What a sad day for you and your daughter, I am so very sorry....
But please, shoot the owner of the dog, not the animal who was just doing what unattended dogs do. A dog will hunt....
Any type of dog is capable of acting like a dog. Its their owners responsability to keep their animals contained... If it were my child playing in the yard with any type of dog loose, agressive or not, it would be in the back yard. I have no trust for stray dogs, I was bit by a toy poodle who was roming my street when I was like 9 or 10... She looked sweet! My mom had Poodles, they are nice! But you never know what condition they are in, starving, shock, abused, neglicted, tormented at home by other small children.... you can never really know the full story... I still have a scar from that bite!
I would press charges on the owner and I would also go as far as to sue the owner in small claims... sounds silly, but it would drive a point home to this owner. Sue asking for a containment system to be installed at his property. It would get plenty of local attention and hopefully teach this pet owner a lesson.
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