This is happening to a couple of good friends of mine back home, not me.

Yesterday was the second time the neighbor's dog bit their dog through the fence.  I'm not sure when the first time was but the neighbor bought their dog a muzzle after that, let her wear it for a few days, then they stopped putting it on her.

My friends tried blocking the fence with random obstacles (just stuff they had in the back yard) but the dog on the other side manages to move them.  My friends' dog puts his paw on the fence and the other dog bites him that way.  He only barks at the other dog but never bites back.

About 9 hours later, my friends' dog jumped down from the bed and seemed to hurt the paw that had been bitten; He couldn't stand on it and was yelping.  They took him to an animal hospital where they found he had a fractured paw and 3 puncture wounds.

They want to know all options available to them.  Obviously they want the neighbor to pay for the animal hospital bill, but they'd also like to call animal control, the town, or get them to get their act together some other way.  I wanted to tell them to try to get an audio recording of the neighbor admitting fault, which I imagine would go a long way in small claims court if it ever came to that, but I want to know what the experts have to say.
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Friends dog's paw was bitten by neighbor's dog through the
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This is happening to a couple of good friends of mine back home, not me.

Yesterday was the second time the neighbor's dog bit their dog through the fence.  I'm not sure when the first time was but the neighbor bought their dog a muzzle after that, let her wear it for a few days, then they stopped putting it on her.

My friends tried blocking the fence with random obstacles (just stuff they had in the back yard) but the dog on the other side manages to move them.  My friends' dog puts his paw on the fence and the other dog bites him that way.  He only barks at the other dog but never bites back.

About 9 hours later, my friends' dog jumped down from the bed and seemed to hurt the paw that had been bitten; He couldn't stand on it and was yelping.  They took him to an animal hospital where they found he had a fractured paw and 3 puncture wounds.

They want to know all options available to them.  Obviously they want the neighbor to pay for the animal hospital bill, but they'd also like to call animal control, the town, or get them to get their act together some other way.  I wanted to tell them to try to get an audio recording of the neighbor admitting fault, which I imagine would go a long way in small claims court if it ever came to that, but I want to know what the experts have to say.
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Dog's paw bitten by neighbor's dog through fence, need advice
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