Hi community,
The host's large dog attacked our little dog in the house we rented. I'd love some help & some perspective.
We rented a chalet for my birthday weekend, for 4 days, $1200. The hosts live in the downstairs apartment with their dog. We are dog lovers so we had no issue with that at all. We check in on Thursday evening, on Friday evening their large dog enters the home and attacks our little 5 pound yorkie. Their front door does not close properly unless locked, the wind blows it open (unbeknownst to us), and their dog was loose. I'll save everyone the gory details... long story short; we rushed our dog to the vet, incurred $375 in vet bills, he was in critical condition for the first 24hrs, and we spent all weekend caring for him. It was a traumatic experience, we did not sleep well as we were surveying his breathing. We wanted to leave immediately, but decided to stay since we had paid so much & did not want to move the dog on the travel back home. At the time, we were in shock. In the end, we left one day early as we were no longer comfortable in the home.
Has anyone experienced this?
Do we have recourse for the rental as well as the vet bill?
Thank you