LadyConstanze
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Got bitten by a dog due to an accident (strange dog went for my dog and I tried to push the other dog back), not deep but rather painful, I think I might have cracked a finger bone and it took a fairly broad strip of skin and some flesh off, washed it at home, disinfected it, it's throbbing and stinging like hell, I can now appreciate how difficult it is for some guys to type with one hand ;)
I had a tetanus shot about 2 years ago so I think I'm alright, I just don't want to go to the doc because they will have to report the bite, and since it was an accident and the owner is really worried (I would be too if my dog's life would be in danger), I told him I won't report it. Does anybody know what else I have to do to avoid an infection or anything like that?
This is not good. And I was bitten this summer, similar situation (and by a pitbull), so I'm up on this.
You HAVE to report it. It's a public safety matter. The dog will be observed/quarantined, then returned.
You MUST go to the doctor. You NEED antibiotics, and because of the depth of the wound, should have started them immediately. Go. Now. They also will report it, taking care of that for you.
This is FAR more dangerous than you are treating it.
Oh FFS, it is healing nicely and the antibiotics would do more damage to my system than the bite, which is healing nicely. Crossing the road is dangerous, that doesn't mean I am going to stay in the house forever.
Look, if you are paranoid and you want a dog reported (and most likely the dog will be put down) it's a matter of you can justify having an animal put down for a mistake it made when a huge part of it was my fault (putting my hand in between) - personally, I couldn't live with myself, if you can, well, that's your choice but I can tell you that personally I wouldn't like to associate with a person who's so vindictive.
A matter of public safety? The fact that I stuck my hand in front of a dog who was agitated? Thanks for trying to amuse me, but keep the day job...
Taking antibiotics "just in case" contributed to a lot of problems, because now you have tons of germs that are resistant to antibiotics, that is dangerous and irresponsible, I'm sure you wonder why we have lovely problems with bacteria being resistant to antibiotics... Take a guess why?
I MUST do it? According to who? You? Sorry, I don't take orders, you are not my boss and I am not even at work.
The thing is nicely scabbing over with any sign of infection, where the cuticle is torn it hurts but that's to be expected, I can bend the finger slightly (which I couldn't do before), there is still a swelling on the bone but that doesn't go away in a day and the swelling also shows no sign of infection.
I talked to the father of a friend who's an MD, I think he's qualified to give me advice, I mailed him pictures of the injury and how it's healing, he said that his "inofficial" opinion is that it is healing fine, if I come his way (he's about 2 hours away) this weekend, he'll have an inofficial look at it, or I could see him officially and have him write down that it was a cat bite. Also his professional opinion is that any sign of infection I will need medical attention, in case there is no infection it's a minimal risk.
In case it would be reported, the least that would happen to the animal would be that it is taken away from its home for being observed, with the history of abuse the animal had before it was adopted by the new owner, it would most likely be disturbed and possibly aggressive and then be put down. Some bastard abused a puppy and tried to train it for dog fights, luckily the puppy was taken away and given to a good home, because of that traumatic experience it loses it when it sees a big black dog, I can seriously understand that. Yes, it was a bit irresponsible of the owner to have it off the leash in a pub, but the owner possibly didn't think somebody would come in with a doberman.
As I said before, some rotten bastard was almost dislocating the hindleg of my dog last summer during the England/Germany football match, he was pissed off that England lost the game and since dobies are a German breed tried to take it out on the dog, I warned him off, the dog warned him off and she backed away from him, he tried to force her on her back by grabbing her hindleg and tearing sideways (which causes a dog considerable pain) and she finally nipped him, it was a tiny puncture, he reported the dog as a dangerous animal. If not the landlord and everybody around would have testified that he was drunk as a skunk, cruel to the animal, wouldn't stop despite being told to, kept on following us around, my dog would have been put down. Luckily after talking to the witnesses, reading the report of my vet and meeting my dog, they decided to get the guy done for wasting police time and lying to them. Without any witnesses and just a report - I would have lost a lovely animal who did nothing wrong, but in the end defended herself against cruelty. All because of some scumbag. Despite the fact that we had tons of witnesses (he had none), I was in a right state and scared as hell for 2 weeks, I considered leaving the country with my dog and having her re-chipped.
Unfortunately it's always the animals fault when in more than 99% of all cases it is human fault, if it's an owner who gets a dog as a toy and has no idea about what requirements the breed has, they like the look of a dog and think that's enough so they don't train it properly. Or on the other hand people not understanding how dogs work and behaving wrong. I love dogs and I will pet about any dog I come across, this is the 2nd bite ever (first one as a child, also my mistake, I tried to dress our great dane in romper suit, it nipped me lightly as I didn't care for his growling and warnings) but I wouldn't even consider this last one as a bite as the dog didn't mean to bite me. If you go up to a dog you watch how the dog reacts - if it's trying to sniff you, you let it, if it then offers the head for gentle pad, you can do that, if it backs off, you don't touch it, if a dog comes running towards you, you don't run away because they instinctively will chase, it's their nature.
I don't think there are bad dogs, there are idiot owners with problems and idiots who provoke bites by being stupid or ignorant, or making a mistake, as a grown up I can own up to my mistakes and not blame a dog. If I hit myself with a hammer while nailing something, it's not the fault of the hammer, it's also my mistake. So a dog being reported for a mistake I made, that would make me not only a complete idiot but also scum. I put my hand there, the dog didn't come up and bite me, it bit my dog, but then if she wasn't on the lead she could have fought back.
I so agree with subkatslut, everybody is always trying to blame somebody else, I despise that way of thinking completely. If a strange dog would come up to me and bite me without provocation, yes, I would report it because then it would be a dangerous dog, but the dog was afraid, thought his territory was invaded, that possibly my dog would go for him and reacted, it can happen. If a human would hit another person because they were afraid of an attack and misjudged the situation, they would be given a caution but people would understand.
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