Attorney Kenneth M. Phillips’ Legal Survival Guide for Dog Pros was a 6-hour webinar that now can be seen as an online video! It covered liability situations for dog pros, and how to avoid liability . . . how the structure of your business can protect you . . . issues involving your employees that […]
On May 1, 2025, a pit bull attack on a Chihuahua named Penny unfolded on a crowded Manhattan sidewalk. Despite being restrained by chains, the pit bulls mauled Penny in full view of bystanders, many of whom tried to intervene. The NYPD’s response was to call the incident a “civil matter,” insisting no crime had […]
Lawmakers around the USA are planning to get tough with bad dogs and their owners. April 2025 saw an event like something that happened during the Kentucky Derby in May 2009. There was a horse named Mind That Bird. The odds on him were 50 to 1. He started the race in last place. But […]
On April 17, 2025, the highest court in New York issued a blockbuster decision in Flanders v. Goodfellow that fixed a grave error it made in 2006. That year, the court ruled there was no such thing as dog owner negligence. With this new ruling, dog bite victims in New York can now seek […]