Neighbors dog attacks your child

[Remfam]

So my 9 year old was attacked by the neighbors lab/pit bull mix luckily he was not injured to much but was very traumatic . Should I report the incident the neighbor has asked me not too but the dog keeps getting out and this could have been much worse how to handle a situation without causing a riff amongst a neighbor :(

[Its.me.Sam.]

how did the attack happen?
i would definitley get something done about the dog getting loose.  thats a danger in itself. 

[mamacalifornia]

 I woudl report it! Any dog including my families that attacks my child is getting turned in no matter what the breed.

[suetoo]

Call police, dog control and dog gets euthanized. Next child the dog attacks, he'll probably kill. What would you think about then? A riff with a neighbor or a terrible injury or death of someone else's child? Sometimes doing the rt. thing is tough. Man up to it!!!

[Pammi86]

I hate situations like this bc I feel so bad for both parties. I hate seeing animals or people hurt! But if they can not control the dog then I guess you really have no choice. You say your son wasn't hurt, did the dog try to bite or anything!?

[Bgbluford785]

Hell yes I would report it!! That's your baby and dogs can be visious towards children. Your lucky he wasn't hurt worse. Its not your fault the owner can't keep his mean dog inside his backyard. I would be pist that they even asked you to keep it on the hush because it our jobs as parents to protect our childeren. What if dog gets out again.

[keriley1]

I would for sure be reporting it......after I killed the dog first.

[splatz]

I would take all this into account.
If you feel like its very likely it could happen to your child or another then I would report it.

Quoting mom2gr8tgirls:

Was it an isolated incident? Is the dog violent in general? Did your DS do something to provoke the dog? If the dog is prone to violence and your DS didn't do anything to provoke, I'd probably report it.

[goddess99]

I agree. This is a no win situation. I might report it but I would hate for anything to happen to the dog. This is a bad, irresponsible owner situation. Sad. Glad your child wasn't hurt badly!

Quoting Pammi86:

I hate situations like this bc I feel so bad for both parties. I hate seeing animals or people hurt! But if they can not control the dog then I guess you really have no choice. You say your son wasn't hurt, did the dog try to bite or anything!?

[DaisyRae]

In a lot of states its considered negligent to not report it and you can get into more trouble. When we first moved into the place we are at now, the neighbors dog attacked my youngest, bit her face and almost mauled her, we reported it and despite pissing off the new neighbors who had the dog removed temporarily, the outcome was a lot less stressful than if we had not reported it. 

[mhaney03]

I shot my neighbor's dog with a pellet gun when it attacked my neice.  I told the owner the next time it was going to be a real bullet.