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AIBU?

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Original poster

Aibu to be fucking fucked off with dh??

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Lollyheart · 14/07/2011 18:26

I'm raging inside I'm so fucking angry Angry

We have just had our dog brought back by the police because he left the fucking front door open again!!!!!!

And now a poor little boy has had to go to the hospital for a tb jab, the police man said our dog walked over to the pub garden where some kids were playing football, a witness said the kids were all stroking him and playing but one of the boys got a bit rough and started hitting him with a stick, the witness said the boy climbed on his back by this time our dog must of got pissed of and nipped the boy.

I have told dh soooo many times to shut the front door after him when he goes into the garage for something incase our dog gets out as he is over friendly and will go up to people!!

I'm now scared someone will want to come and take our dog away and put him down because of his breed! If I was the boys parent I would report this to the dog warden so I'm guessing they will do that.

Would they bring him back if they thought he was a dangerous dog?? They did say they could tell his was friendly because the landlord at the pub was feeding him and playing with him.

I'm sooo Angry about this I can't even look at dh, ahhhhh I've told him so many time about the fucking front door!!!

OP posts:
scottishmummy · 14/07/2011 20:52

ralph youre purposefully overlooking name-calling a bitten child
now that is provocative and careful editing

Original poster
Lollyheart · 14/07/2011 20:52

Thankyou dogsbestfriend I'll keep that in mind Smile

I'm hoping nothing comes of this, the policemen said he can see he is a friendly dog and comes from a nice family.

OP posts:
catgirl1976 · 14/07/2011 20:53

The child WASN'T bitten. He was nipped. And he was very lucky. A 7 year old should understand cause and effect.

RalphGnu · 14/07/2011 20:55

Where in the OP's post did she call the child names scottishmummy?

DogsBestFriend · 14/07/2011 20:55

Ralph - :)

SM, unless the child was SN, then the child, at age 7, should have known not to abuse an animal and the consequences of hitting and climbing on the back of any dog, particularly a stranger's pet.

Anything less is "asking for it" IMHO.

Do you genuinely believe that a NT 7 yo should not know that these actions were both cruel to the dog and dangerous to himself?

superjobeespecs · 14/07/2011 20:55

i used to ride our alsation around the house when i was 6 he was bloody brilliant 2 years of kennel club classes and training crufts registered parents his father and grandparents all winners .. he still used to give me a right bite if i rode him round the house like a pony. i used to get a smacked arse on top of the pretty nasty bite the dog gave me because aged 6 i should have known better hopefully the boys mum or dad / responsible adult gave him a bollocking for hitting a dog with a stick. aged 7!!. i know if my DD was to do it she'd get a telling ..

scottishmummy · 14/07/2011 20:56

ralph,do keep up.others name called the bitten child.i didnt say it was op. do go peruse
brat
little git
asked for it
wet

Original poster
Lollyheart · 14/07/2011 20:57

I'll get a stair gate put between the kitchen and front door, ive got a spare one in the garage. But believe me dh won't leave the door open again!

OP posts:
catgirl1976 · 14/07/2011 21:00

I DID NOT call the child wet. I said if a child allowed a nip to esclate into a lifelong fear of dogs it would be a bit wet. This is a hypothetical child - not the acutal child in the post.

However, if my child had hit a dog with a stick I can't tell you the trouble he would be in. I would not be sympathising and kissing it better I can tell you.

diddl · 14/07/2011 21:01

Of course the child shoudn´t have tormented the dog-but he couldn´t have done if OPs husband was capable of shutting a door.

PPPop · 14/07/2011 21:01

What's the difference between a nip and a bite? If he needed a tetanus injection isn't that because his skin was broken? Sounds like a bite to me Confused

BornInAfrica · 14/07/2011 21:01

I'm dog apologist No 1! That brings me such a warm fluffy feeling - such as SM must have had as she pressed furiously on the report button! Too funny!

And I'd rather be a dog apologist any day of the week than a dog-beating-brat apologist! Go me!!!

scottishmummy · 14/07/2011 21:01

a hypothetical child,i see is that the same brat child everyone else is saying asked fr it.or do they all have hypothetical made up children they speak off

scottishmummy · 14/07/2011 21:02

i didnt report your post.ive heard worse than shut fuck up

RalphGnu · 14/07/2011 21:03

Please don't demean yourself by being patronising scottishmummy. If you can't debate properly then I'm not interested. Again, it has no bearing on the OP's problem though does it? Are you really so upset that an anonymous child who has ridden on a dog's back and hit it with a stick has been called name-called? Really?

Original poster
Lollyheart · 14/07/2011 21:03

That's was the words of the policemen a nip,

OP posts:
BimboNo5 · 14/07/2011 21:05

A well trained dog wouldn't have buggered off dahhhn the pub.

alew · 14/07/2011 21:05

If a 7yr old jumped on my back and hit me with a stick I'd be upset too. How is a dog supposed to express that?

NearlySpring · 14/07/2011 21:05

What do we reckon about the breed of this dog??

Op you don't seem to have mentioned it that I can see..

I guess it's a staffie!

I think you should not have dangerous breeds in the same house as a child. Your dh let the dog out, it was his fault the dog bit the child! What if it had been a toddler that had grabbed your dog and been bit?!?

Also- don't try and make it seem less serious than it is by using the word "nip" your dog BIT a child. A dangerous dog breed bit a child and now it's at home with you and your kids! Nice.

catgirl1976 · 14/07/2011 21:06

No no, the actual child was called a brat as it is a 7 year who hits animals with sticks. That child is not hypothetical. The child was very lucky it picked on a dog with the nature of the OPs.

scottishmummy · 14/07/2011 21:06

ralph,you asked me directly where did op namecall child
you now have hump that i correctly pointed out she didnt.others did
keep up,its not so hard.the poster name is above post in blue,that will help you see who said what

DogsBestFriend · 14/07/2011 21:07

As the Staffie haters will tell you, PPop, a SBT has a powerful jaw and is a muscular little fellow. I twould say that other rescuers and doggy people would probably agree with me in saying that a nip is just that, a quick one-off snap, designed to deter and not as an attack without any follow up action or sustainment. A bite is a harder, more measured, determined and damaging move and will often be aggressive rather than defensive.

catgirl1976 · 14/07/2011 21:07

If the policeman said "it is only a little nip" I think we can safely agree that the child was not serioulsy hurt / maimed. A nip is a little bite, with little force and little damage. Luckily.

scottishmummy · 14/07/2011 21:08

yes,nip is bite.skin broken by dog teeth is a bite

BoysAreLikeDogs · 14/07/2011 21:08

yy Pop

a bite needing a tetanus shot is not the same as a nip surely