So a few weeks ago, my dad was riding around the neighborhood with my dog and my dog got attacked by someones boxer.

The owner of the dog ran out of the house and got a hold of his dog and threw him into his truck and drove off.

The wound was about 1.5 inches deep according to the vet, and to be safe he treated it as an abscess, etc. Bill came out to be about $800.

So we finally tracked down the owner and which house the dog ran out of, and thats where my questions begin. The dog's owner is in between homes right now and was temporarily staying/storing his items at his parents home (where his dog ran out of). Initially he was being a decent human being and gave us his phone number and name and said he would make payments towards the bill.

Its been nearly 4 weeks since that first talk and hes only made two payments of $50. Each of these times, my father needed to initiate contact and collect it from him (I'm away at school), instead of him letting us know hes ready to pay like he said he would do.

However, now is when things changed. My dad stopped by his place again to collect money, as they previously discussed and this time the dude lashed out and said a bunch of bs followed up by a threat of "next time you come here, i'll shoot you". Even though theres a good number of wannabe gangsters around here, i'm treating this as a legitimate threat. So my dad went to the police station to see what he could do and they basically told him they cant do anything against conditional threats, and 911 is your friend. Thats it.

So in summary after 4 weeks hes paid 100/800 owed, and now hes threatened my fathers life and is denying to pay any more.

What do you think is the appropriate course of action?

- Going call animal control - didnt at first because we assumed he would pay.
- Sister is going to look into small claims court filings, but the issue is collecting the payment. 1) Not sure if he has a legitimate job to garnish wages from 2) he has no real estate property to lien 3) im not exactly sure how asset seizing works