Exactly that. I'm shocked and pissed off (with the dog AND myself) and feeling crap.
The window cleaner 'knows' our dog, and that he's very excitable and noisy when he comes to clean the windows.
I keep the dog indoors and also try to keep the cleaners out of sight by shutting the dog in the hallway. Despite this, the dog and window cleaner have met and interacted before - he has a dog and so he's 'used' to them.
Anyway, by accident, the patio door was left ajar and as I came into the hall, the dog darted and got into the garden. Then he got through the side gate to the front of the house and that's when he jumped up and bit the window cleaner on the leg.
The window cleaner was obviously pissed off but kind off dismissed it. I apologised and offered to clean his wound etc but he said he had stuff in his van to patch it up. There were two puncture marks on his leg. With a trickle of blood. I could not stop apologising!
I am so cross with myself for being less than vigilant with the doors being closed. And I'm upset that the window cleaner got bitten. And I'm cross with myself for not having better control of the dog.
He is usually v excitable when anyone comes to the house - barks and jumps at the door, but I always have him by the collar when I answer the door (if it's friends etc) or else I put him in another room if it's a delivery or similar.
Dog is and always has been reactive to noises and people coming towards the house. Noisy and excitable but not aggressive. But I guess this was an incident 'waiting to happen'.
What do I do? My gut reaction is "we can't keep him"!
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FooFightersFan · 12/09/2019 13:34
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