Q: Neighbors with no so friendly dog.
Our neighbors have a dog that's not so friendly, they have a fenced in yard but the dog is big enough to hop the fence & on multiple occasions dug holes under to get out. One of those occasions of which he bit my little brother, my brother did not press charges in fears they would have to put the dog down. Instead of fixing the places in the fence where he dug under they just tied pvc piping the bottom of it. He is still able to get out, we are scared of our childrens safety (4-6) because of this. Is there anything at all that we can do that would make them have to get a fence to actually keep their dog in the yard & from trying to hurt our kids?
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A:
Your brother does not need to file the police report. You can file the police report. Going the criminal route is going to be faster to stop the danger to you and your family.
If you go the civil route, you can bring a suit for negligence and trespass against your neighbors, but that is going to take a while and won't get you much of the relief that you need. If this is a dangerous dog that routinely escapes its yard then police need to be contacted.
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