My neighbor’s mean full-sized male pit bull nearly ripped off my fingers last April that put me in the ER. My offense? I put my hand on the top of the chain link fence to steady myself while bending to adjust a water valve. It jumped 3-4 feet and wouldn’t let go. Animal control took the dog for ten days then returned it. The dog also bit the landlady but she didn’t report it so it came back. In the mean time I have to warn any workers that may need to enter my yard to avoid touching the fence (all utilities are next to the fence). (BTW, I have a big hound dog who puts up a noisy notice when someone unknown wants to come in the yard, but is otherwise friendly toward people and kids.)
I am glad that you survived.