Dog attack caught on video. Thank goodness for security Cams. (Wired vs wireless)

There's an ongoing thread about this one on the Outdoor board, but long story short, over the weekend my wife was walking our dog who was attacked by our neighbors dog. I feel I've got personal and dog related aspects of the incident covered (very well) over there, so this thread really isn't about that. This one I'd just like to offer up as a specific example of the benefits of having a dedicated system like this that has your back (so to speak) 24/7/365.

Here are the "highlights of the incident (this is a cut and paste from the ODB)

...On the way home, literally at our driveway, our neighbors wait for it, pit bull mix (but ya'll already guessed that, right?), came charging across the street and she wasn't as lucky this time. Let's just say it was a mess. His owner had to tackle the dog to get it off of ours. Both the dog and my wife are physically fine (as best we can tell). My wife is very, very shaken up mentally (I don't know about the mental state of the dog, but he messed himself during the attack and ended up having to have a bath.) They've had their dog less than 1 year.

The entire encounter was captured by multiple views on our security cameras. I wasn't that alarmed until I watched the video. Our neighbor came over immediately after he got his dog up. (end cut and paste)


I wasn't overly concerned until I ran the video back. The full impact of the event didn't register until I witnessed it. The quickness and ferocity of the attack weren't fully communicated to me until I saw the video. At that moment, I was worth every penny and all the time in the hot attic this summer and the numerous trips up and down the ladder.

I would like to add this. Our ring doorbell faces the same direction general. Our front door is to the right of the frame and has a full view of the street and cul-de-sac. This incident did not register as a motion event with the ring doorbell. With only cloud storage, were were not able to pull any footage from it. I had different parts of the event on 3 of my security cams, I only posted the most relevant video. (FWIW, I did not have sound recording turned on for the driveway cam. The sound came from another camera located about 10-12 feet away. I tried to sync the audio as best I could, but it's about 0.5-1 second off.) It was 5mp footage that I down rezed for upload to the web.

Be safe out there everyone.