Small dog attacked toddler while in walk

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Anonymous wrote:What was the breed? I bet I can guess.

I believe a Cairn Terrier. Or a mix. It was a smaller dog, probably 15 pounds.

People talk about large breeds but the nastiest dogs I've ever been around are some yappy little ones.

Small dogs are usually more aggressive but are also relatively harmless.

A large dog could easily kill a child. This small dog that OP even admits did very little damage.

I get that the situation was scary but I do think OP overacted. A good washing and some hydrogen peroxide would have saved them a lot of money.

People don’t like to hear it but smaller dogs are just not dangerous. Even the mean ones. It sounds like this dog put it’s all to the attack and still DD didn’t even need stitches? So why does it need to be put down? She could have gotten hurt worse had she just tripped over her own two feet and skinned her knee.

OP, I assume she’s your oldest. Take it from an experienced parents. Little incidences like this will happen often. Scraped knees, hurt feelings, but bites, mean dogs. It’s hard to see our kids hurt but be mindful not to overreact. Your reaction probably scared her more than the little crusty dog.

Doctor here. This is not true. Dog bites warrant medical attention and abx treatment.

NP but I agree - my sister's small dog (a westie) bit me when I was pregnant, and the wound (which was really a minor scrape, it wasn't a hard bite) got infected. I had to get antibiotics.

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The good news: DD is healing beautifully and doesn’t seem to even remember the incident. No signs that she’s scared of any dogs!

The bad news: the dog unfortunately passed away while being monitored. We don’t know what happened and we are sincerely sad with this outcome.

The owners were clearly VERY upset and we had an incident last week where the husband came to our house and physically threatened our family. Police were called and it’s just been a downhill shitshow since.

We do not feel safe in this neighborhood anymore. It’s just been really rough and I never imagined this would unfold as bad as it has.

Sorry you’re going through this.

Hopefully if your neighbors make the terrible decision that they should be dog owners again, maybe this time they’ll control their property and use a leash.

Unlikely. Bad pet owners are unlikely to realize that they are bad pet owners and learn to be good pet owners. They'll continue to be bad pet owners and will blame all the problems on the victims (in this case, OP).

It was bad before, but since the pandemic, there has been a huge increase in the number of bad pet owners. People who shouldn't own pets had previously not owned pets, but a lot more of the got pets over the pandemic "for companionship" and it's exacerbated the problems.

The dog was on the porch on their property and ran off. This could happen to anyone.

Not anyone who appropriately handles their dog and follows the law.

If the dog was on the porch with them they were following the law. They had the dog on their property.

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Anonymous wrote:If you kicked the dog, you assaulted it.

Doesn't matter. The dog was attacked on PUBLIC property. GTFOH!

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Anonymous wrote:OP again.

The good news: DD is healing beautifully and doesn’t seem to even remember the incident. No signs that she’s scared of any dogs!

The bad news: the dog unfortunately passed away while being monitored. We don’t know what happened and we are sincerely sad with this outcome.

The owners were clearly VERY upset and we had an incident last week where the husband came to our house and physically threatened our family. Police were called and it’s just been a downhill shitshow since.

We do not feel safe in this neighborhood anymore. It’s just been really rough and I never imagined this would unfold as bad as it has.

Sorry you’re going through this.

Hopefully if your neighbors make the terrible decision that they should be dog owners again, maybe this time they’ll control their property and use a leash.

Unlikely. Bad pet owners are unlikely to realize that they are bad pet owners and learn to be good pet owners. They'll continue to be bad pet owners and will blame all the problems on the victims (in this case, OP).

It was bad before, but since the pandemic, there has been a huge increase in the number of bad pet owners. People who shouldn't own pets had previously not owned pets, but a lot more of the got pets over the pandemic "for companionship" and it's exacerbated the problems.

The dog was on the porch on their property and ran off. This could happen to anyone.

Not anyone who appropriately handles their dog and follows the law.

If the dog was on the porch with them they were following the law. They had the dog on their property.

Not how this works
ANIMAL HAS BE UNDER OWNER’S CONTROL, WHICHNIT EVIDENTLY WASN’T SINCE IT RAN OFF THE PROPERTY AND BIT A KID.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP again.

The good news: DD is healing beautifully and doesn’t seem to even remember the incident. No signs that she’s scared of any dogs!

The bad news: the dog unfortunately passed away while being monitored. We don’t know what happened and we are sincerely sad with this outcome.

