Two homeowners on Castlewood Drive in Cheektowaga have filed notices of claim against the Town of Cheektowaga just over two months after a family dog was mauled to death and a neighbor seriously injured by four other dogs that live nearby.

Town prosecutor John Dudziak confirmed the filings with News 4 on Sunday.

Back in October, four dogs owned by Mohammed Khalil of Borden Road breached the wooden fence that separated his property from the Kegler family’s property.

The Keglers’ puggle died following the vicious attack, and their next door neighbor required stitches in both his thigh and his hand when he rushed over to try and protect the puggle and the Keglers’ two children, who were playing in the backyard at the time.

In a “dangerous dog” hearing in November, the town justice ruled that four out of Khalil’s five dogs were dangerous and ordered them to be humanely euthanized. Khalil allegedly appealed that decision.

The recent notices of claim allege inaction by the town and town’s dog warden despite complaints against Khalil’s dogs from the Keglers and other neighbors that date back to 2013.