City Judge Sherry Paty on Thursday ordered the owner of three junkyard dogs to pay the medical bills of two men who said they were bitten in separate incidents.

She said Jacobo Rodriguez will have to pay for medicine, emergency room treatment and the ambulance tab for the two men who said they had terrifying experiences while walking at night down Workman Road in Piney Woods.

The dogs were taken to the McKamey Animal Center after the second incident on Jan. 14. Mr. Rodriguez said he does not want them back.

He claimed that people walking by often threw rocks at the dogs.

Darryl Ray said he was walking by the junkyard on Jan. 10 when he noticed two dogs in the road. He said they retreated, but he said a third dog charged at him.

He said, "I tried to climb a fence across the road, but I didn't make it. I fought him off the best I could for four or five minutes, but I got weak."

He said a man finally drove by in a truck and came to his aid. He said, "He ran over and scooped me up. I told him it didn't matter where he took me, just get me away from those dogs."

He said the man dropped him off at his nephew's house, and an ambulance was called. He said he was stitched up on his hand and leg.

He said the medicine was $86 and the ambulance bill around $900. He has not yet gotten the bill from Parkridge Hospital. He said he has no insurance.

Mr. Ray said he saw a hole under the fence where the dogs were getting out.

Nicholas Fairbanks said he also was walking along Workman Road toward Wheeler Homes at night four days later.

He said he heard dogs barking, but did not pay any attention since they were behind a fence. Then he said he saw two dogs charging him.

He said, "I tried to run away, but one grabbed me by the pant legs. They tore my jeans I had paid about $200 for." He said while one dog had him by the jeans, the other dog jumped on him and began biting him. He said he was bitten on the leg, arm and hip.

He said the dogs finally left and he was able to call for an ambulance. He had treatment at Erlanger Hospital. He said he also has no insurance. He has not received any bills yet.

Mr. Fairbanks said he stays clear of Workman Road now. "When I walk to the store I take a long way around."

Mr. Rodriguez said the dogs are not his. He said someone left the dogs at the junkyard and he feeds them and got them shots.

Judge Paty said, "If you feed them and get their shots, they're your dogs."

She noted that the dogs were supposed to have been kept in quarantine for 10 days after the first bite incident.

She also fined Mr. Rodriguez $50 and court costs on two charges. She passed eight other charges on his good behavior for six months.