Maybe I'm too empathetic and if I am tell me. Our neighbor's daughter got mauled by our pit mix dog. She did provoke our dog though. The girl is 13 and she's known for being a menace in our neighborhood. She's even been mean to my son who's 15 but is special needs and I do try to tell him that bullies usually have a lot going on. She had sprayed him with a water hose that had sent him into an autistic meltdown.

She's a mean girl but I think the problem is a parenting problem. She's just so young. My son was walking our dog and our dog isn't aggressive. He's usually a big baby and has no history of being aggressive. The 13 year old started throwing rocks at my son while he was walking the dog and wouldn't stop so my son called her a bitch so she started throwing bricks. One hit our dog and one hit my son in the face. Our dog didn't even attack when he was hit. When my son was hit in the face and fell the dog ran and pounced at her and got her face.

Another neighbor got the dog off her. Called 911. My son needed stitches on his eye brow from the brick but she was really messed up. The mom wanted our dog put down and wanted us to cover the hospital bills. My husband went to a neighbor who had surveillance footage of the whole thing from their home and they gave him the camera footage to prove she provoked them. He's already spoken to a lawyer and they believe we have a strong case. Especially with the footage.

Maybe I'm such an empath but with how messed up the girls face is I kind of think we should pay. But my husband is in the fuck around and find out mindset. Our dog won't get put down because it was clear he was provoked and we had to take him to the vet because he got hurt from the brick but with how badly her face was mauled idk. I'm not saying we should put him down but it disturbs me.

We obviously can't re-home him or put him down because my son would not cope well and I understand he was just protecting my son but I do feel for the poor girl because she's a victim of poor parenting. My husband said we aren't giving that family a cent and they should be lucky we don't sue for hospital bills and the vet bill. When I even mentioned a possible re-home my husband shut that down. I know that wouldn't be fair to my son or our pupper.

But I wish he would at least be open to helping the family because that girls life is gonna be changed. Yes it was her fault but I'm sure it's traumatic still