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**SergeyLisin** · 06-04-2012, 01:17 AM

I just want to be 100% clear on this. I think the liability is always with the owner of the unleashed dog if something happens, correct?

Amy and I got charged by an off-leash spaniel earlier. The owner had no voice control over her dog and the dog kept running at us (more playful than aggressive, not that it matters to my dog who is terrified of all other dogs). I grabbed Amy quickly and had her up on her hind legs with her head smooshed against my chest while I was holding her collar tightly, she was just whimpering and whining and looking at me with big terrified eyes. I shoved the other dog away with my foot and yelled at the owner several times to get her dog.

When she FINALLY got the dog (who kept running away from her and then back toward Amy and I), she laughed and said "oh, he just wanted to play" at which point I kind of lost my shit, and told her that my dog is a PIT BULL who is terrified of other dogs and I was trying to make sure my dog didn't KILL her dog. But she would have been liable if something had happened because her dog was off leash. And I told her if I ever see that dog off leash again I'll call animal control (I probably should have in the first place but I didn't have my phone on me and didn't want to stick around).

SO I just want to make sure I'm right about that - if an off leash dog charges us and god forbid Amy attacks it, Amy couldn't be seized or put down, right?

(And yes, I do have a breakstick. I'd just rather not let anything get to the point where I need it.)

06-04-2012, 01:17 AM	#1
SergeyLisin Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 491 Senior Member	Leashed dog vs. Unleashed Dog - Who would be at fault? I just want to be 100% clear on this. I think the liability is always with the owner of the unleashed dog if something happens, correct? Amy and I got charged by an off-leash spaniel earlier. The owner had no voice control over her dog and the dog kept running at us (more playful than aggressive, not that it matters to my dog who is terrified of all other dogs). I grabbed Amy quickly and had her up on her hind legs with her head smooshed against my chest while I was holding her collar tightly, she was just whimpering and whining and looking at me with big terrified eyes. I shoved the other dog away with my foot and yelled at the owner several times to get her dog. When she FINALLY got the dog (who kept running away from her and then back toward Amy and I), she laughed and said "oh, he just wanted to play" at which point I kind of lost my shit, and told her that my dog is a PIT BULL who is terrified of other dogs and I was trying to make sure my dog didn't KILL her dog. But she would have been liable if something had happened because her dog was off leash. And I told her if I ever see that dog off leash again I'll call animal control (I probably should have in the first place but I didn't have my phone on me and didn't want to stick around). SO I just want to make sure I'm right about that - if an off leash dog charges us and god forbid Amy attacks it, Amy couldn't be seized or put down, right? (And yes, I do have a breakstick. I'd just rather not let anything get to the point where I need it.)
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