You're best bet would be to call your county animal control, they can tell you.


You hit the nail right on the head w/ this one:
I would think that it would be the fault of the parent for not watching the child, and for not making sure the child knows NOT to go sticking its hands thru fences with dogs on the other side. Of course, we are talking about the country where if I robbed your house, fell and hurt myself, I could sue YOU and WIN. To be on the safe side, I would try to put something up that would prevent him from sticking his fingers thru. If he managed to do it anyway, it would show that you would have at least tried to fix it so he couldn't. It should then go back to the parents.
Personally I hate the way they run things around here (the USA). I mean its different if your dog is loose, but if your dog is on your property than you shouldn't be responsible even if your dog kills someone (not like they should have killer dogs but ya know what I'm saying?)