A blog for attorneys & dog bite victims by animal behavior expert, Richard Polsky, PhD. The dog bite injury blog was created to report current news about injury caused to people as a result of being attacked by a canine. An animal behavior perspective is used. Stories for inclusion have been carefully chosen based on where the incident happened, the breed of dog involved, the nature of the injury, legal implications, and whether a canine fatality occurred.
The largest settlement for a dog bite injury case on record in Illinois was recently obtained by the plaintiff from American Family Insurance Company. American Family, a major underwriter ofRead More
Siberian Huskies have not been implicated in many fatal dog attacks on humans relative to other breeds known to kill people. Since 2006 in the United States approximately 6 peopleRead More
Siberian Huskies, a breed of working dog, are generally regarded by professional trainers as being on the hyper side and difficult to train, particularly when they are puppies. Moreover, publishedRead More
One would suspect that an unlikely place for a dog bite attack to happen is a school bus stop. Countless number of parents send their children to school on theRead More
Police say that had received numerous complaints about the two dogs that killed a 57-year-old lady on February 7, 2014 in Dayton, Ohio. The mauled body of the victim wasRead More
Texas, the state with more dog bite fatalities in the USA than any other, recorded the first reported bite fatality in the USA on January 4, 2014. The fact thatRead More
Police dog bite attacks on innocent bystanders frequently happen, but the magnitude of the problem remains largely unknown. The reason why innocent bystanders are frequently attacked is not difficult toRead More
Those familiar with the Jack Russell Terriers are aware of the breed’s aggressive tenacity, and its inclination to attack prey objects, such as squirrels, rats, possums. In some cases, a JackRead More
Previously on dogexpert.com, I have written about the inherently dangerous nature of police K-9s and how police dog attacks on criminal suspects usually cause greater bodily injury when compared withRead More
Bull mastiffs have been implicated in several fatal dog attacks in recent years, one which included a fatal dog attack on a 10-year-old boy in Oklahoma. Fatal dog attacks involvingRead More