The owners were clearly VERY upset and we had an incident last week where the husband came to our house and physically threatened our family. Police were called and it’s just been a downhill shitshow since.

We do not feel safe in this neighborhood anymore. It’s just been really rough and I never imagined this would unfold as bad as it has.

Glad for your little DD and so sorry about the strife with the neighbors. I think I missed something -- the dog died "while being monitored"? Was it in custody of animal control or something, waiting to be sure it wasn't infected/had rabies even though it supposedly had a vaccinatio record? Sorry if this got mentioned and somehow I missed it. I would be concerned at this point about why the dog died because I'd want to know if it had any disease that could be passed to your DD -- I know, you said she's healing well, but I still would wonder even though it's been a while.

As for the neighbors, I'm guessing you already have those physical threats on a police report--right? You will need all the documentation you can get. If you don't already have a doorbell camera/other cameras as well as motion sensor lights around the exterior of your house--I would get those, ASAP. Lights for the whole exterior, so if someone comes up to your house in the night the lights switch on and there's no cover of darkness to hide anyone. Sorry to have to suggest that, but that's reality when a neighbor is unhinged.
Please updated us, many of us here will be thinking about your family, OP.

Yea, the dog was being monitored by animal control for five days. I think on the night of the last day the dog passed away and we do not know why.

We did not ask for the dog to be placed in condiment and be monitored. It’s standard in our area after an attack that breaks the skin. Even if the dog attacks another dog.

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Anonymous wrote:So sorry to hear that you’re going through this, OP. Were you able to get the neighbor’s doorbell camera footage?

Yes. There’s essentially no case. So neighbors never pressed charges but they are definitely unhinged and angry and are making sure we feel unsafe regardless.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP again.

The good news: DD is healing beautifully and doesn’t seem to even remember the incident. No signs that she’s scared of any dogs!

The bad news: the dog unfortunately passed away while being monitored. We don’t know what happened and we are sincerely sad with this outcome.

The owners were clearly VERY upset and we had an incident last week where the husband came to our house and physically threatened our family. Police were called and it’s just been a downhill shitshow since.

We do not feel safe in this neighborhood anymore. It’s just been really rough and I never imagined this would unfold as bad as it has.

How hard did you kick the dog, OP? Like hard enough to cause internal injuries? Are they saying you killed the dog?

I kicked it fairly hard in ribs. It was able to immediately run to the owners. I guess it’s possible I could have caused internal injuries.

But no, the owners are claiming the dog died of “stress”.

I don’t know what actually happened or caused the dogs death.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP again.

The good news: DD is healing beautifully and doesn’t seem to even remember the incident. No signs that she’s scared of any dogs!

The bad news: the dog unfortunately passed away while being monitored. We don’t know what happened and we are sincerely sad with this outcome.

The owners were clearly VERY upset and we had an incident last week where the husband came to our house and physically threatened our family. Police were called and it’s just been a downhill shitshow since.

We do not feel safe in this neighborhood anymore. It’s just been really rough and I never imagined this would unfold as bad as it has.

Get cameras, if you don’t already have them. Make sure their record and even get a few angles. Get a protection order asap. I’m sorry your child was bit and I’m sorry the dog died. Just a crappy outcome all over.

We have cameras and a security system. Yes, we filed a report and are in the process of filing a protective order (but we will see how that goes).

Both neighbors have threatened my family with violence. The husband, a man in his early 60s threatened to kick my infant in the ribs if he saw us again. So yeah, it’s ugly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All this could have been avoided if the dog had been leashed or contained, but of course the owners won’t acknowledge that.

Yup. If the dog owners followed the leash law their dog would be alive. Sadly they will never admit that to themselves. Let’s hope they don’t get another dog ever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP again.

The good news: DD is healing beautifully and doesn’t seem to even remember the incident. No signs that she’s scared of any dogs!

The bad news: the dog unfortunately passed away while being monitored. We don’t know what happened and we are sincerely sad with this outcome.

The owners were clearly VERY upset and we had an incident last week where the husband came to our house and physically threatened our family. Police were called and it’s just been a downhill shitshow since.

We do not feel safe in this neighborhood anymore. It’s just been really rough and I never imagined this would unfold as bad as it has.

How hard did you kick the dog, OP? Like hard enough to cause internal injuries? Are they saying you killed the dog?

