Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)

• Dog Bite Prevention

  Rick Patterson | May 25, 2007 12:55 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  Dog bites are a concern. Every year, dogs bite about 4.7 million people, mostly children, the elderly and mail carriers, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Knowing what to do if a strange dog approaches you in a menacing way is a very good idea not only for you but for your children. Who better to learn from than the U.S. Postal Service. In a letter carrier's line...

• Woman Suffers Pit Bull Bite

  Christina Cole | May 19, 2007 9:13 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  An elderly woman suffered serious injury to her right arm, on Thursday, when she was attacked by pit bull terrier that had bitten her in the past.The attack occurred while the victim was visiting the dog owner's home. It appears the bite was unprovoked whilst the women were chatting in the living room during her visit.The victim was transported to Memorial Hospital in Santa Rosa by ambulance...

• Tulare County Dog on Loose After Biting Third Person

  Shannon Weidemann | May 12, 2007 11:50 AM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA

  A dog in Tulare County is responsible for three dog bite incidents and remains on the loose after animal control officers could not locate him. Knuckles is part bull dog and part pit bull and has bitten three people on three different occasions. The first two times he was held for observation and his rabies vaccination was up to date. After the third incident on August 31, 2006 he could not...

• Officers kill pitbull after attack

  IB Contributor | May 10, 2007 7:22 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Two pitbulls attacked an Idaho man Tuesday morning, biting him more than 30 times before they were shot at and subdued by local animal control officers, according to a news report posted on KTVB News' Web site.Officers shot and killed one of the dogs and took another one to the Idaho Humane Society, the article says. Peter Olson said he was attacked by the dogs when he came out of his house to...

• Dog Bite Prevention Week

  Susy Owen | April 06, 2007 4:31 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  Every parent has concerns about dog bites, whether you own a pet or not. People often unintentionally provoke an animal to bite. So, it is not surprising that children under the age of 10 years old are the most common victims of dog bites. A study published by the American Veterinary Medical Journal found that "boys aged 5 to 9 years have the highest incidence rate of dog bites and that...

• Postal Carriers Being Bitten by More Dogs

  Shannon Weidemann | April 05, 2007 12:43 PM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA

  Mail Carriers around the country are dealing with more and more dog attacks and bites. In the last 18 months alone 215 incidents involving aggressive dogs have been reported in the Sacramento District. 84 mail carriers have been bitten or attacked. April is traditionally the most dangerous time of year for postal carriers, because as the weather is generally pleasant, neither too hot or too...

• Dog attack-and-run

  IB Contributor | March 30, 2007 3:43 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Christine Hyatt might want to blame Helen Keller for the near fatal dog bite inflicted on Maddy (short for Madeline), her family's miniature dachshund, because Helen Keller is credited with bringing the first Akita into the United States in 1937. And, it was indeed an Akita that not only brutally attacked Maddy, the valued family pet, but who also left Christine Hyatt with her arm in a sling...

• It's no walk in the park, when it's full of dogs

  IB Contributor | March 27, 2007 1:49 AM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  According to some Washington DC moms, a walk in the part isn't, when the park is full of dogs. One DC mom indicated, "I speak for many of the mothers who are petrified by the dogs that roam Kalorama Park, off-leash". Dogs bite!! Dogs that are off-leash violate DC law . This mom and others like her don't want to be named, and they are afraid to speak out because they worry they will be...

• Cheyenne Woman Suffers Dog Bites

  Shannon Weidemann | March 19, 2007 7:55 PM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA

  A jogger in Cheyenne was attacked by a dog that was not vaccinated for rabies. She was running by a house on Victoria and a dog came at her.The victim had this to say:"It was showing me its teeth. It wasn't just barking. Dogs bark ... anytime you run by they bark ... this one was showing me his teeth""I was screaming and I tried running and I turned around and the owner was in the yard and I...

• Insurance Companies Fear Dog Attacks

  Susy Owen | March 08, 2007 5:31 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  Do you own a dog breed that has a high incidence of being dangerous and/or biting? If you do, you may be blacklisted by your insurance company. It seems that insurance companies are making coverage decisions based on the type of dog you have on your property.Some of the dogs listed by various insurance companies are German Shephards, Dobermans, Akitas, Pit Bulls and Rottweilers. Based on the...