsible for their pets, and that is what I hate about resi where everyone opens their door, and tell me it wont bite, etc, while its frothing at the mouth to get a piece of me. I say sue, it is under homeowners ins. and it will raise their rates, and when it hits the pocket people learn. It is irresponsibility, on the owners part, pure and simple. Anyone who has a dog known to be aggressive, needs to have the ability and controls in place to deal with it. What if it had been a kid going around fund raising, or selling girlscout cookies. I doubt they would have fared as well as the Big ole UPS guy. 3rd. I never had a fear of dogs in my life, until I was attacked. It changed my whole life. I would hear my own keys jingle and it would scare me. And when you approach an area with a dog, and you are sending of the smell of fear, he knows it, if he never bit before he will bite you, coz he senses the fear, and it scares him. 4th. I didnt think mine was that bad either, as you described, it is called shock. And by the time my husband got the dog off of me my bicep was a memory, and a big stringy thing hanging out of my arm. 2 weeks off with no pay, as it happened in my neighborhood. Not at work. But in my case the guy had no homeowners so I was SOL. 5. I am a dog lover, I have had recently 2 dobermans, best dogs I have ever had, and not ever mean. But I dont let it go meet everyone at the door. And if I had children at home they would know not to answer the door until dog is contained. Because who knows what a dog thinks. And our uniforms and our trucks seem to set off an alert. Good luck to you, get that mutt checked. And I say go for as much as you can get, medical, time lost, and psychological damages. It will affect you. [/QUOTE]
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