JManInPhoenix
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People like you are part of the problem when you blame the people who get mauled for 'approaching' the dog. If you own a pet that can't be trusted around people in routine circumstances like that then the dog should be put down and you put into jail. No fucking excuses - when was the last time you heard about a chihuahua or a cat mauling some toddler just because the kid 'approached' them?
I stand by what I said. I blame any adult that will allow a toddler to get near a strange dog, not the toddler. An adult that allows a mauling deserves to be fully punished to fullest extent of the law. That would include a case where a dog owner was not keeping track of his or her dog and it bit a passing jogger for example. So yes, dog owners are fully 100% accountable for the actions of their dogs.
An exception would be if the dog was in a fully enclosed area and incapable of getting out by its own means AND the owner ensured that any fences, walls, doors, gates, windows would not allow egress for the dog AND someone willfully jumped the wall, broke the window, broke down the door and then got mauled/bit, the fault is with the person that illegally entered.
If my dog gets loose and bites someone, that is my fault. If someone breaks into my house in my absence and gets bit, that is their fault.
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