| Who is at fault here?
Ok to set this up I live up in a rural area where we have approximately 6 acres, our backyard is fenced in. The front yard is open but very large with no other houses near by. The other day I was out front washing my car and Brock, my 16 month old rotti, was out in the front hanging around with me. A couple of the neighbors came up out of the woods and were walking across our property with their two dogs (one on a leash one not). Brock was cautious at first but then walked up to them and they stopped to say hi to him. He went up to the first dog with his tail wagging and sniffed him then moved on to the other dog with his tail wagging. The second dog then decides to snap at him and Brock grabs the dog by the neck and pins it to the ground. I immediately ran over and was able to pull him off the dog. The lady was a little shook up but her husband laughed and said "that will teach him"
Nothing really happened and they weren't mad because they were on our property and we each had a dog off leash. But say the dog had gotten injured and they wanted to come after us, would they have anything to stand on in that situation?
I'm assuming this is a co-fault situation. Brock should have been on a leash and they shouldn't have been walking on our property with a dog off-leash.  |