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Ok folks. There's no one to blame. It happened and was an accident. It's situational. YES! I am concerned about my dog and his random behavior. And We are working on that.... It's like the parents of the 24 year old that went and had a shoot out in a Colorado theatre yesterday. It wasn't his poor training that caused that. Sad and unfortunate and ALOT worse then my situation.
And YES! I DO worry about getting sued. Wouldnt you??? I mean seriously....it's a nip (no stitches, no worktime lost, refusing medical care) and I could lose everything I have earned because the victim would get 10%' and the greedy lawyer our society condons gets the other 90% because he knows how to argue....over a nip and no permanant damage. And my insurance company gets raked over the coals. I think 'bottom feeder' lawyers are a big problem in our country.....
Writing this post, I was asking for guidance. Not blame. I already knew that it was my fault for not leashng my dog (and I really know that now, thank you very much!)...I wanted good discussion, not someone pointing the finger. If you have a constructive opinion, then post. If you want to tell me it's my fault, that is another redundant voice, and it old. I know (and everyone else knows) that, so try using your brain with new material.
YAY to all the helpful opinions and BOOOOO to all the blamers with nothing to contribute.
I wouldn't worry about getting sued, Tom would have to prove damages and it sounds like he wasn't badly injured. Keep up with the training, hopefully this never happens again