Report the incident to local authorities.
After you seek medical attention, it’s very important to report the incident to any local animal control authority, police, or even the sheriff’s department or a health department. They are responsible for further investigating the incident and determining if the dog has a long history of aggression.
They also need to make sure that the animal is properly quarantined and monitored for different signs of rabies or any other diseases. Reporting the incident could also help prevent future attacks and hold the owner accountable for their pet’s behavior.
Document the incident.
If you are considering whether or not you should take legal action against the owner of the dog, it’s very important to document the incident as well as you can.
This could also include taking photos of your injuries, collecting various contact information from any witnesses, and even keeping all medical records related to the incident.
The more information you have on hand about the attack, the stronger your case will be if you decide to pursue any kind of legal action.
Now, we don’t want to tarnish the reputation of these breeds. I had a Rottweiler that was the purest angel on earth. This doesn’t mean that all these dog breeds are inherently aggressive, as at the end of the day, it all comes down to proper training!
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Pit Bulls are a loosely used way to describe a dog! Not all attack are these dogs! I trusted Pit bulls while my kids grew up, not one attack or aggressive behavior! Stop the lying! Stop the false in of because purposeful misinformation creates death to thousands of innocent dogs and rescues are trying to save them! All dogs regardless of DNA are taught how behaviors by humans! Do not blame the dog, Blame the failure of the human being either being stupid and not teaching them basic training, Many sadly are trained for guarding not a loving pet! You are not blaming the dog fighters or their training !!! Place the blame where it truly goes not the dogs who live out what lessons and behaviors are taught!
Exactly!….Yet, so many people buy into this BS. If anything, they are the most abused of the breeds because of horrible humans like Michael Vic. He ended up getting a slap on the wrist and then awarded a sports trophy shortly after.