The man had gripped the dog by its ears, forcing it to release him, and fended it off with an object while walking backwards to get into his car.
At Wairarapa Hospital his wounds required two stitches, and he was given antibiotics and a tetanus injection.
Rimene was ordered to pay more than $2000 in pound fees and reparation.
The dog was ordered to be destroyed.
In the second case, a probation officer had arrived at Lance Johnston's Bannister St home on December 9, 2010, and was bitten on the knee by a large bull mastiff after approaching the front door of the house.
Johnston had managed to make the dog release the man's right leg, before it attacked the left.
The probation officer had to have wounds cleaned and bandaged and received a tetanus shot.
The judge in the case noted it was an isolated incident, and Johnston was ordered to pay more than $2000 in fines, court costs, reparation and fees.
Another prosecution has also been made this year. A German shepherd, owned by Jason Brown, was already classified as a dangerous dog when it attacked another dog being walked in Perry St on August 11 last year.
The complainant had crossed the road to avoid the property when the German shepherd had run out through an open gate, attacked the dog and pinned it to the ground. The owner had tried to protect his dog by pulling the attacking dog off and was bitten on a finger, before neighbours arrived to help.
Brown's wife and another woman had taken the bitten dog walker to hospital after the attack dog had retreated.
The dog was eventually destroyed, and Brown paid more than $2000 in fines, fees and reparation.
The prosecutions were taken due to the circumstances of the attacks, rather than a change in approach from the Masterton District Council.
Council chief executive officer Wes ten Hove said the council's first approach was to educate owners to prevent poor dog behaviour. "Our staff will provide advice to owners on how to manage their dogs and, if necessary, we will issue infringement notices as a means of changing owner and dog behaviour. In some instances the dog in question is handed over to the council. Prosecution is the last resort," he said. "I am pleased with the results of the last year that show most of our dog owners have their dogs registered and under control.
"We have achieved our target of having 95 per cent of known dogs being registered and we are getting good feedback about the low number of wandering dogs. This is a good result for the community and council."
The Carterton District Council had no prosecutions for the year ending June 30 last year, although one dog was classified as dangerous.
There are a further 18 dogs were classified as menacing, one due to characteristics of breed.
There were four reports of dogs biting people, and 15 reports of dogs biting other animals.
The South Wairarapa District Council filed no dog prosecutions for the year. No dogs were classified as dangerous in the district but seven were classified as menacing.
In South Wairarapa there had been eight complaints of dogs attacking people, 10 of dogs attacking stock and seven of dogs attacking people's pets.
A review of the dog bylaw for South Wairarapa, regarding a flat fee for working dogs, is planned.