§ 6-103. Dangerous and vicious, exclusions.

No dog shall be declared dangerous or vicious if, at the hearing authorized by this article, evidence presented is sufficient to establish any of the following:

(1)

Any injury or damage is sustained by a person who, at the time the injury or damage was sustained, was committing a crime upon the property of the owner of the dog.

(2)

Any injury or damage is sustained by a person who, at the time the injury or damage was sustained, was teasing, tormenting, abusing, or assaulting the dog.

(3)

If the dog was protecting or defending a person within the immediate vicinity of the dog from an unjustified attack or assault.

(4)

If the injury or damage to an animal was sustained while the dog was working as a hunting or herding dog on the property of, or under the control of, its owner, and the damage or injury was to a species or type of animal appropriate to the work of the dog.