I was walking my sister’s dog (an extremely obedient and intelligent Border collie) on a lead yesterday in a quiet village. With my dog close to heal, on a short lead I passed a couple of women walking a dog (also on a lead) but clearly not under control. As we passed, their dog whipped round behind them and went straight for mine. In a lame effort to prevent a dogfight I stepped forward and received a lovely bite on my thigh. It was only a midsize dog but boy did it hurt. The bite went straight through my jeans and into my flesh. The bruising is very pretty.

What the hell do you do in a situation like that? I was stunned, the dogs owners were stunned. We just stood there with them apologising and me in shock. Then we just went our separate ways.

Then like a girl I felt sick and had to have a sit down. My sister’s dog was so scared with this "what did I do" look on his face, awwwww.

I used to have a border collie cross!!! They are soooo soooo gorgeous and smart and are just hilarious characterz!!

Never try to separate dogs who are fighting.

Suppose you learned that now, the hard way

Hope you are ok.

You should get a tetanus shot, that goes for any animal bite that draws blood.

And the owner of the animal that bit you (or their medical insurance) should pay for it. But seeing as you're in the UK your doctor should be able adminster the shot free (The NHS is still free, isn't it?).

If you're worried that the dog that bit you is not safe to be allowed out, you can report it to the RSPCA (of course, you'd need to know the owners' details to do that) and they will carry out an evaluation of the dog to decide it's fate. Usually, they will insist on the dog being muzzled in future, occasionally in more serious cases they will take the dog away to be destroyed.

Any dog with a propensity to bite (regardless of breed and size) should be muzzled when out in public.

Next time (and hopefully there won't be one) treat it exactly as you'd treat a car crash - exchange name, address, and insurance details.

Predom....

Hope you be better soon

Cloudbuster said:

REDFEATHERS said:

Yea I know, but they weren't fighting, it just happened and I just got in the way.

AsylumUtopia said:

I thought about the muzzling thing afterwards. Funnily enough my thoughts were just that, names addresses etc (that's what 2 years in America does to you) but the last thing I wanted to do was start getting all litigious and have the dog put down

I am covered for Tetanus. It just hurt like hell.

pippet said:

Just limping, and brused. The cuts have scabbed over already (puke).

Thanks for the

lilmissmissy said:

I know, there was no way that mut was taking a chunk out my sis's cute dog.

PREDOMINANT said:

you need to find out if that dog has rabies and i believe the owners of the dog are responsible for paying any medical bills incurred by the dog bite.

Hope you're ok now

JasmineFire said:

We don't have rabies and we do have free healthcare, thanks for the concern though

AndGodCreatedMe said:

brused and limpy, but fine in the real scheme of things

PREDOMINANT said:

damn. i'm moving.

JasmineFire said:

Yea that's cool, we are quite relaxed on immigration too

minneapolisgenius said:

Kick the offensive dog away, anything is allowed to protect you or your dog. I HATE people who can't get their dogs obedient, it's the mark of stupidity


Hope you're ok Steve

Teacher said:

You didn't bite back?!?

sinisterpentatonic said:

sinisterpentatonic said:

Where d'you get my picture

PREDOMINANT said:

Cloudy linked it to me! You should see some of the other ones he had of you.

JDINTERACTIVE said:

You think I'm kidding? Did it just a few days ago myself, there's a huge female crossbreed here who looks like a tank, she always attacks Uzie so I kicked her when she came near us. Uzie ran home cos she was so scared of the other dog

Teacher said:

Yep like I said, I blame the owners not the dog, it's them that need to be "put down". Their dog looked pretty freaked too, with a "what did I just do" look on his face

PREDOMINANT said:

I'll take the dog if you put the owner down

Teacher said:

YOU want to adopt the dog that bit ME? Is that some kind of sadistic love of things that cause me pain?