Dog broke her leg on a dog park bench

Lone Stone

Hi i am wondering if anyone would be able to help me out in regards to my current situation, yesterday i took my 5 month old dog to the dog park area in st Anne's park it has two area a big dog and a little dog area, the big dog area has benchs carved out of tree trunks and in the little dog area is a bench of like metal bar's with big gaps between them.

Well my dog was running around the other dogs and she got chased up the bench and broke her leg between the bar's i took her to the vet and its going to cost me 500 euro as she broke her leg and needs surgery. Where do i stand in regards to dublin city council having some responsibility as the bench in the closed of area clearly not safe for dogs at all and people have told since dog's have broken their legs on it before. Would i need to go a small claims court to get them to pay the vet fee's ?

im going to head to the park and take some photo's of the bench, but i was wondering does anyone have any helpful information as what to do im not really sure what to do. I just so angry that some thing so obiously unfit for a dog park is there.

afatbollix

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Keep it civil pls


I can be open to correction.

punisher5112

How are they responsible?

Is there parts broken or hanging off?

Bit of personal responsibility really people have accidents and so do animals not a lot you can do but not let dog up on the bench which is for people to sit on.

Riazor

WOW

A new low.

It's no wonder more and more parks and recreational facilities are restricted or even closed.

Wesser

Is this a wind up?

SarahMollie

Accidents happen. There is not always someone you can sue. Part of pet ownership is being willing to pay unexpected bills if an accident occurs.

nuac

Mod
Sorry to hear about your dog. Cannot give legal advice on this forum
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