The defendant was charged under the Dog Owners Liability Act with failing to exercise reasonable precautions to prevent her dog from biting a person.
The complainant alleged that the defendant's German shepherd bit her while she was riding her bicycle on a public road.
The defendant maintained that her dog was properly secured when she left the property and that the complainant frequently trespassed on her property and provoked the dogs.
The court found the defendant not guilty, determining that the steps taken by the defendant to secure her dog constituted reasonable precautions, particularly given the absence of prior aggressive behaviour by the dog and the ambiguity regarding where the bite occurred.
