Can I take legal action? Dog related trigger warning

@Ellythe

Rosie is absolutely gorgeous!!

sorry I missed your reply yesterday x

im glad she's nearby & you can visit daily, I'm sure that'll help her recovery loads, especially if you can get her to eat.

how is she doing today??

how is she managing with the loss of her leg? (Which is it?). I know cats are different, but one of ours lost his leg in an argument with a car, WE were devastated, but within a very short time he was back to his nauty game of jump on the table!! We were SO surprised (& couldn't bring ourselves to tell him off about it anymore! Thankfully only used the table for paperwork, not meals) his was his back leg too, so no idea how he managed but he did)

lots of love
xx

I'm so sorry to hear what's happened to your little dog, that's truly awful.

Taking a step back on the legal question, you need to establish she was negligent. That essentially involves showing no reasonable person running a home boarding business would have acted as she did and that led to the attack / it not being stopped or prevented. Although on the face of what you say you would have a good case, it's not a wholly straightforward question and you would need a lawyer to advise properly.

The more objective the measures you can evidence she breached the better position you are in - for example if there are specific provisions of her licence that you can evidence she breached (number of dogs she had in her care, for example, or oversight requirements) that's ideal as it's an objective standard. The evidence of breaching those standards are also ideally going to be objective eg if the video you have shows the number of dogs. To the extent that evidence comes from other people (eg previous incidents or knowledge of elderly / teens being left in charge), they would need to be prepared to provide a witness statement / appear in court for it to be usable in court should you get there so it can still be very useful but the objective measures are going to help you the most.

On the three days to report to insurers someone mentioned, a failure to report doesn't avoid third party claims. The possibility of her invalidating the insurance by her actions is a real one (although that itself could help as an objective standard if she hasn't met the requirements of her insurance / maintained it) but you don't know the provisions of her insurance to judge. You direct correspondence to her and she will forward on as she chooses.

Oh wow!

I must admit I am not a massive doggie person - bit of a cat lady - but your Rosie looks adorable.

I can honestly say I have never hard of anything so horrific with regards to animal boarding. This has actually made me cry. Rosie looks so trusting and vulnerable, bless her.

You MUST push for everything you can, i.e. all vet’s bills both now and future related, all of your additional expenses including travel costs to and from vets each day, additional flights, lost accommodation, personal trauma etc. etc.

Praying your gorgeous girl recovers as well as possible. Losing a leg and an eye doesn’t bear thinking about. That mastiff needs putting down too as he will definitely do it again.

Get this neglectful bitch closed down!!! 😡😡😡

Your poor girl. Glad she has eaten and you can get her home soon.

Alot of these details sound like someone who runs boarding and day care near me, including the social media posts if so, looks like they are still boarding and have all the dogs loose so really hoping it isn't! (If it is, then sorry)

Hope Rosie is home soon

Aw she's beautiful 😍 Glad you got her to eat and her little tail was wagging. Poor little love. I am so sorry this has happened and all through negligence on the boarders part. Please don't beat yourself saying you should have checked this or that or put her somewhere else, hindsight can be a torturous thing. You read reviews which is what most of us would do.

Wishing your cutie a speedy recovery and hopefully this woman gets shut down.

I'm so sorry for what you've been through - the loss of your child, and now the attack on your gorgeous little dog who helped you with your grief.

I hope that you get justice for Rosie, and are able to stop this negligent woman from being in a position to put other people's beloved family members at risk.

Wow that is horrific. I’m so sorry. The should be covered through their insurance.

This is why I only leave my dogs in kennels where the dogs NEVER interact. Not worth the risk at all. Dog daycares and boarders and so dangerous.

If you haven't already, I'd urge you to speak to Trevor or Nik at doglaw.co.uk - they're great and really helpful dog law specialists.

So sorry this has happened to your lovely little dog.

How traumatising for you and your lovely dog.
I don't usually leave bad reviews but things like this make me think we should be pointing it out when bad things happen so people at least have a chance to avoid.

I've read your posts @Ellythe, and I'm really pleased that Rosie appears to have turned a corner in her treatment and the antibiotics appear to be working.

In relation to your last post where you mentioned that the kennel owner was posting up to social media saying that she is the victim here, I would be sure to take photos of these posts so you can add them to your case.
I don't know if it would be beneficial to you to post up something like "Hi X, as this is now in the hands of the authorities, I don't believe that it's in your interest to be posting to social media. I've already taken a copy of this post and will be forwarding it to the relevant authorities."

At least she may get nervous and stop posting making her out to be the victim here.

@Ellythe I have reread your op 🤦🏻‍♀️

Does she transport the dogs to a unit, or are they always in her home?

@Ellythe I too would be beyond angry.

She sounds utterly irresponsible.

Going over her licensed numbers is reckless.

As I said previously, ask who she is insured with and get onto them asap.

Rosie is absolutely stunning, bless her heart.

It's really good that she's eating and was pleased to see you - maybe now she knows you're there, her recovery will start improving too :)

Ahh what a little love - it's so hearbreaking. Still they are very resilient and she knows she has you. Bless her heart.

Is she a licensed boarder?

I am a kennel owner, if her insurance is similar to mine, you (or she) needs to report it within 72 hours of the incident.

Environmental health are the department for licensing home boarders, if you are going to report, report to them but that isn't time critical. The insurance is!

Do you have proof of how many dogs she had there? Unless she has a massive house, she sounds like she had too many dogs there.
Each dog has to have their own room, so they can be split as necessary and not all rooms are classed as suitable. From the number you have given, does she have a 12 room house.

I sincerely hope your little dog recovers both physically and mentally from this, poor little love 😢

@Ellythe Awwww, she's a cutie

It's a home boarder responsible for this.

I'm so sorry to hear about this OP and I'm glad you've seen her and got her to eat. I hope the licensing officer can give you some good guidance and I hope they strip this charlatan of a home boarder of her licence. You need to demand her insurance details and get in touch with them either directly or via your own insurance if you have it. I don't know if you're interested but the home boarding regulations can be found at Home boarding for dogs licensing: statutory guidance for local authorities - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
The bit you said about them being left of 6 hours+ is completely in breach of 5.9:
"Dogs must have human company. They must not be routinely left alone for more than 3 hours in a 24 hour period, or shorter intervals as necessary for the individual health, safety and welfare of an individual dog. All dogs should be observed by trained and competent staff."
The neighbour's 12 year old kid absolutely cannot be in charge of the dogs, they must be 16 as a minimum, but anyone involved must be suitably trained and competent.
Up to £10,000, you can take this to the small claims court as well but I would go for her insurance first.
Wishing Rosie a speedy recovery. Poor little mite!

Your poor dog, absolutely report to the police and the council. Wishing her a speedy recovery- might be better to post over on legal?

@Ellythe im glad you've been able to see her & she's now eaten. How far away from your home is it? Will you be able to visit daily?

where is the infection? How long do they think it will take to go, so you can take her home?

could you share a (before you went away) photo?

I hope you get some sleep tonight now you've seen her & had a cuddle xx

Your poor dog, I hope she’s ok