Hi. Puppy is 14 weeks old and he had a stone in his mouth so DS (11) went to take it out. As he did so the puppy scratched his arm with his teeth and they broke skin and bled. Very small bleed. Initially he thought the dog had scratched him with his nails but this couldn't be the case. The scratches are 10cm long and there are 2 of them. Not deep just broke skin but they bled. He was fine about it and I wiped with antiseptic wipe and he is fine.
Me? I am now panicking...could the fact that puppy broke skin make DS ill? I have googled this and all sorts of scenarios are coming up, rabies etc.
Puppy vaccines, flea and wormers are all up to date. This is our first ever pet so this is new territory.
I don't want to over react by taking him to the doctor etc so please MNers put my mind at rest before I drive my DH mad with my worrying. Disclaimers I'm due on tomorrow so this could be making my hormones overact. TIA
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Puppy scratched with teeth and it bled
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givemeadvice · 06/06/2013 21:54
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