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Oh FFS

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ORIGINAL: Musicmystery

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Oh FFS

WTF?

If you don't want advice, don't ask for it.

Be well.

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ORIGINAL: Musicmystery

The situation was the same as yours, and here it's a simple matter of law.

Sorry you view the world as you do. Life is far nicer.

That's enough. Enjoy yourself.

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I'm sorry you have such venom over this. I've no idea why.

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ORIGINAL: LadyConstanze
In fact it is healing nicely

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ETA: Since you don't know who the owner was you could theoretically and honestly tell them you don't know the dog. No one gets into trouble. I am more with you though. Freak things happen and are sometimes provoked by something out of the ordinary and I would hate for someone to lose their beloved pet over something that wasn't overly serious or life threatening to myself. Our dog bit my daughter who had her face in front of her fresh bone and there were other dogs around and my daughter knew better. We assume she thought my daughter was another dog trying to get her dang bone. We thought she needed stitches being on the face but the admittance nurse was honest and told me the dog will be put down and that stitches would likely leave more of a scar and letting it heal naturally would actually be better. No infection and it did heal very nicely. Years later the dog has never done anything like that much less even show aggression. It's not about an owner being irresponsible somethings...shit happens and dogs are dogs. Life threatening or serious enough...yes. Potentially dangerous animal...yes. Freak occurrence I'm just too nice to do that to someone especially if I could have done something to provoke it.

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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)

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If the dog had been on a leash, like dogs are supposed to be when out of their yard, this "freak thing" wouldn't of occured. I have no sympathy whatsoever for the owner of the dog, and if it wasn't for the dog getting in trouble, for something that really isn't their fault THEY are not the one who said hey let me loose with out a leash, I'd say the humans deserve to get in trouble. My friend had her little dog just minding her own business with her, going for a walk, if I remember right and an unleashed pitbull came up and bit into Abbies leg and Abby had to go to the vet an it cost a bunch of money, an that's not counting the pain an suffering the poor dog went through.

The pitbull was put to sleep, and that's unfortunate, but it wouldn't of had to happen if dumbshit  owner put it on a leash to go out romping with it.

Now, on account of a dog biting a family member, because said person did things or created a situation they knew better, I side with the dog. .

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Actually luckily not every country is so paranoid that you have to keep dogs on the leash at all times, in fact dogs and especially big dogs need to run a lot, as a human you can't run as fast as a dog. My dog is only on the lead when we are in the city, not because she is a danger to anybody (the only danger she'd be would be licking somebody to death) but some people are scared of dogs and they will feel better if she is on the leash. When we go for walks along the canals, she's not on the leash and is happily bouncing around, meeting other dogs, sometimes they play, sometimes they take a dislike to each other and bark and growl a bit but usually dogs don't just attack each other unless they they worry about being attacked themselves or feel threatened. So there are situations where the dogs make a lot of ruckus and just behave like dogs, well, they aren't stuffed pets you have for decoration purposes. As a dog owner I have to have my dog under control and give the dog what it needs, if I am not capable of training my dog I have to go to a doggie school, plenty of them around and most don't cost a lot, it's something that I have to figure out before I get a dog.

I also had to go to the vet and they aren't cheap, my dog also suffered for a bit (though I think she was exaggerating to get more strokes and treats) but having the other dog put down because of that? That's like if 2 kids get into a fight and one bites the other, the biting kid would get the death penalty. Yes, aggressive dogs should be kept on the leash when they are around people or other dogs but I think in most of the cases people overreact, dogs are pack animals and they sort out a pecking order.

It often pisses me off that there seem to be laws about everything but any idiot can go and buy a pet without knowing anything about it, maybe it would be a good idea to have a test you have to do before owning an animal, that you have to show that you are aware of its nature and needs and what training it requires. I heard somebody complaining about how destructive their Border Collie is - so I asked if they work with him and they said "No, he's a family pet we take him for walks so he can do his business" - great, you get one of the most intelligent breeds and don't teach it anything, don't stimulate it, the poor animal is possibly bored out of its mind and is chewing things up because there is nothing else to do, should have thought before...

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We never had Ginger around lil kids before, so I don't know if she doesn't like them, or what, but my friends 3 year old met Ginger, every thing was fine, introductions went well, food was shared, some kissing even, an then that evening, She's petting Ginger, nicely too, which is very impressive for a kid who's young, most lil ones mistake banging on the dog or something jerky as petting, she was doing nice strokes, if not a bit to light,  an Ginger starts to growl and bare her teeth. We told her to leave the dog alone, impressed upon her best we could a growl means to back off, and then  a little while later she's petting Ginger, Ginger growls, she says you're dogs mad, she's growling, an WENT BACK TO PETTING HER, DESPITE THE GROWLING, and despite the fact we had told her quite a few times, growling means back off. I sent Ginger into the main house while Kiera and I cleaned the house some more, just to avoid any more upsets, more serious than some growling.

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When I complained about the nip to my mom, I got a sore bottom to boot as she said I should be smarter than to put a romper suit on the dog (I think I was 4 or 5 then) and that the dog warned me and I should consider the nip (more like a pinch) as another warning and not force the dog to do worse.

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