I understand your situation completely. And be very careful of people who know very well not to approach your dog - and especially on your property when you have explicitly asked them not to do so. Unfortunately in our litigious society there are many people out there who will try and set you up for a law suit.Sharon wrote: ↑We are taking responsibility for her, we are the ones that actually went to the animal control office to make them aware that there was going to be a complaint filed before he did. Plus we gave our written statement along with a person who was walking by and saw what happened. I don't think we could do more
I fully expect that your dog went into protective mode as you were trying to stop the person from moving forward on your property. If your pup is a size that you can pick up and get into the house pronto I would do so - if not try and move fast. Do not take the chance. It is very often not lack of control of your dog, it is the dog reacting as dogs do when they sense danger.
Our dog has been attacked 14 times by loose dogs on the street but nothing has ever been done about that issue. I am at the point where I will take him no further than our back yard. He is always on a regular leash. But I am well aware that dogs are chattels and despite being on our own property others can trespass and set up our dog. Nothing like have people living next door who will climb a fence in the dark and say "boo" to a dog and then stick their fingers into their ears and tease a dog to the point where the dog is not about to forget.
Over the years we have had 2 top notch trainers at the house for private lessons - and they each brought their dogs. No issues with our dog - but both trainers saw the behaviour of the people living on either side of us and kept their dogs close and were appalled. Same with the dog boarder.
I really hope that this does not escalate and that it does not happen again. You have done everything you could.