Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)

• Plan to Tighten Dangerous Dog Law Abroad

  Rick Patterson | January 24, 2008 5:07 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  The safety of people as it pertains to dog bites has long been a concern here in the U.S. and abroad. Recently, in Scotland, a new law to control dogs deemed to be dangerous has been in the Scottish Parliament.Alex Neil, a member of the Scottish Labor Party (SLP) wants courts to impose "dog orders" for dangerous pets. The proposed "dog orders" would ensure dogs were micro-chipped and kept under...

• Dog Bites Police Officer

  Susy Owen | January 08, 2008 6:25 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  While on duty in the early hours of January 1, 2008, Officer Jada Burgin was bitten by the dog. The dog bite occured due to the fact that the dog's owner failed to control his dog at the time of the incident. The officer was responding to a call pertaining to James Powell and his sister Jamie Powell. It had been reported that they were yelling at each other. When the police arrived on the...

• Dog Owners to Face Tougher Rules In Switzerland

  Susy Owen | December 15, 2007 6:30 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  So how is Switzerland handling the dog bite issue? Well, to begin with they want people to be responsible for any damages their dog(s) do to others. Under a draft law, dog owners would also have to take out mandatory insurance. Great idea.Switzerland is currently dealing with approximately 300 dog attacks on people by dogs each and every year. The justice ministry would like to ensure that...

• The Pit Bull and the Service Man

  Susy Owen | December 08, 2007 12:28 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  When Scott Saterbo heard screams coming from his neighbor's yard, he ran to assist Greg Young who was being viciously attacked by a large pit bull. Saterbo beat the pit bull off Young with a shovel and is sure that if he had not done so, Young would not have lived. How brave is the 19 year-old Saterbo.Young, who works for Suburban Propane, was on a service call at the house. By the time Saterbo...

• Dangerous Dog Ordinance Wins Approval

  Susy Owen | October 27, 2007 6:09 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  In Livermore, California residents voted 34-19 to adopt an ordinance that will put restrictions on dogs that are declared to be dangerous by the court. The liability insurance required to own what is concidered to be a dangerous dog would be $300,000. The ordinance is stricter than the current state law in several areas. This ordinance is not breed specific, but does include attacks on...

• For Some Dogs - One Bite & You're Out

  Susy Owen | September 28, 2007 6:33 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  Valdovinos got her 7 year old Australian shepherd named Breeze when she was just a puppy. This past August, she said, Breeze broke free of her chain (personally, I am wondering why she has her dog chained to begin with. Not much of a life for the poor animal). When Breeze broke free of her chain she ran toward a man walking his dog. Not surprisingly, the man felt he and his dog were about to be...

• Rabies & Dog Bites Lead to Euthanized Pets

  Susy Owen | June 28, 2007 3:49 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  Rabies is on the rise in North Carolina. In fact, officials in Mitchell and Yancey counties are advising residents to keep food and pets away from wild animals since they could be infected with the disease. Apparently, the increase in North Carolina is due to the large raccoon population in that state. The numbers are high. In the last few months as many as eight pets have had to be euthanized...

• 1-year-old Dog(s) Kills Owner

  Susy Owen | June 20, 2007 12:37 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  This story is a lesson on many levels, one of which is "do not ignore your instincts." Phyllis G. Carroll was a 63-year-old woman who owned two 1-year-old dogs. The two black chow mix dogs were from the same litter, one male and one female. They were kept outside in the yard behind Carroll's house. Friends say she had grown increasingly afraid of the aggressive dogs. It is a that point a dog...

• Dog Is Shot Dead after He Attacks a Child

  Rick Patterson | June 08, 2007 10:36 AM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  Certain dogs are known to be aggressive. In fact, many insurance companies will not insure a home if one or more of a list of dogs known to be aggressive are present in the home or on the property. As a rule, one dog you won't find on such a list is a Labrador, which is all the more reason that a story about an attack on a small child by a Labrador seems more than a little unusual. In this...

• 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...