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Originally Posted by miababyjeff  This is my first time to post to Yorkie Talk. I am so devastated and wondering if this has happened to anyone else and if there is anything we can do to get the animal laws changed. Our next door neighbor's huge dog pulled our little Baby Barbie who was only 6 months through their fence on Thursday night and killed her. I called animal control and they came out and said there is nothing they can do and since we can't prove what happened. Our neighbors have been heartless and never offered any apology or sympathy for me and my 2 daughters who were hysterical. The lady in fact yelled at my husband when he asked what we could do to fix this situation or help financially replace her since she cost $1800.00 only 3 months ago. She said my husband needed to learn how to forgive and wasn't a christian. Excuse me, but the last time I checked Christians would have at least came over the next day to check on our family to see how we were coping with what their mutt had done to our baby girl. I want to take them to court, but my husband says I should leave it alone. Does anyone have any insight. I just can't believe this vicious dog who has growled and aggressively barked at my 2 small girls for 2 years and now killed our baby has no repurcussion for this violent act. |
You said you called out animal control? In our area animal control would have looked at the dog that had been killed. It would be easy to tell that it had been killed by another dog. They would have looked at the fence to see how this could have happened. The Animal Contol officer then would and should have taken the offending dog in and had vaccinations and rabies checked, since rabies is mandatory, and the dog should have been held for observation. During the observation period staff will monitor the dog's behavior and interactions with them and other dogs, and it is possible that the dog could be determined to be vicious and ordered to be euthanized. This is how all dog attacks are handled here. Again, I am sorry for your loss.