Yeah, the law probably wouldn't see it that way, but the guy kept coming and I have to ask how patient should a dog be?
My old Lab I had went after, and got some drunk that suddenly grabbed me while I was sitting at a drive in movie about 25 years ago. There were 6 screens and he went to the snack bar to get some popcorn and thought my truck was his brother's, who was about 150' away, watching another movie. My dog Joe was passed out on the seat next to me.
I was just sitting there, all of a sudden, the door opens and this guy grabs my arm, and says, "WTF are you doing? Get out of my brother's truck before I kick your A**!"
I pushed him back, and he came up again. I told him he had the wrong truck, and he grabbed me by the hair by one hand, and Joe nailed his other hand that he had grabbed the steering wheel with, twice. He screamed and staggered back, and Joe tried to get out of the truck and continue with the "fight". I held onto him, but he was seriously pissed off, and the drunk guy wasn't going away. All of a sudden, the guy's brother shows up and tells him he is messed up, it's not his truck. Then he took his brother back to his truck, then he comes back and apologized for what happened. He said it was his brother's own fault he got bit twice, and he maybe would learn a lesson and stop drinking. He patted Joe on the head and Joe had no problem with him.
They left to go to the ER and I thought it was all over with. About an hour later (there were 3 movies) here comes the cops. Apparently the ER doctor called them when they saw the bites and they "had to investigate". I told them what happened and they saw that my dog was hardly vicious, just protectful, and that was it.
I think that Teddy did pretty well actually.