Do you think a pet owner should be liable if their pet attacks another person's pet?

Absolutely. They are their pet's guardian, and responsible for their behavior.

Of course they should, and in most cases and places, they are. :-)

In most places, I think legally they are ... especially if it's an unleased dog.

yes it's well established in case law

Yes, and I believe the law agrees with me. If your pet has been attacked, call a lawyer. Keep track of the exact time, and write down a description of the animal.

If you are the owner of the attacking pet, get yourself a lawyer to defend you in order to keep the other person from taking advantage of your liability.

Yes,like parents are for their children

Theoretically, of course. Practically, you don't always know the owner. Our cat Tigger got into a cat fight twice with some unknown cat(s) owned by some unknown person(s) in our neighborhood. $600 later he is fine. Happy Tuesday Ed! :) ((hugs))

Yes. It's a very sad thing in general, but the pet owner must be responsible for the pet's actions. My dog is as cute as could be, but I know better than to take her to a dog park. And that may sound malicious, but dogs turn on other dogs all the time. It's our responsibility to take care of our animals as best we can.

absolutely

Hmm...I guess it would all just depend on the situation. Because I actually know of an incident not to long ago. Where a little Pomeranian was off of its property and not on a leash in somebody else's yard actually got something going with a German Shepard and was barking at it and getting in its face. The Pom bit the German Shepard, but not hard enough to hurt it. But the Shepard went into attack mode and whooped the poms butt. The Pom survived, but obviously the person should have kept their dog on a leash or in their yard and not in the neighbors yard.

Absolutely. And I've got a newsflash for you, everywhere you go, that happens to be the law

For the most part...YES.

However, what if YOUR pet is under control. Either tied, or on a leash, or fenced in its own yard under your supervision or even not directly under your supervision, but is being controlled.

The OTHER PET comes into your dog's space. It does this because it is LOOSE and not being properly supervised by any one.

As dogs will sometimes do...the two of them get into a disagreement about the interloper, and maybe they even manage to get into a momentary fight over it. This is somewhat NORMAL canine behavior. It is at the lease not ABNORMAL nor would it indicate that either dog is especially aggressive under less stressful situations with other dogs.

In such a case...I believe that the person who allowed their dog to be loose and unsupervised...is the person to blame for the situation happening, NOT the person who's dog was secured or supervised.

pets,lol,is that what their called?

Yes, pet owners should be liable. They have the ability to control their pets. If they can't control them, they should not have them.

Yes they are always. Would they ask not for it if their own pet is the victim?

Yes.

Context is EVERYTHING. Especially in the case of children there are so many things to consider. For example, the verbal abuse I endured after my typically friendly labrador growled at a little girl. The context of the situation was:
-the dogless family had entered the dog park to "visit the puppies, because we looooooove dogs"
- they did not ask to visit or touch the dogs, much less they did not instruct these young children to ask before petting - nor did they shelter them away from the giant wrestling dogs
- the little girl pulled very hard on my dog's recently healed/previously broken tail

The parents flipped out & screamed at me for allowing my "monster" of a dog to potentially harm the child......I cannot belive the stupidity & negligence of some people.....

Much less, it's important to remember that ANY animal can bite, especially if perhaps they are hurt or lost. It's really not as simple as "if you can't control it, don't have it". The onus should be on the person who used the least common sense & allowed this to happen- if your child was hurt or lost & was in a threatening situation, wouldn't you want them to put up a fight?

Sometimes it's poor training of the pet owner, but sometimes it's bone head people looking for a scapegoat!

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