What can a dog owner do to prevent having to deal with a dog bite injuries claim? This isn’t something that just owners of large breeds of dogs have to worry about; people can also be sued when small dogs bite people. Learning how to prevent dog bites helps protect dog owners, potential victims, and even dogs. Some jurisdictions will put dogs to sleep after they are involved in attacks, and if the attack is fatal, a dog is almost always put down. Sad situations can be avoided if dog owners just learn what they need to do to control their dogs.
If a dog is involved in a dog bite injuries claim, there is a good chance that the dog never had any formal obedience training, since most owners insist on training their dogs themselves. They then believe they have successfully trained their dogs just because the dogs don’t cause any major problems, but are the dogs really trained? Will the dogs listen when they are really tempted to disobey their owners? Dog owners often find out too late that their dogs weren’t really trained well; hence, it’s better to pay money for formal training than having to pay the thousands of dollars it might cost to resolve a bite claim.
Since most owners will continue not to take the potential for dog bites seriously enough, it’s important that bite victims know what to do after an attack. Getting medical treatment is a must since a wound could be worse than it looks. Although tracking down a dog’s owner is important, the injury also has to be dealt with, because without knowing who owns the dog, getting compensation will be impossible. At the same time, people don’t want to make an injury worse by delaying medical treatment. A victim can always return to the scene later to find out who owns the dog, and family and friends can help find dog owners too.
Once the dog’s owner has been identified, the victim will have to contact Dulaney Lauer & Thomas LLP or another injury attorney in order to get started on the compensation process. This is not something that people should put off., because it’s better to get started while memories of the incident are still fresh so that facts of the matter can be easily told to an attorney.
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