Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
An owner's liability for a dog bite or attack is determined solely by application of the rule of strict liability for harm caused by a domestic animal whose owner knows or should have known of the animal's vicious propensities (see Petrone v Fernandez,
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