A child getting bitten by your dog. It ranks high on the list of nightmares for any dog owner. But if you don’t have kids of your own, it’s hardly something you expect to happen in your living room while you’re taking a leisurely bath.
Yet that’s exactly what happened in Saint Paul, Minnesota, when this woman’s dachshund got hold of a toddler who’d wandered in from a house a block away. She’d hoped the matter would be resolved with an insurance claim and an apology. Instead, she had to turn to Reddit for legal advice on an escalating situation.
Read on to see how it all snowballed into a $5,000 demand, an arrest, and a for-sale sign.