Been watching this - I do hope yall catch the right dog. Hope your wife is feeling better. I'd be super ticked if I was her, so much so I'd probably stake out and look for the dog on my own. I hold grudges.

 

Update. The dog was caught and quarantined. The vet said the dog was in good health and there was no health risk to my wife "at this time".
The dog has been classifies as a category 4 offender. Which means the dog remains under "house arrest" for the rest of its life. Not allowed to run free ever. The owner has to report the death or transfer of the animal and has to post vicious dog warning signs on their property. If the dog is ever seen running loose, even on the owners property, the dog will be put down.

 

I guess this is probably the best-case outcome you can expect, given the circumstances...glad to hear they finally found the offending dog. I think the house arrest crap is garbage and it sickens me we'll bend over for an animal simply because nobody in the gov't is willing to risk public outrage by killing the dog, regardless how much it deserves to be killed.

On the other hand, if these owners are like most others I know who've let their dog hit cat 4, you'll have an opportunity to see this dog again and take care of it the way it should have been from the beginning.

 

That Kalifornicationism infestation. Protect the poor little dogie from those cruel humans regardless of what the mangy mut did, or should I say what those cruel humans let it do. I am hoping the dog will be caught "uncontrolled" so the owner can face criminal charges this time.

 

Yep! That dream cabin north of Manley Hot Springs is looking better and better everyday...

 

My father was the local Rabies Control Officer for the health department. He retired from it and they did away with the job. He had one saying that goes right along here. "Every dog gets one bite". In other words, the second time there had better be a good reason (i.e. defending its owner from attack or such) or it was on a short leash literally. Third bite was a death sentence. No if's and's or but's.

He was authorized to shoot a dangerous dog on sight. He carried a .38 (to protect himself from the owners) and a 12 gauge pump in the car. When he took the job in the late 50's, we had a lot of vicious dogs running the streets and a problem with rabies. 35 years later when he retired, the dogs were better controlled but the courts were rougher on the owners. That dog wouldn't be a problem anymore for anyone with him.

 

Yep, I'm building mine north of Tok. Out there it's deal with it, then call the troopers.
When I lived in Montana, Arizona, and Wyoming ranchers would let (encourage) you to take care of their "varmint" problems. Most of the time they would provide the ammo.

Thanks everyone. The wife is healing up and better prepared in the event of another incident.

 

As they say in ranch country "a loose dog is a dead dog".....and I like dogs.