For the first time ever I was bitten by a dog yesterday.
For months people here have heard me go on about the neighbor and her inability to control her dogs. We called the cops and had her cited. She just didn't get it. Wednesday the dogs attacked me and my dog again and I called the police - again. She got another citation. ($350)
I have long chats with the police about what she is and is not doing to care for this dog.....
Yesterday the kids and I are walking our trash to the end of our drive. We don't have the car, its me, two kids and our dog (on a leash) the two dogs come after us. They stalk along growling and barking at us util they just take off.
My kids are scared to death and crying, I am furious again because they were back on my property. But, all along I really thought these two dogs were dog aggressive, not people aggressive. So I talk it over with the kids and we decide that we will go over and visit and my daughter can tell the woman that she is afraid of her dogs and we can go over that this is not about me being territorial or mean, it is about being afraid to walk on my own property! And for jimminy crickets the citation was only three days ago! You think she would behave for a day or two!
So, I go over in my car. The front door is open so clearly some one is home. I blow the horn a couple of times and no one comes up. This is where I made my mistake. I still thought the dogs wer dog aggressive. I thought my kids were overreacting somewhat. I got out of the car and the dog started dancing at me aggressively so I backed away from him - still facing him. But, as I turned to get back into my car he bit me.
Hard. It's a major bite, not a play bite or a warning bite. You can count his teeth in the marks. Cop says she still doesn't get it. He said she still keeps complaining about how you used to be able to let your dogs run free in the country.
For months people here have heard me go on about the neighbor and her inability to control her dogs. We called the cops and had her cited. She just didn't get it. Wednesday the dogs attacked me and my dog again and I called the police - again. She got another citation. ($350)
I have long chats with the police about what she is and is not doing to care for this dog.....
Yesterday the kids and I are walking our trash to the end of our drive. We don't have the car, its me, two kids and our dog (on a leash) the two dogs come after us. They stalk along growling and barking at us util they just take off.
My kids are scared to death and crying, I am furious again because they were back on my property. But, all along I really thought these two dogs were dog aggressive, not people aggressive. So I talk it over with the kids and we decide that we will go over and visit and my daughter can tell the woman that she is afraid of her dogs and we can go over that this is not about me being territorial or mean, it is about being afraid to walk on my own property! And for jimminy crickets the citation was only three days ago! You think she would behave for a day or two!
So, I go over in my car. The front door is open so clearly some one is home. I blow the horn a couple of times and no one comes up. This is where I made my mistake. I still thought the dogs wer dog aggressive. I thought my kids were overreacting somewhat. I got out of the car and the dog started dancing at me aggressively so I backed away from him - still facing him. But, as I turned to get back into my car he bit me.
Hard. It's a major bite, not a play bite or a warning bite. You can count his teeth in the marks. Cop says she still doesn't get it. He said she still keeps complaining about how you used to be able to let your dogs run free in the country.
