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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This all happened yesterday so still processing.

I was walking with my toddler (22 months) and infant.  Infant strapped to chest as toddler is about a foot in front of me.  A very small terrier mix ran from porch and started attacking DD.  Bit her on the legs and would not let go.  Dog  owner (woman in her 60s) yelled at dog to stop, in a panic I kicked the dog hard.  The dog let go and ran back to the porch and neighbor screamed at me for kicking dog.  I swooped crying toddler up and headed home.

DH took her to urgent care and they asked for address of dog owner so they can attempt to get vaccination record.  Police went and thankfully dog is up to date on vaccines but is being quarantined.  DD got antibiotic shot but is ok.

Today an officer came by to question us about the incident.  The neighbors are claiming we came on to property and assaulted the dog.

DH is fuming and wants to get a lawyer and sue for damages (medical bills, which overall aren’t that bad).

I am not a confrontational person.  These people live 8 houses down.  We are fairly new to area and I don’t want this to become a bigger issue.

I do think they should offer to pay for DD medical expenses.  I’m confused as to why they say we went onto their property and I kicked dog.  All this took place on sidewalk and I kicked the dog to get it off my child?

Should we get a lawyer?  Especially if our neighbors are going to accuse me of something I did not do?[/quote]

The "every dog is entitled to one bite" thing is real. My son was the first of two middle school age kids at a halloween corn maze place who were bitten by an elderly, arthritic, matted dog who clearly should have been given sanctuary from tons of hyper kids--thre were some organized groups as well as families (my son went with my sister and her daughter). My son reached down and petted the dog and ended up with 7 stitches, even wearing a lined, fairly thick, jacket. Right after that a girl got bit. They both ended up in the same ER. Dog was not vaccinated and ordered euthanized. Read in the paper the girl got a decent settlement, which I had not considered. Called a lawyer who said sine my kid was bitten first we were out of luck. [/quote]

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