I live in Pennsylvania. My dog is a two year old Pittbull/Boxer mix. I have a wireless pet fence system to contain her as well as my Border Collie. I have the system set up so that the dogs cannot get in the driveway (they will get zapped approximately two feet from the driveway). The part of the yard beside the driveway is also an inclining hill that I have mulch on. It's clearly not a walkway. I told this UPS driver (as well as the FedEx lady) that as long as they stay in the driveway the dogs won't be an issue for them. There have been no problems for over two years now.
Friday the UPS driver showed up with a package. I was already out back so I walked out front to meet him. As I was coming around the corner I saw him walking to the door with the package. He placed it at the door and started walking back to his truck. It was at that point that I noticed he was walking up through the mulch swinging the thing you sign at her (I learned later that is a diode). I saw my dog's front was croutch down and I yelled for him to back up. He swung his thing at her again and that's when she bit his leg and he started screaming. I went out to check on him. I got my first aid kit, helped him clean the three puncture wounds, put bandaids on him, etc. He called his supervisor to report the bite. I heard him tell his supervisor that this was a regular house on his route, he was aware of the dogs, aware of the fence location and that the dog had her collar on. I also spoke to the supervisor on the phone. I gave him my vet information and phone number so her could confirm through them that she is current on her vaccinations. By the time the conversation was done the three puncture wounds had stopped bleeding. I asked him again if he was certain he was okay and if he needed to go to the hospital. He said he was fine. I gave him a few more bandaids for his trip just in case and then he left.
Half an hour later the UPS supervisor called and said he was on his way to my house. He showed up with a woman and they started taking pictures, asked me what I saw, where the fence system ends, etc. I asked why they were there and they said it was just for insurance purposes. My Border Collie was still outside and he refused to come into the driveway. I took off his collar to show them where the dogs get zapped at. The supervisor was the one who pointed out to me that he could see the driver's footprints in the mulch. He also stated the driver shouldn't have been in the mulch. They took pictures of that, me standing where I saw the incident, and the driveway. The driver told them he never got a chance to swing anything at her to deter her before she bit him. I told them I clearly saw him swinging the thing you sign (that's when they told me it's called a diode) at her twice before she bit him (to me that isn't deterring, that's provoking). Furthermore, I had to pick up his pen from the yard because it flew out during one of his swings, so yes, he was swinging it. I told them the driveway is plenty big enough to walk through and that there was no need for him to be in the mulch. As they were leaving the woman took another picture of the driveway and said she guesstimated it was 20 to 25 feet wide and then they left.
Should I call my home owner's insurance company to let them know what happened or should I wait to see if I hear anything else about it?
Friday the UPS driver showed up with a package. I was already out back so I walked out front to meet him. As I was coming around the corner I saw him walking to the door with the package. He placed it at the door and started walking back to his truck. It was at that point that I noticed he was walking up through the mulch swinging the thing you sign at her (I learned later that is a diode). I saw my dog's front was croutch down and I yelled for him to back up. He swung his thing at her again and that's when she bit his leg and he started screaming. I went out to check on him. I got my first aid kit, helped him clean the three puncture wounds, put bandaids on him, etc. He called his supervisor to report the bite. I heard him tell his supervisor that this was a regular house on his route, he was aware of the dogs, aware of the fence location and that the dog had her collar on. I also spoke to the supervisor on the phone. I gave him my vet information and phone number so her could confirm through them that she is current on her vaccinations. By the time the conversation was done the three puncture wounds had stopped bleeding. I asked him again if he was certain he was okay and if he needed to go to the hospital. He said he was fine. I gave him a few more bandaids for his trip just in case and then he left.
Half an hour later the UPS supervisor called and said he was on his way to my house. He showed up with a woman and they started taking pictures, asked me what I saw, where the fence system ends, etc. I asked why they were there and they said it was just for insurance purposes. My Border Collie was still outside and he refused to come into the driveway. I took off his collar to show them where the dogs get zapped at. The supervisor was the one who pointed out to me that he could see the driver's footprints in the mulch. He also stated the driver shouldn't have been in the mulch. They took pictures of that, me standing where I saw the incident, and the driveway. The driver told them he never got a chance to swing anything at her to deter her before she bit him. I told them I clearly saw him swinging the thing you sign (that's when they told me it's called a diode) at her twice before she bit him (to me that isn't deterring, that's provoking). Furthermore, I had to pick up his pen from the yard because it flew out during one of his swings, so yes, he was swinging it. I told them the driveway is plenty big enough to walk through and that there was no need for him to be in the mulch. As they were leaving the woman took another picture of the driveway and said she guesstimated it was 20 to 25 feet wide and then they left.
Should I call my home owner's insurance company to let them know what happened or should I wait to see if I hear anything else about it?