whos fault would it be?

[borzoimom]

I am afraid any dog bite is serious. I would suggest being apologetic- not angry. I hope this works out, but having too many cats is the least of their problems. Does the dog have a rabies shot?

[BC_MoM]

Unfortunately, it is the fault of the owner - in the law's eyes.

The only way I think it wouldn't be is if the owner warned the person that their dog has the ability and may bite. Then again, they may claim that the dog is then dangerous and proper precautions (muzzle) should have been taken.

Animal lovers should have made the laws.

[Lori Jordan]

This is a sad situation,Where are they from,I was watching Animal Cops last night,This man had a rotti,The rotti was going to the vet office,I started watching half way through,Regardless the rotti had bitten,The animal control took as protecting his owner,All laws are different in different states i think this was in Miami,Regardless Best of luck too all inviloved.

My thinking though if you walk up to a strange dog your taking a chance,Regardless if the dog will nip,or it is the friendliest dog around.

My Maggy does not like strangers,Thankfully she just lets out a few grumbles and lays down.

[critter crazy]

Unfortunately it is the owners fault. This is why I was so concerned about rocky, who seemed to have aggression towards men. Just have them do the best they can to appease the man, and not get angry, accidents do happen. Best of luck!

[Suki Wingy]

Well, that man needs to be politley educated. My Layla bit anyone who came up and petted her, because she would be easily startled. I never touch ANYONE's dog without asking first.

[Ginger's Mom]

Applesmom said it very well. It is definitely the dog owners fault. There is a responsibility to control your dog. I had a foster that bit someone once (it was definitely not that person's fault). I attempted to be apologetic and offered to take the person to whatever doctor/hospital he wished to be checked out at. However, he indicated that since this was the second time he had been bitten by a dog (not one of my dogs, as a matter of fact not any of the dogs in our area) he was fed up and wanted to call the police. I politely waited until the police arrived gave them my information and took the foster and Ginger home. The man signed a complaint against me for failure to control a dog on leash. However, he never showed up at any of the court dates. Unfortunately, with my job I cannot be appearing on the municipal court lists, so I have had to stop fostering until I have my own property.

[angelbow20]

This is a sad situation,Where are they from,I was watching Animal Cops last night,This man had a rotti,The rotti was going to the vet office,I started watching half way through,Regardless the rotti had bitten,The animal control took as protecting his owner,All laws are different in different states i think this was in Miami,Regardless Best of luck too all inviloved.

My thinking though if you walk up to a strange dog your taking a chance,Regardless if the dog will nip,or it is the friendliest dog around.

My Maggy does not like strangers,Thankfully she just lets out a few grumbles and lays down.

They live in Pa.. so im not sure about the laws but my sisters boyfriend offered to pay for whatever he needs to, He said they guy had the smallest little scratch and flipped out and grabbed at the dog so fast that he couldnt even warn him intime, they were just outside there apartment door.

[lizbud]

I hope this works out, but having too many cats is the least of their problems. Does the dog have a rabies shot?

Where did you see the poster say that she has a lot of cats?

I would think that the man is at fault here. If he reached out to the dog
without permission, it's his fault.

Also All Vets keep records on all their patients, so tell her to contact the
Vets office again. Good luck with this.

[angelbow20]

I am afraid any dog bite is serious. I would suggest being apologetic- not angry. I hope this works out, but having too many cats is the least of their problems. Does the dog have a rabies shot?

they dont have any cats they only have 2 dogs. and they think she is up todate on her shots but arent sure because the vet never sends them reminders or calls either, they think she is getting close to it though.

[borzoimom]

they dont have any cats they only have 2 dogs. and they think she is up todate on her shots but arent sure because the vet never sends them reminders or calls either, they think she is getting close to it though.

I hope the vet has them and the shots are up to date. Sounds like to me the one bit is going to make trouble..

[GiantSchnauzer]

I'd say it was the owners fault. They had a dog out in public knowing that she doesn't like certain men. I would have steered clear of any oncoming people.

[Catlady711]

If the dogs had been seen by that vet; the vet is required to maintain a file on that pet with a copy of the rabies certificate attached. The rabies vaccination can also be confirmed by the local Rabies animal control agency.

Also All Vets keep records on all their patients, so tell her to contact the Vets office again. Good luck with this.

Both of you are correct, the vet is required to maintain records AND the owners are entitled to copies of those records. If it's true the vet loses records frequently then he may be held liable for failure to maintain and provide records and can be reported.

However not knowing the whole situation it is possible for people to 'vet hop' so often they don't remember where shots were given at or even where they had their appts at which would make getting records difficult. We get this about once a week.

Just had this happen today, a lady comes in with a cat, insists she has an appt with us for 2:30 (we don't have ANY appts scheduled from 2-3 today), then lady thinks 'maybe' it might have been with the hospital down the road from us (our names aren't even close). Nope we called them they never heard of her and didn't have anyone with a similar pet scheduled at all that day. Lady keeps insisting she has an appt with one of us at 2:30. We finally just sent her off to the other place to argue with them for a while since she was now convinced her appt was with the other hosp.

There's also a possibility of having vaccinations done at one of those low cost 'parking lot clinics' where they do a 1-2 day vaccination clinic with a local vet. If a person doesn't keep the records for themselves, it might be difficult to track down which vet was the one doing the shots that day.

Just some thoughts.