Re: Help! My dog was killed by neighbor's Dog

Where do you live? Was your dog off leash? Was the other dog off leash? If your dog was off leash you may not be successful in your lawsuit. What breed is the other dog?

Re: Help! My dog was killed by neighbor's Dog

In NY State a dog is deemed dangerous based on behavior, not breed. If your dog was on your property or on leash, then you can seek to recover damages in a civil court of law. Did you notify animal control. All dogs must be vaccinated against rabies and licensed. If the dog that killed your dog is not up to date or licensed, then animal control will issue a summons and they will have to appear in court. If your dog was off leash, you most likely do not have recourse in a court of law. you can also inquire through public records if there have been any complaints against the owner. Sadly, the dog is not at fault, it is the owner.

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I am so sorry for your loss. I hope the owner comes up with the money to cover costs but unfortunatly too little too late. Again, sorry to hear about your dog

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My dog was on our property my neighbors dog broke through the fence grabbed my dog and brought him back to my neighbors yard. My Mother witnessed everything.
We did go to court last week to deem the dog dangerous. Instead of going to trial my neighbor offered to put up an additional chain link fence aroudn his property.. which I agreed. I regret it now because he still hasn't done it and it has been 2 weeks. He has until Dec. 19th or we go back to court.. The judge told him in court last week to settle everything with me because he will loose.. He told him that my dog is considered property and he is liable for it.. He compared it to breaking a window. He told my neighbor if he through a ball and it broke my window he would be liable to replace it just like he is liable for my dog.. We had a friend who had the same exact situation with their neighbor and they won in court all vet bills and the Cost of the dog.. However I am looking to see if there are other things I can get like pain and suffering or lost wages for court appearances etc.

thanks everyone for helping out.

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Contact your insurance carrier for your home and inform them of the incident. Tell them you want to find out who the insurance carrier is for your neighbor's. They can obtain that information. You then notify their insurance company of the incident. They will deal with the owners, but beware that they may force them to remove the dog from the premises. They would more than likely drop their insurance if they do not. So there is a good chance the dog could be euthanized. It is not an easy decision to make, I wish you the best. I am sorry for your loss.

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so sorry for the loss of your dog!

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thank you for your help.. My neighbors insurance co actually called me.. They must have filed a claim. They are requesting the vets diagnosis of injuries and how much the dog cost. I think they want to settle. I informed their insurance co that we went to court 2 weeks ago and she wasn't aware of it. I told her they were supposed to put up a fence and they still haven't done it. I told her the judge gave them until Dec. 19th.. Do you think the insurance co. will inforce it.. and make them do it. She was very surprised by all this. It wasn't a surprise to me that my neighbors didn't tell them.

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The insurance company will absolutely insist that their insured repairs the fence, they will make it known in no uncertain terms they will drop them if they do not comply. Their insured has now become a liability. Make sure you inform your insurance carrier as well. Have little if any communication with your neighbor's other than in a court of law.

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I am associated with an animal rescue organization and all too often I see these tragic events because of irresponsible pet ownership. In spite of your pain, you felt compassion for the animal that killed your beloved pet and spared that animal death. The owner is the one to blame for this tragedy. Trust me, their insurance carrier will make sure they comply, otherwise it is the dog has to go or they drop them as insured, as I stated in earlier post, they are now a liability.

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thanks so much for your help.. We are sick over the loss of our Buddy but I certainly did not want to see this dog destroyed.. I hold my neighbor totally responsible. They were very negligent. We had asked them for months to fix their fence and they wouldn't. Their dog broke through at least 10 times. He went after my husband and 3 year old a few times. They would leave the dog out all day in the yard with nothing to do but hunt my dog and family.

I do not communicate with them at all.

Thanks again. I will keep you all posted on the outcome.

Re: UPDATE Help! My dog was killed by neighbor's Dog

HI everyone. just wanted to let you all know how it turned out.
The judge awared us $4000 dollars.
My neighbors dog now needs to be confined to a pen if it is outside at all times. My neigbor had to pay my attorney's fees.

We are now thinking of getting a new dog.

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I am glad they didnt just get away with this!! 4000 is not the point of this.. If you have a red zone animal its your responsibility to keep it away from anything it may harm.. i would be suicidal if this happened to my baby.. I am so sorry this happened to you! thanks for the update Bitter sweet..

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Oh..well I am glad you settled but the whole thing is so sad

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Posted by dilb712

I am glad they didnt just get away with this!! 4000 is not the point of this.. If you have a red zone animal its your responsibility to keep it away from anything it may harm.. i would be suicidal if this happened to my baby.. I am so sorry this happened to you! thanks for the update Bitter sweet..

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Although nothing could replace the baby you lost, I am glad that justice was done. I am glad that they didn't get away with this scott free. I hope they abide by the judges ruling, god forbid that dog attacks a child or anyone for that matter.

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I just read this thread and I am so terribly sorry for your loss. Are you still selling your house? Are your neighbors abiding with keeping their dog locked up when outside? Such a sad story. I couldn't imagine going through this.

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I am glad it is settled but I am so sorry for your loss

I would video the neighbors dog if it isnt in its pen and document EVERYTHING those @$$h0les do!

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Glad you got some kind of settlement, even though it doesn't bring your Maltese back. Again, I am so sorry for your loss.

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I am so sorry for your loss.

This happened to us about 10 years ago. we had a cocka poo, and an akita dog came into our yard while my dog was doing her business and brutally attacked and killed her.

the owners never said a word and we didnt sue. My parents didnt think suing was worth it cause it wouldnt bring the dog back. there were no vet costs.

It still haunts me to this day, I had to watch and couldnt do anything about it!!! I was afraid the dog would come after me.

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OMG! I'm so sorry for your loss! I would make them pay for the pain you have to suffer. That is just terrible!

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I am so sorry...what a horrible horrible thing to happen and those people are just disgusting.

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Thanks for updating us---no money will bring back that adorable pup....I hope that your family has been able to heal over the past year or so.