tranquility
Senior Member
As a general rule, post-event corrective measures are not admissible in court. The public is better served by people correcting errors than having them not correct them in fear of it being used against them.
You should educate yourself on what would be a valid reason for euthanizing an animal.
1) an actual fence is meant to keep things/people out AS WELL AS keeping things/people in. Had some unsuspecting child or older person gotten past the invisible barrier and been bitten you would be responsible then too. You are culpable in this particular incident, and any others that may happen.Anyway, instead of walking back down the driveway safely at a distance from where HE KNEW her boundry was HE CHOOSE to walk through the yard. Even then she wasn't crouched down. He swung his signature pad at her face and that's when she crouched down. After the second time he swung the pad is when she bit. This is where it gets magical. For whatever reason other than knowing the driveway was safe, the delivery guy ran back down into it. And then guess what happened. You'll never guess. Nothing... because once he was back in the driveway she couldn't get to him. And she didn't try to either. Once he was out of the yard and done swinging she walked away. And I really don't care if you've had experience raising Akitas on steroids. The fence worked exactly the way it was supposed to. She never left the yard.
Ummm...this thread isn't about a property owner wanting to euthanize their animal. It was mentioned that the OP should "put their dog down". I simply said the circumstances didn't dictate that the OP's dog needed to be euthanized. You don't make any sense here, Zig!Perhaps YOU ought to educate yourself on the right of property owners to euthanize their animal if they see fit.
I was simply responding to your post (it was quoted, in case you didn't notice.)Ummm...this thread isn't about a property owner wanting to euthanize their animal. It was mentioned that the OP should "put their dog down". I simply said the circumstances didn't dictate that the OP's dog needed to be euthanized. You don't make any sense here, Zig!
And if that were an option my community would allow I would do so. My HOA forbids it. I have already spoken to the association president about what type of fencing they might allow. Until I get a response fencing isn't an option.Putting up a real fence would be a big step towards becoming a responsible owner.
My original post asked if I should call my insurance carrier. In my twenty+ years of owning dogs a dog bite has never happened and I didn't know if I should notify my carrier or if the driver/UPS should notify them. Instead of an answer to my question I got bombarded with comments like "kill your vicious animal", I'm an "idiot" for using a wireless fence system, be a "responsible" dog owner and put up a REAL FENCE (implying I'm being intentionally irresponsible because I don't have a fence that I'm not legally allowed to have), "blaming the victim," etc. While I do think the driver bares some of the responsibility for what happened I never once said I didn't want him compensated for, at the very least, his out of pocket expenses. And I was willing to do this at my own expense (not insurance). Pain, suffering and punative damages I would have put up an argument about. I never did get a solid answer to the question other than keep my insurance number handy. I did get plenty of advice about what I should do with my vicious, killer, attack dog along with many comments about what a totally irresponsible, uncaring, idiotic dog owner I am. I have two very active, energetic breed dogs who want/need to be able to run. The neighbors beside and behind me both own dogs (the neighbor beside has a Bull Mastiff and a Pitt mix and the neighbor behind me has a German Shepard, a Lab and a Springer Spaniel). We all use the same type wireless system since it's our only option in the development and we all got together to make sure our systems don't overlap. In regards to dog of dog attacks there has never been an issue in the six years I have lived here. But apparently I'm just a stupid idiot for choosing the wireless fence system over chaining them to the ground if they want to go outside and play.And if you had said all of that from the beginning, you might have gotten a better response! Every post until now, it really sounded like you were looking for ways to get out of responsibility/liability for his injuries.