Nipped by a dog at work
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Boosted LS1 said:
I can't remember when I last had a tetanus jab, probably 25 years ago. That was the worst bit about any of my dog bites. Waiting at hospital and a jab up the bum was never very amusing. Last time I got them to jab me in the upper arm. :-)
Can you get a routine jab at the doctors?
You shouldn't need one if you had the full five jab course in the past. As for jabs 'up the bum' - are you sure?Can you get a routine jab at the doctors?
Boosted LS1 said:
I offer my hand to every dog I meet. If I get bitten I wouldn't run off to Mumsnet or the bib. I wouldn't even bother to complain about it. Most dogs react to us and how we behave but we're to thick to understand this. Some on here have a big lacking in tolerance but that's how things are becoming I guess.
I agree.It sounds like some people have completely forgotten that dogs are animals.
Dogs can and do bite humans.... because they are animals. My parents have always had dogs and my 34 year old brother still has a scar from when one of the dogs bit him on his face when he was a child. He was annoying the dog by trying to grab it's nose at the time and had been told not to.
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t happens.If you don't know the dog in question, or are scared of dogs, simply ask the owner to remove the dog from where you will be before entering the grounds or property.
If you aren't afraid of dogs and are happy to enter the same space as one, accept the possibility that you may be bitten as the dog may decide it doesn't like you.
Part of the issue is that we place impossible standards on dogs, standards that we don't impose on ourselves. The dog is supposed to be perfectly behaved, kind and gentle to all the family, even if it's unwell or in some pain, recognise welcome visitors, but not welcome intruders eg burglars say.
They are still essentially domesticated wild animals.
Obviously it's the responsibility of the owner to ensure visitors and tradesmen etc are kept safe including taking all necessary steps to identify if there's a problem and getting advice on training and behaviour management. It's also helpful, when there's been an incident, to note some of the possible details that I listed earlier so as to help with future training, behaviour modification, strategies in dealing with visitors for example and even identifying if things aren't fixable.
They are still essentially domesticated wild animals.
Obviously it's the responsibility of the owner to ensure visitors and tradesmen etc are kept safe including taking all necessary steps to identify if there's a problem and getting advice on training and behaviour management. It's also helpful, when there's been an incident, to note some of the possible details that I listed earlier so as to help with future training, behaviour modification, strategies in dealing with visitors for example and even identifying if things aren't fixable.
Without being there it is difficult to know the context and circumstances of what happened, but it appears the employee got in the dogs personal space and the dog reacted by giving a minor nip. Its not really what you want your dog doing but in the circumstances may be understandable.
My wife as a community midwife was doing a home visit and had got out of her car and was then attacked by an Alsatian which jumped up biting her face. The home visit didnt happen! She retreated to base when the wound was cleaned and steri-stripped. The mother to be advised they wouldnt be visiting her again and she would have to come in to the unit and the Police called.
The police spoke to my wife who told them whilst she didnt want the dog destroyed she didnt anyone else being attacked like her. So the police visited and told the dog owner thhe dog had to be secured etc.
My wife as a community midwife was doing a home visit and had got out of her car and was then attacked by an Alsatian which jumped up biting her face. The home visit didnt happen! She retreated to base when the wound was cleaned and steri-stripped. The mother to be advised they wouldnt be visiting her again and she would have to come in to the unit and the Police called.
The police spoke to my wife who told them whilst she didnt want the dog destroyed she didnt anyone else being attacked like her. So the police visited and told the dog owner thhe dog had to be secured etc.
jdw100 said:
My cat scratched some guy who had come to repair the internet router thingy.
Drew a resonable amount of blood.
Is my cat going to be shot and am I going prison?
Poor bloke will probably die of some hideous infection. Cat bites/scratches can be interesting. For exampleDrew a resonable amount of blood.
Is my cat going to be shot and am I going prison?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxoplasmosis
So, basically, man tried to pet a nasty yappy little terrier job, didn't approach it with sufficient respect, and got a nip on the hand for his troubles. Yeah, they do that, but it's probably not up to giving anyone a proper mauling.
(Apology to owners of non-nasty yappy little terrier jobs, I know they're not all like that, but plenty of them are. I suspect some owners let them get away with aggression because they don't think they can do any real harm, but it's still not nice being nipped)
(Apology to owners of non-nasty yappy little terrier jobs, I know they're not all like that, but plenty of them are. I suspect some owners let them get away with aggression because they don't think they can do any real harm, but it's still not nice being nipped)
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