If a dog bit you, would you want it to go to the pound?

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My sister brought her dogs here since November because they are homeless. Today my housemate was trying to break up a fight between her dog and my sister's dog. My sisters dog bit her and I called the ambulance to get her checked. She's ok by the way just a bite on the arm. However due to the incident, animal control had to remove my sister's dog. Would you do the same thing if someone got bit or you got bit?

meetkitty123 · Accepted Answer

Its a sad story but in some towns/cities you have no say in it.

Dog fights do happen they are animals after all and do not think out their behavior and consequences.

However it comes down to the responsibility of the owner to be aware of their dogs behavior and monitor the dog if it has tendencies to be dog or stranger aggressive.

My dog loves animals but I know her well to know during meal times to tie her up or she nips at and growls (never bite though) at my cat. She thankful does not do this behavior towards people when it comes to food

Another bad habit of hers is she doesn't like male strangers. children and women she loves but not guys. So in this case if we go anywhere I always have her muzzled and if I know a man she doesn't know is coming over he is always introduced to her with food in his hands for her and she's tied.

Another thing is as pet owners it is very important we keep up with their temperament and rabbies shots for their safety and that of others and for our own too

Anyhow the question now is what is going to happen to the dog removed? Do you get it back after an investigation? Does it get placed on probation monitored some places have a strike count and the owner gets a warning or has to pay a fee. Also these things also depends if the dog was up to date on shots. They may need to test the dog. Your sister should really looked into her and her dogs rights. And also consider what is best for your households safety as well as what is best for the dog.

jennifer_bloom · Accepted Answer

The way I would answer this question is: 1. Hierarchies. 2. Priorities.

Dogs are lovely creatures, but when the owner cannot pay rent, the dog must be sacrificed. Same, when the owner's family or family network is under attack or danger due to an animal, the family network gets priority over the dog. It's not rude to honour your priorities, it's necessary, to maintain order and there is no guilt involved and one should not feel guilty for protecting the people they are supposed to protect.

AMS700CX4u2 · Accepted Answer

Number One, only a fool puts themselves between two fighting dogs. You have to remember that once the conflict starts the dogs see interference as a threat and they are on survival mode. That being said, Dogs are territorial and perhaps you have too many and not enough space. It is entirely possible that the dog or dogs who originally lived in the home see the sisters addition as encroachment on their space. Animal Control will hold the dog until they can prove it is not rabid. It is up to the sister to control her dog.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

No, I would want every living thing at its home address to be fed into some sort of machine like a gas chamber or furnace.

Sorry.

I like you and perhaps your house mate is ok but your family is a bit of a train wreck from what youve said in other posts and now there are rampaging animals.

Its just mayhem and its not ok to be bothering other people like that.

Kori1236 · Answer

No. If it’s a random dog that attacked mine I would want it quarantined until vaccinations have been proven and until a behaviouralist has assessed the dog.

But if it’s between two dogs in my household I don’t see any reason for the dog to go to the pound. When I was living with an old roommate and brought my friend and her dog down for what I thought would be a week or two my roommates dog rushed my friends dog and they got into a fight. (No they were not properly introduced. My roommate disregarded working his dog during the day and didn’t listen when I told him I would text when we were across to the field so they could meet on neutral ground) I was the one who broke up the fight using slightly more aggressive ways but they never fought in my presence again and I ended up with quite the bite to my arm. It broke skin but wasn’t deep enough to need stitches. Neither dog went to the pound.

MovieManiac · Answer

No. Think about the dog as a child. You have a child so you're responsible for him until they're not minors anymore. But up to this point, they do have their duties and they know what they can and can't do, but most of the time you're the responsible for them. If they fight at school, you gotta deal with that later.

Same thing with a dog and it's even "worse" because the dog can't think like a human being. Also, it's an ANIMAL, and it's got their instincts, and it's your job as the owner to make sure the dog is well-behaved. If some dog bit me, I would be pissed and scared, of course, but if it has a owner, it's the owner's fault.

The dog doesn't deserve being put down. It deserves training so they can live happily, learn how to be calm without feeling the need to protect themselves (or their owners) by biting or barking at other people.

TrueConfection · Answer

Where I live, medical staff are required by law to report all dog bites to animal control. Animal control will quarantine the dog for 10? days and if the dog is deemed safe, returned to the owner.

If a dog bit me, I would make the decision to report it based on whether the dog got nervous and nipped, if it was a viscous attack, or if I needed immediate medical attention.

Getting bit while breaking up a dog fight should not come as a surprise.

AviatorTom · Answer

I would not let animal control take the dog. A person trying to break up a fight between dogs is inviting getting bit. That's how dogs protect themselves. I would have the dog checked for rabies, just to make sure, and have the wound treated, but I would politely decline animal control.

whirled_up_girl · Answer

I guess it would depend on how bad the bite was. If they had intentionally attacked me for no good reason maybe but if it was an accident because I tried to separate two dogs then I would probably just see it as an accident.

DarkLegacy · Answer

i would quite happily kill the dog myself. It is totally right they are destroyed, it is pathetic and dangerous we are in a situation where modern people value the life of an animal over a human. it is unnatural and is part of snowflake. We are biologically wired to protect our own species first and further our species.

Agape93 · Answer

Depends. If it was a legit attack, I'm fighting it, shooting it or stabbing it. If at home, my dogs will attack it.

If it is a behavior or abuse issue, I'll get it trained up and the owner can compensate me for that and the injury.

msc545 · Answer

I would not do the same thing although it may be helpful to know that when an animal bites somebody the animal is usually quarantined for a period of time to make sure it doesn't have rabies or some other terrible disease that it could have transmitted to the person it bit

Dargil · Answer

I had that happen. It bit me, I wrestled it on to its back, grabbed its throat with my teeth an held it there for a minute or so. like an Alpha Wolf would. Scared the crap out of him. He never threatened me again.

spartan55 · Answer

First I'd kick the fucking thing in the head. If it survived, I would send it to the 'One Time Doggy Spa' , where they stay into eternity.

Titanic1912 · Answer

Yes. One of our dogs tore my dad’s hand open and he had to go to the hospital. Since he’s very old, I wanted to have him put down and put that son of a bitch out of his misery!

slatyb · Answer

I think that's standard procedure in case of dog bite.

Roadcruiser1 · Answer

Is it rabid? Do I know the dog? Is it violent? Will it try to be violent to other people? Does it try to attack other animals?

Mangospacho · Answer

No but I would want the dog deported and exiled to Australia where all the criminal dogs used to get sent.

Freyke · Answer

I would want to take that dog and keep it for myself.

nawtee_me · Answer

They removed the dog so they could check it for rabies. If it were me and if it did not have rabies, then it would be target practice.

CreatingWonders · Answer

I wouldn’t kill a dog if it bit me and I wouldn’t let you take my dog if he bit someone.

AngryCarl2 · Answer

Fighting other dogs is a red flag anyway. Biting people is just the icing on the cake.

Anonymous · Answer

If a dog bit me I’ll make sure it never bites anything ever again.

FunkyMonkee · Answer

It depends on why it bit me.

the-mad-german · Answer

100 % human stupidity 0 % Dogs fault

NathanDavis · Answer

nope, never... no chance

Blurr090 · Answer

Depends on the situation.

Pink2000 · Answer

It depends

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