After an incident, protect the record.

K1K9 recommendation: seek emergency help when needed, prevent further contact and obtain appropriate medical and veterinary attention. Do not delay care to collect photographs. Follow lawful directions from responding authorities and ask the local authority about reporting or quarantine requirements.

For the Montana starter area, Butte-Silver Bow Animal Control provides an incident-reporting route and emergency contact information. Its local instructions should not be presented as a national reporting rule. (Butte-Silver Bow Animal Control) K1K9 recommendation: retain original video, photographs, messages, training logs and official notices. Keep the original files and make working copies. Record the time, location and names of known witnesses without guessing what they perceived. Separate firsthand observations from later interpretations.