Childminder's dog has bitten DD

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An overexcited pug accidentally doing it as a one-off is different to an XL bully.

Equally, your child running into the room and accidentally scaring a dog is very different to a build up where the child has been antagonising the dog and stressing it out for several hours and then runs in and taunts it and it reacts defensively.

I have an old dog who has just started snapping when people rush towards her suddenly. She never used to be like that - I think as she finds it hard to see and hear, it frightens her. I'm not trying to excuse anything - just wanted to say it could well be true that the dog hasn't done it before and it's an old age thing. If it is that, it's likely to happen again.

Have you informed Ofsted? I think this should be thoroughly investigated.

The childminder didn't see the bite just announced the dog had been startled though ?

& Yes OP your right to not send her back but unless you filed/file the police report & go through the proper channels to sort this out you will need to pay notice as it's all your word against hers

I think the fact that she didn’t actually see it happen is annoying me as well.

This is a red flag. No dog should ever be left unsupervised with children. I would definitely report to ofsted.

how does she know what happene if she wasnt in the room somethhing doesnt add up

it should be reported so it doesnt happen again

100% this. ^ Hope your little girl is OK @Jugglingitall85 The bite was so near her eye! She could have lost sight in one eye if had been a bit further across!

This needs to be reported to police and OFSTED as the poster says. It needs going down on record, (officially) and the childminder needs reporting. I think you may be able to report her to the council too. She either needs to quit childminding, or get rid of her dog.

Don't let this go.

Dog might well have never done this before but old dogs can get grumpy and more likely to startle. Not the dog's fault, hers for allowing the situation to happen.
I was bitten om the face age 3 by a darling labrador on a lead. The owner was asked if I could stroke it. I went to. And it chomped me. Owner was horrified and very apologetic. No scarring luckily. It doesn't matter if the dog has never done it before.

YANBU and I am a dog owner.
I wouldn't be sending her back or paying the notice.

Yeah great , plaster someone all
over social media. Very mature. And possibly have her house attacked , attract all sorts of online attention, risk her family’s safety.

If you have been to A&E then the police should have been informed. They should seize the dog and keep it in for an assessment to see if it's dangerous.

OFSTED should also be informed. I'm not sure what they'll do but it doesn't sound like the dog should definitely not be around anymore when she's childminding. Old dogs can become more grumpy and snappy.

This. All day long.

I think if the terms of care are fundamentally altered, that would nullify a contract. I would not have paid. I love animals, we have animals, but I just dotrust other people, so a dog free childcare setting would be absolutely non negotiable. Getting a dog is obviously a childminder's prerogative, but I would expect notice to sort alternate care. I would not tolerate paying whilst being inconvenienced.

You’ve decided now she’s not going back? But this was last week, no?

I would be telling the police and Ofsted immediately so this (or worse) could never happen again to a child in her care. There is no way a childminder should have a dog around the children in her care for precisely this reason. She clearly wasn't supervising which is even more shocking. Legally, she should have reported this as a serious incident to Ofsted herself.....but she won't have. I'd phone them in the morning.

Please tell us you have reported this to police/ofsted.
This dog can’t be round other children.

So has it been reported?

You need to see what the child minder does first!
Also ‘plastering it all over social media’
EW. New ick unlocked

Scared him how? Just by entering the room, or did she interact with him?

If it was just by running into the room, that is slightly worrying. I'd not have children in a house with a dog who was that fearful of them. She needs to change jobs and contact a behaviourist.

If there was interaction, then keeping the dog behind a suitable stairgate where children cannot get to it and working with a behaviourist is a way forward.

Sorry your daughter got bitten

why isnt the dog kept away from the mindees

or if they are why did your child go into the room the dog is in

I hope as a minimum you’ve taken her to A&E. Dog bites need medical attention for washing out and usually antibiotics. Then phone the police.