Animal law as a discipline continues to evolve. This evolution touches everything from our beliefs regarding animals' proper place in society and what bundle of rights should accompany this property, both from possessors' and animals' perspectives, to more every-day matters such as animal trusts, veterinary-care issues, and dog bite cases. Damages in a dog bite case can be more encompassing than damages in any personal injury matter. As our understanding grows of animals and thus also the reasons behind certain animal interactions with humans, our ability to more accurately categorize and quantify the spectrum of damages in a dog bite case also grows.In this paper Michael Kaiser provides the foundation for his recent presentation on damages in dog bite cases. The presentation was given during the October, 2013, national Continuing Legal Education (CLE) videocast Plaintiff's Guide to Dog Bite Litigation. In this paper he presents a platform for a much more encompassing approach to quantifying damages in these type of cases. His paper parses damage issues concerning pain and suffering, scarring and disfigurement, post traumatic stress disorder, lost income, punitive damages, loss of quality of life, and loss of consortium. His paper also addresses pet victims in dog bite cases as well as police dog bite incidents.