Two pit bull mixes that mauled two construction workers in Sausalito are still in the owner’s possession after Marin Humane designated one as vicious and the other potentially dangerous.

The dogs’ owner, Daniel Meyers, waived his right to a hearing that was scheduled for March 24 and accepted the sanctions for his dogs Monkey and Goose, said Cindy Machado, Marin Humane’s director of animal services. Monkey, 4, was designated as vicious, while Goose, 5, is listed as potentially dangerous, she said.

The sanctions include a $750 fee and chip implantation under the dogs’ skin. Meyers must also make sure the dogs are enclosed and unable to escape; post a warning sign on the home about the vicious dog; and use a 6-foot leash for walks, Machado said. Monkey must wear a muzzle during walks.

Attempts to reach Meyers were unsuccessful.

The attack happened on Jan. 21 across the street from 280 Currey Lane, where Meyers lived. Neighbors have not heard or seen the dogs and think Meyers has moved. It is unclear if he was evicted because of the dog attacks.

Betsy Stafford, who lives on Currey Lane, said she and other neighbors are disappointed that the hearing was waived.

“I was looking forward to a public hearing with a judge and that was denied from us,” Stafford said. “We weren’t told that hearing was not going to happen. We are very disappointed that we could not go.”

She said the dogs should have been seized a long time ago when they attacked Kay Moore and her dog Poppy in 2016.

Machado confirmed that this attack is on record and was taken into consideration, but she said seizing the dogs was not warranted.

“Seizure of a dog happens in the most egregious, awful situations when there is problem with type of confinement available or an unwillingness on owners’ part to contain them,” she said. “There have not been too many.”

Machado said there were allegations early on that the dogs were not confined on the property, but the investigation showed they were. She said Meyers was cooperative.

The closest chance the neighbors had to provide testimony on the incidents was at the Sausalito City Council meeting on Feb. 11 during public comment. At the meeting, Dennis Webb, owner of Webb Construction, described how his two workers, Sean O’Shea and Jose Alvarez, were viciously attacked.

He said Sausalito police officers, the first to the scene, are not trained or equipped to handle dog attacks.

“The first problem is if the humane society has a contract to provide animal control then they should have facilities here in Sausalito, Mill Valley and Corte Madera, because they are all the way up in Novato and can’t respond quickly enough,” Webb said.

Sausalito police Chief John Rohrbacher confirmed that officers are not trained on how to subdue an animal.

“I know people are very concerned and would like us to go and take those dogs and do something with them, but we are clearly not equipped to do that,” he said at the council meeting. “We have no kennels and nobody to do that. That’s why we contract (with Marin Humane).”

The neighbors are concerned that the sanctions will not stop the dogs from attacking again.

“As long as he’s gone and as long as the dogs are gone I guess have to be happy with that,” Stafford said. “But I want to make sure they are gone from our neighborhood and don’t go to any other neighborhood where they could do the same thing.”