Neighborhood dog bit me
Hi there.
Been living in the Salem area for around a year now. There is a tweaker home around a quarter mile from my place that has two dogs, one a little rat yapper and the other a medium sized dog. Around 4 times now I have walked by this house and the dogs have been running up and down both sides of the street, with no owner in sight. Every time the little one yaps while the meidum one gets close and shows teeth. Well this morning, the dogs were out again and the medium one actually bit me. Luckily was it was just one little nip, but it was enough to break skin and bleed a good bit. I have video of the dogs out on the opposite side of the road from the house, and a short video of the wound, but not a video of the bite as I wanted both hands free when I walked past the house.
I have left a voicemail to Marion county dog services right after about what happened. What can I do to make sure these dogs are taken away? They are a genuine safety threat to people who walk by, especially kids or elderly folk. Every neighbor i talk to around the area shares the same sentiment and tells me that this has been an issue for a long time. Sadly, the owner calls the dogs back in after they hear a human yelling at them, so they aren't out long enough usually for the authorities to show up if I called.