Los Angeles animal behavior expert, Richard Polsky, Ph.D. assists attorneys nationwide in the development of behavioral arguments regarding dog bites & cat bites, prepared declarations and reports, examine dog and attack location and render animal behavior expert testimony that has bearing on strict liability and foreseeability and related issues in dog and cat attack lawsuits. Scientifically-based analysis concerning canine behavior, product liability, dangerous and vicious dogs, negligence, attack reconstruction, strict liability for dog bites and cat bites and canine inflicted personal injury. Criminal & civil, police dog attack, dangerous dog hearings, product liability cases.
Typical canine bite & cat bite lawsuit questions include:
Dog bite provocation?
Negligence: Dog carelessly managed?
Dog possess dangerous tendencies?
Plaintiff's version believable?
Dog attack foreseeable?
Did landlord have actual knowledge?
Behavioral basis for punitive damages for dog bite injury?
Animal behavior resources

Applied animal behavior
Dental guards for dogs: will this prevent dog bite injury?
Bite force in dogs & canines is difficult to calibrate
First human fatality in Alaska from wolf attack![]()
Software teaches children dog bite prevention![]()
Concerns raised about the aggressive nature of the Boerboel![]()
Canadian dogbite fatality on 10-year-old boy on Indian reserve
Irony of fate in fatal dog mauling in Slavonia
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Legal
A behavioral perspective on punitive damages in dog bites cases
Chimpanzee mauling in Connecticut: dog bite statute does not apply
$982,000 verdict against landlord in dog knock-down case in California![]()
Dog bite liability in pet stores successfully challenged
Dog attack or child abuse?![]()
$1.5 million verdict in New Jersey pit bull attack
Lawsuit excludes dog bite coverage for household member
Wolf hybrids ruled dangerous by nature in Canadian judicial ruling![]()
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Epidemiological & medical
Alaska dog bite statistics
Cost for dog bite insurance claims in 2008
Dog bites and posttraumatic stress in children
Pulling dogs may injure people
Survey finds few dogs actually bite people
Blunt injury from dog bites happen frequently
Children sustain dog bites most often in summer
The extent of the dog bite problem today![]()
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Contact Info:
Animal Behavior Counseling Services, Inc.
2288 Manning Ave.
Los Angeles, California 90064
Telephone: (310) 474-3776
Nationwide: (800) 605-2227
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