Turns out the German shepherd being "walked" off leash along our street bit our Wheaten terrier three times. The vet bill was $200 and I hold out little hope the other dog owner will pay it. We don't know the young man and he does not live on our street.
We're lucky my son was not bitten - in addition to the obvious, it would've meant finding the German shepherd to verify he had up-to-date rabies shots.
Lucky for us, Nellie is not trying to take off her bandage, which needs to stay in place for five days.
Animal control says dog owners should treat encounters like traffic accidents, exchanging contact information for followup.
This particular biting dog is not identified, but the location of the incident, circumstances and description of the dog (a classic coloured-German shepherd or mix) are on record. Hopefully nothing will happen again involving this dog, but if it does it should be Strike 2.
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