Lawyer here.

Feel free to get a lawyer if you have money to burn and just want to spend it to prove a point. Your child didn’t suffer enough damage, so you’d end up paying the lawyer more than you’re ever going to be out of pocket on medical bills. And you’re not going to be able to get the dog “put down” either. You have no where near enough injury or evidence to make that happen.

Also are you 100 percent sure that your toddler didn’t inadvertently trespass on the dog owner’s property? Sounds like the neighbors said the toddler did. That doesn’t make it right that the dog bit your toddler but from a legal liability standpoint it complicates things.

Bottom line is you’re wasting your money if you get a lawyer. You might not even find one wiling to take this on it’s so petty. It’s time to move on.

Don’t be naive. Hire a lawyer and sue for all expenses plus 10k or so in emotional trauma on your children. Counseling now or later.

Had the owner not offered to pay medical bills but just taken responsibility with the police, I’d say let it go. But now trying to get you in trouble is too much. Rain hell fire.

Ask neighbors for ring video evidence.

Tell the women you want compensation for medical bills and to have the dog put down. Tell her she can do it willingly, or via a suit.

What an awful dog owner.

I’d definitely consider getting a lawyer. Not sure I’d go through with the suit (sounds exhausting and miserable and expressive) not at least talk to someone and her a sense of your options. This would not be my opinion if the neighbour had apologized and not blamed you for the incident. But the way they’re acting is really upsetting. I’m so sorry this happened to you and so glad your DD is okay.

Anonymous wrote:Also, you are a POS if you sue or try to get the dog out down. Get a damn grip.

WTH?

What will it take for dog owners to actually take responsibility for their animals??

Too late for a trainer. LOL. Follow thru OP and get your money back. Hoping the police and animal control handle this to your satisfaction.

Little Coco my a$$.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm conflict avoidant too, but in this case I'm team DH. Honestly I'd probably take it further and look into making a case the dog should be put down so it can't attack other innocent people in the future, but no idea if this is feasible.

You must not have a dog or you wouldn’t say something so cruel. We had a Yorkie and he was a nipper. I would never have him unleashed. Someone let my five year old niece walk him once and she couldn’t hold on. He ran to this woman walking and bit her ankle. I felt so awful, I told her I’d pay if she wanted to get it looked at. It didn’t break the skin.

I would not blame someone for kicking my little CoCo if he was biting anyone. Some people are shameless.

Your Yorkie was a known nipper who was always leashed and broke away from your niece one time, and was, I assume, never allowed to be walked by a small child again. The dog in this situation was allowed to leave its yard and bite a toddler on a public sidewalk. Not the same thing.

Had your Yorkie broken away from a child and nipped OP’s daughter, and you felt awful and apologized, I think OP would have accepted the apology and had zero thought about engaging a lawyer.

Hopefully this dog just needs to be restrained by a leash, confined to its yard, and/or get some sessions with a trainer. There are plenty of wonderful dogs who are not allowed to be off leash around dogs, children, cats, farm animals etc. They need diligent owners.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm conflict avoidant too, but in this case I'm team DH. Honestly I'd probably take it further and look into making a case the dog should be put down so it can't attack other innocent people in the future, but no idea if this is feasible.

You must not have a dog or you wouldn’t say something so cruel. We had a Yorkie and he was a nipper. I would never have him unleashed. Someone let my five year old niece walk him once and she couldn’t hold on. He ran to this woman walking and bit her ankle. I felt so awful, I told her I’d pay if she wanted to get it looked at. It didn’t break the skin.

I would not blame someone for kicking my little CoCo if he was biting anyone. Some people are shameless.

A nipper, ie biter.

Sue and get the dog put down. Only these kinds of actions will keep the pet owners responsible.

Also, you are a POS if you sue or try to get the dog out down. Get a damn grip.

Idk what happened in this situation, but I have a small dog and parents regularly let their small kids run up to him to ‘pet the cute doggy’. He freaks out.

Anonymous wrote:I'm conflict avoidant too, but in this case I'm team DH. Honestly I'd probably take it further and look into making a case the dog should be put down so it can't attack other innocent people in the future, but no idea if this is feasible.

You must not have a dog or you wouldn’t say something so cruel. We had a Yorkie and he was a nipper. I would never have him unleashed. Someone let my five year old niece walk him once and she couldn’t hold on. He ran to this woman walking and bit her ankle. I felt so awful, I told her I’d pay if she wanted to get it looked at. It didn’t break the skin.

I would not blame someone for kicking my little CoCo if he was biting anyone. Some people are shameless.

Anonymous wrote:I'm conflict avoidant too, but in this case I'm team DH. Honestly I'd probably take it further and look into making a case the dog should be put down so it can't attack other innocent people in the future, but no idea if this is feasible.

+ 1
Sue the owner. Also, make a case that the dog should be put down. Your kid was attacked and bitten.

Team DH. I am mad for you guys! We had an incident where my 2yo was bitten by a dog in a park where leashes are required - the dog ran from 20 feet away and attacked. Fortunately it was a small dog and while it but through my daughters pants, it didn’t break skin. I really wish we had called animal control.