Great little animals and no danger to anyone or anything.We had them always on the farm in Kenya and I believe they were introduced here.I have just glimpsed one a couple of times in the NC which is why I had to google to see if they are endemic to the DR.
Your dog must be a superdog to get one.Ours could never get anywhere near and left them alone.
Make excellent pets if you can hand-rear a baby one,great fun but pretty mischievous as well and will destroy stuff very well, including the rockwool lining of a fridge,which was fatal for poor Angus the Mongoose