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Originally Posted by Jima64
Dog owner and the park operator should be held accountable for any injuries.
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They probably have insurance to cover injuries and lawsuits coming out of them.
I would think that injury to a man's or woman's private parts by a dog known to be protective of its owner as well as aggressive would be quite a high judgment in settlement or by the jury.
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My former pooch was bitten in the butt quite deeply by a dog named Jesse James in the Summer of 2007 at Doggie Doo Run Run. The owners had adopted recently Jesse James and were mortified when Jesse James and their other pooch mistook Sport for a rabbit. Jesse James was the dog who bit him though. The owners of the dog were honest and offered to pay the vet bill but we declined as it was not much and the dogs were banned form Doggie Doo Run Run. They were about five dogs who were running at Sport but Jesse James and his companion were the ones in the lead of the pack.
I quit going into the big dog section as well as the back field for about six months with Sport but he wanted to go back there so I eventually started going back to the back field and the big dog section.
By-in-large the owners of Doggie Doo Run Run do a good job of booting the aggressive and protective dogs out but from talking to people it sounds like they actually need to cause injury of some kind before they are kicked out of the dog park like Jesse James.
A late friend of mine from Doggie Doo Run Run -- Bill Davis-- spoke to the owner of Jesse James-- a waitress at the Cracker Barrel on 441/27 near Lady Lake-- who still felt quite bad about the attack of Sport. This was around 2007 however.
Back to the Harlow April 1, 2016 problem. One of the women at the picnic table did tell Harlow that you do not have to be protective of us when Harlow was acting like he was going to attack me when only a foot or so from my waist and barking loudly and angrily.
I do know when a dog is becoming defensive of its owner. I was very disappointed when the woman I know and like did not stand up for me by having her friend leash and take the dog Harlow out of the park when it was acting like that. It is mostly up to the dog's owner to get control of the dog and get it out of situations quickly where it might cause harm especially if it is threatening possible injury to a man's privates which could be fatal depending on the severity of the injury and how quickly an ambulance can get to the place where the attack happened.