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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If op sues, she should be prepared to be counter-sued by the neighbor. The neighbor will say op was on their property and can ask for reimbursement of their legal fees, etc. OP, this can easily backfire and neighbor can actually say your child aggravated the dog. Without evidence (ring camera, etc) both sides will be hard to prove. Plus child not seriously injured enough to collect $$$.[/quote]

Yes, this is our worry.

Which is why we are in process of getting Ring footage from across the road neighbor.

I think we’ve decided to sit and wait.  If she’s going to go after us, we will go after her harder and with video proof (hopefully).

We can handle DDs medical bills.  We don’t think she’s traumatized.  What I don’t want is for her to go around telling people I randomly decided to go into her yard and kick her dog.  [/quote]

The unfortunate reality is that there's a not insignificant percentage of dog owners who are horrible human beings. This happened to my child as well. Public sidewalk. Just walking. Dog owner with a leashed German Shepherd walked by and the dog snapped and bit my child, breaking the skin. The dog owner immediately became very aggressive. The dog too of course was completely out of control now. And so we chose to extricate ourselves from the situation as quickly as possible. We got no info about the dog and since my child was bleeding we had no option but to get rabies shots. An unpleasant evening in the hospital and several thousand dollars down the drain

My recommendation is to go full maximalist. Lawyer up. Get the Ring videos. Sue for everything. Demand the dog be put down. Only when dog owners know there are consequences for biting children will they change their behavior. And your actions will save other children from that misfortune. I certainly wouldn't worry about your neighborhood reputation. You know very well that a woman like this is telling everyone that you trespassed and her dog saved her life. Go to war [/quote]

The problem with "full maximalist" is that there's just not that much to sue for here.  I don't know what jurisdiction OP lives in, but in Maryland, this wouldn't be a "put-down-able" offense.  I mean, you can be loud and demand whatever you want, but if you have no legal right to those things, all you're going to do is spend a lot of time, money, and energy for nothing.  [/quote]

True. But OP is dealing with a narcissistic neighbor with a dog that violently attacked their child. They just moved to the neighborhood. If there are no consequences, it will happen again. There will be a pervasive sense of fear and anger. And no one wants that when they’re looking to quietly raise their kids in a safe neighborhood

Sometimes legal pressure serves a purpose that doesn’t require legal resolution. It’s stressful being involved in the court system. Let that dog owner stew in the meantime. Pretty sure she won’t let that dog attack anyone when the courts will kill it for any future violation

I used to live in a country where things were much more simple. Rat poison in a piece of meat. This was for a dog that was terrorizing the neighborhood. Talked to the owner afterwards. She was very upset. It was the third time that’d happened

Some dog owners are genuinely awful. And if you’re stuck with one in your neighborhood, you need to hit them as hard as you can

Legally of course [/quote]

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