Good Afternoon, Open Eyes.

I have no clue what kind of dog it was that attacked my Ruby. If I had to guess it looked like some pit-mix.

And concerning the leash law.... I respect the judge's decision. Technically Ruby was supposed to be on a leash and she was not. I can say with confidence that had no bearing on my dog getting attacked but it's a slippery slope.

I found your perspective on the vet bill being split 50/50 rather interesting. That would have been fair. Another interesting twist to my dog's history.... about a year or so after her attack, Ruby got attacked again. This time from the dog across the street. And by dog I'm talking about a 100lb + Rottweiler. The Rottweiler walked over into our front yard and lunged at Ruby. She had Ruby's neck in her teeth. I was terrified. I was close enough to intervene before Ruby got injured. I picked up the Rottweiler and slammed her to the ground. Naturally, she let go of Ruby and I yelled at my son to get her in the house. So now I'm laying on this huge dog and was thinking she was going to make hamburger of me once I get off of her. To my surprise, she just walked away. My whole point of this story is the neighbor who owned the dog came over and apologized up and down, asked if she could do anything, asked if my dog was okay (she was, thank God), and basically handled it well and showed compassion and concern. To this day we are great friends with them. They are wonderful people. Their dog died so I don't have to worry about her attacking my current dog (Joy).

And to your last point.... what can I change? I figure probably nothing. I have wonderful support from my family and this forum so I thank you (all of you) for that.