What would happen if your dog bit a criminal that was going to harm you?
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012 at
1:01 pm
Sау thаt уουr dog іѕ a protection dog, аnd thе person wаѕ going tο harm уου.
Whο wουld bе іn trουblе іn thіѕ type οf situation? Wουld уουr dog bе рυt tο sleep fοr protecting уου?
Unfortunatley, owning a personal protection dog today is a bit of a liability. If its a true protection dog and you can prove the training with a professional that could definately get the law on your side. Most PP dogs only attack when a serious threat is percieved or when given a command. So there are different circumstances to consider. Also where the event occured, how you know the person was going to harm you. If there are witnesses, etc.
In most cases, you would likely not be at fault but you have to be very careful and know your dog and your rights.
I’m not positive about this but I’m sure he wouldn’t most dogs that save you are seen as heros. I don’t think they’d put a dog to sleep for that reason because he was doing you a favor and also because he did it for a reason, not just a “i was trained before to do this and so now im mad and am going to bite” you kind of thing
nothing, it would get a mettle
It would depend on where you are at when your dog bit the person. More than likely though, the dog would not be put down because it perceived a threat and responded accordingly. Especially, if the criminal were to be trespassing. However, if your dog attacks someone on your personal property (like the home you own) the criminal could still sue your home owner’s insurance for damages in civil court.
Depends, on how you were being threatened, if it was on your own property and so on, Our dog bit someone on our property, the police showed up, looked at our paperwork for the dog, quarantined him for 10 days, then that was it. I suppose he is also listed with the sheriff department that he has bit someone but he is not listed as an aggressive dog.
Different state/local jurisdictions have different dog laws. And every place will have different lawyers, with different trials setting a precedent for how dog-bite lawsuits are handled.
In some states like Texas & Florida, it’s legal to use deadly force with a gun if an intruder is in your home. Doesn’t matter if he’s armed or not- you’ve got the legal right to shoot him. On the same token, since the precedent in that state is in favor of the homeowner’s safety, a protection dog biting an intruder is not likely to be a liability to you.
On the other hand, there have been lawsuits where burglars have injured themselves IN THE HOUSE THEY WERE BURGLARIZING….and they have sued the homeowner for their injuries. And WON! I’d imagine if you lived in a place where that was the type of legal precedent that had been set, there’d be a whole slew of salivating dog-bite injury attorneys just WAITING to take the case of the mugger/rapist/attacker who was bitten by your dog in self-defense.
In some places, dogs biting humans in cases where they were clearly defending their owner is acceptable, provided the law can establish that “excessive force” was not used. Basically, if an unarmed man grabbed your purse and your dog mauled him to the point where he was hospitalized for weeks- or even killed him, you could be held liable for using excessive force. But if a man with a knife or gun accosted you and your dog grabbed and bit the arm with the weapon in it to neutralize the situation (as a well trained protection dog should do), chances are you would NOT be in any sort of legal trouble.
In some cases, a “trained” protection dog is considered a “weapon” whereas an untrained pet is not….just as a Navy Seal who is trained to kill with his hands, and gets in a fight, can be arrested for assault with a deadly weapon.
Basically, it’s best to do some research and find out what the legal atmosphere is like, where you live. If you choose to have a professionally trained “protection dog” understand how your local laws affect your liability. Find a club in your area where people train and compete in protection dog sports- that’d be a good starting-off point, as many members are current or former law-enforcement and can tell you how the laws are in that area.
Probably not, if your dog was simply protecting you from danger and was not unprevoked.
The person who would be in trouble would be the person who is trying to harm you. It is only self defense and if it is a protecting dog then that is what it is bred for. The dog would not be put to sleep.