silverlance
Member
today i was walking my dog in the hot so. california sun, with my glasses off. my dog was on a retractable leash. as i passed the house where last year an unleashed rottwieler had attacked me right in front of its owner, the dog itself suddenlyt hopped up from benhind a car where it had been laying down out of my sight. it went straight for me and my dog. stalin (my jindo) immedialy intercepted, and i made the terrible mistake of trying to pull my dog back. immediately the rott jumped stlin and bit him severely on his neck, back, and side. i suffered 5 second degree rope burns on the insides of the fingers of my left hand.
the dog owner came out 8 seconds later and separated his dog by kicking his dog five or six times.
as i led my bleeding dog away, he said, "i am sorry, but he does not do this.."
i took stalin to the vet er. he is now sleeping off surgery.
i had to then go to my own er. i have a bandaged up left hand. hopefully infextion will not aset in and i will regain full use of my hand.
if i had been allowed to carry, this would not have happened. even in the state of ca nobody would argue that a 200 lb rott does not present danger of serious bodily harm.
my wqarning to the rest of you: always be aware of your surroundings. this was on a balmy afternoon, nobody on the streets (except for two door2door salesmen who have since given me a written statement), peaceful lazy 4pm.
you can tell this story to those who say, "you're being paranoid - you don't need -that-".
i hurt like heck right now, cuts in my hand are about 6mm deep, and my dog has a tube sticking out of his back.
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now. any suggestions on what i should do? the police wont take a report because an off leash dog is not a crime, only a maytter for the health and safety dept. and they are closed until monday.
should i hire an attorney? any recommendations?
should i go tak to the stupid owner?
and how should i prepare myself against future events?
the dog owner came out 8 seconds later and separated his dog by kicking his dog five or six times.
as i led my bleeding dog away, he said, "i am sorry, but he does not do this.."
i took stalin to the vet er. he is now sleeping off surgery.
i had to then go to my own er. i have a bandaged up left hand. hopefully infextion will not aset in and i will regain full use of my hand.
if i had been allowed to carry, this would not have happened. even in the state of ca nobody would argue that a 200 lb rott does not present danger of serious bodily harm.
my wqarning to the rest of you: always be aware of your surroundings. this was on a balmy afternoon, nobody on the streets (except for two door2door salesmen who have since given me a written statement), peaceful lazy 4pm.
you can tell this story to those who say, "you're being paranoid - you don't need -that-".
i hurt like heck right now, cuts in my hand are about 6mm deep, and my dog has a tube sticking out of his back.
...
now. any suggestions on what i should do? the police wont take a report because an off leash dog is not a crime, only a maytter for the health and safety dept. and they are closed until monday.
should i hire an attorney? any recommendations?
should i go tak to the stupid owner?
and how should i prepare myself against future events?