I kicked it fairly hard in ribs. It was able to immediately run to the owners. I guess it’s possible I could have caused internal injuries.

But no, the owners are claiming the dog died of “stress”.

I don’t know what actually happened or caused the dogs death.

If you kicked the dog hard it could have caused issues.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:All this could have been avoided if the dog had been leashed or contained, but of course the owners won’t acknowledge that.

Yup. If the dog owners followed the leash law their dog would be alive. Sadly they will never admit that to themselves. Let’s hope they don’t get another dog ever.

The dog does not need to be leashed on their property.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP again.

The good news: DD is healing beautifully and doesn’t seem to even remember the incident. No signs that she’s scared of any dogs!

The bad news: the dog unfortunately passed away while being monitored. We don’t know what happened and we are sincerely sad with this outcome.

The owners were clearly VERY upset and we had an incident last week where the husband came to our house and physically threatened our family. Police were called and it’s just been a downhill shitshow since.

We do not feel safe in this neighborhood anymore. It’s just been really rough and I never imagined this would unfold as bad as it has.

Get cameras, if you don’t already have them. Make sure their record and even get a few angles. Get a protection order asap. I’m sorry your child was bit and I’m sorry the dog died. Just a crappy outcome all over.

We have cameras and a security system. Yes, we filed a report and are in the process of filing a protective order (but we will see how that goes).

Both neighbors have threatened my family with violence. The husband, a man in his early 60s threatened to kick my infant in the ribs if he saw us again. So yeah, it’s ugly.

Omg. What did the police say about a grown man threatening to abuse a small child?

Also, have you befriended anyone else in your neighborhood? I think it’s time to get your side of what is going on out to a few neighbors who may be sympathetic and hopefully spread the word around. You are the entirely sympathetic family here and I guarantee a man who threatens *a freaking baby* isn’t someone without a history of known altercations with people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP again.

The good news: DD is healing beautifully and doesn’t seem to even remember the incident. No signs that she’s scared of any dogs!

The bad news: the dog unfortunately passed away while being monitored. We don’t know what happened and we are sincerely sad with this outcome.

The owners were clearly VERY upset and we had an incident last week where the husband came to our house and physically threatened our family. Police were called and it’s just been a downhill shitshow since.

We do not feel safe in this neighborhood anymore. It’s just been really rough and I never imagined this would unfold as bad as it has.

Glad for your little DD and so sorry about the strife with the neighbors. I think I missed something -- the dog died "while being monitored"? Was it in custody of animal control or something, waiting to be sure it wasn't infected/had rabies even though it supposedly had a vaccinatio record? Sorry if this got mentioned and somehow I missed it. I would be concerned at this point about why the dog died because I'd want to know if it had any disease that could be passed to your DD -- I know, you said she's healing well, but I still would wonder even though it's been a while.

As for the neighbors, I'm guessing you already have those physical threats on a police report--right? You will need all the documentation you can get. If you don't already have a doorbell camera/other cameras as well as motion sensor lights around the exterior of your house--I would get those, ASAP. Lights for the whole exterior, so if someone comes up to your house in the night the lights switch on and there's no cover of darkness to hide anyone. Sorry to have to suggest that, but that's reality when a neighbor is unhinged.
Please updated us, many of us here will be thinking about your family, OP.

Yea, the dog was being monitored by animal control for five days. I think on the night of the last day the dog passed away and we do not know why.

We did not ask for the dog to be placed in condiment and be monitored. It’s standard in our area after an attack that breaks the skin. Even if the dog attacks another dog.

It sounds like animal control failed to get the dog medical care after you kicked the dog hard and it probably died of neglect or a medical issue from being attacked.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All this could have been avoided if the dog had been leashed or contained, but of course the owners won’t acknowledge that.

Yup. If the dog owners followed the leash law their dog would be alive. Sadly they will never admit that to themselves. Let’s hope they don’t get another dog ever.

The dog does not need to be leashed on their property.

Ok but the dog needs to not run off on its own and bite people unprovoked.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Good, that dog will never hurt anyone again.

I would definitely move in this scenario, though.

We are actually really considering moving.

We originally settled down here because it’s an affordable and safe community. Mostly retirees. But now we don’t feel safe and we are definitely outliers here.

Everyone else is kind but they don’t want to get involved in our drama. I think these neighbors have caused hell for many and people are glad they aren’t the current targets.