My cat was attacked by a neighbor's dog...

[moriah]

19. But why should the condition of the door matter....

.... if the dog was off the owner's property?

If my cat had been in their yard, that would be something completely different. The door could not be pulled open from the inside by my cat, only pushed open from the outside. My cats were properly confined. (Edit to add: county law requires all animals, both dogs and cats, to be properly confined. Mine was far closer to properly confined than the dog.)

It was the element of the dog putting its body weight on the door and pushing it open... and why was the dog there?

Meh. I *can't* afford it. That's why I'm renting a room instead of in an apartment. That's why I'm buying ramen and peanut butter and rather upset that I don't have any extra weight to lose -- I got too skinny already this year per my doctor when I got below 100 lbs.

I just don't know. It sucks. She's still alive, which is the only good thing. But I have no idea how I'm going to take care of the bill.