Fellow dog owning members
This is the story of my short stay at Castleton club site this past 4 days, last night we left the site on foot with our dog to go to the Cheshirecheese for a drink and evening meal.
We were walking along the pavement when a couple with two dogs came the other way, they stood to one side and we moved to the curb edge as we passed one of the dogs, a collie lunged towards us the lady failing to hold it back and it bit me on my leg.
The wound was bleeding and there is a hole in my new jeans, we were due home early the next day (today) so with the help of the kind lady behind the bar cleaned and dressed the wound ( she was an ex nurse), the owner of the dog was very sorry etc the dog had never done anything like that before and went on her way I suspect back to the club site but cannot be certain.
That one incident cost me a pair of jeans, 3 hrs at A and E, a tetanus injection and 2 weeks on antibiotics one of which you cannot drink alcohol with.
The morale of the story is we all make sure our dogs are not a threat to humans or other dogs as the consequences are annoying to say the least.
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Sorry to hear your story it sounds the same old story my dog has never done it before ?? Its up to the owners to control they own dogs but as we know most do not .I always cross over the road if i see a dog or a OWNER i do not like the look of. Its a shame the dogs owners just got to walk away that dog may bite someone again next time worse .At least you get to buy a new pair of jeans good luck
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I would have insisted on the lady giving me her name and address and told her I would be reporting her to the police. That might at least frighten her.
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I am not a pet owner but we have looked after our son's dogs and taken them for walks on their leads, never off lead. The younger one seemed to get very frightened when other dogs were around. I don't think he would have attacked a human but he was obviously stressed. Strangely the two dogs have a dog walker and they both happily mix with other dogs off lead. Just wondering if this might have been a similar situation? Whilst it was very distressing for the OP I wonder if the other dog's owner is also wondering what happened to cause the issue? Hope the leg is healing OK.
David
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All dogs, even the seemingly most placid ones, are potentially capable of such behaviours. It’s the owners responsibility to prevent the unlikely and uncharacteristic behaviour described. That’s what responsible dog owners do. I hope the upset is now reduced and healing is taking place,
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Same old tale we have 3 rescues they are not good with other dogs hence they are always on a lead kept in close on many occasions we have asked people to put their dog on a lead while they go by and very often you get my dog is friendly and we have to explain ours may not be they are all small with hardly any teeth but that is not the point and also on so many club sites they don’t have Dogs on leads it’s amazing what you see hope you’re injuries heal quickly
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Hope you are ok clarinetman, not a nice experience.
Dog Leash Anxiety is very real, and effects both some dogs, and some owners. Can become a cycle that’s difficult to control, and it might be that a lot of owners don’t understand it enough to be able to give positive reassurance. It must be very hard for rescue dogs, who are often badly traumatised to start with. Some dogs don’t give out any warning either before they lunge.
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As per previous post, the dog should have been reported as a dangerous animal and appropriate action taken against it and the owner for failing to control their dog. It is just her word that this dog had not bitten before. What would have happened if it had been a child's leg that had been bitten?
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I hope your OK clarinettist. Sounds nasty.
I would have asked for the owners details, whether or not I intended to report the incident. That said a work colleague was on catbells with her daughter and 9 year old grandson when the grandson, unprovoked, was bitten on his upper thigh by an off lead golden lab. He had to walk down and needed stitches! Turned out details given were false 😡😡. They too were told 'that's a first time'.
I was nipped on my hand drawing blood by a dog when we were walking our puppy, on an open grass field. Unprovoked it ran up to me jumped and bit. Mentioned it to our dog trainer. Her response, usually isn't the first time in her experience.
We have a very reactive collie in the village. Snarls and lunges at anything passing, even the opposite side of the Road. The owner has it attached to his waist and a lead, but he's elderly. It hangs its head out of the rear car window as it travels......
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of course this can happen anywhere and as you say this didn't happen on site.
Years ago a man on site with a dog that he was only just holding onto. As I passed by with my dogs , I asked if he should be on site with a dog in that state. He gave me such a lecture as the dog was a rescue and that i should make allowances for that. I walked away as with him raising his voice was not helping his dog. I still say that if any dog is not under the control of the owner then it shouldn't be brought onto a holiday site.
I know that this doesn't help the original situation, hope you're on the mend now.
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Thankyou for your comments and good wishes, healing nicely and at least I can play my clarinet, off to Norfolk broads for a few days listen out you might hear me. Thanks again
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