to think the dog who bit my friends dd today should be put down?

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little yappy thing bit her today at nursery (in the nursery garden) GGRR

what was a dog doing in the nursery garden?

I think I would be more concerned as to WHY
there was a dog in the nursery garden in the first place and an explanation from the staff .

If this dog bite gives her a phobia re dogs then it is irrelevant whether it is put down or not , it will not chnage her phobia.

she brings it in through the double gates and ties it up in the bit the children play in (the children are always inside at pick up time but they have to walk past as they leave)

Its a wee yappy barky thing the mum has a 4yr old and a 6month old so hope she gets it put down or rehomed

at taking the dog into the nursery area. DSs school KEEP saying in every school newsletter that people should not bring dogs on to the grounds YET people still ignore it. Today I counted a very large greyhound, several small yappy things & a collie type larger dog.

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I do tend to feel that any owner who behaves this irresponsibly should not HAVE a dog

Whether the solution is to have it put down or rehomed with extensive training I do not know.

But I feel strongly that people who cannot be bothered to train their dogs properly should not have them. Dog ownership is a privilege.

I am fairly sure that, as the dog was tied up, the owner probably thought that parents would keep their own children away from a strange dog.

I think YABU, we do not have any of the facts or information, you should support your friend in getting it sorted out between the people who actually know what happened!

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Wow, what a response to an animal doing something that animals do. I never let my children go near unaccompanied dogs, they are pack animals. It should not have been in a position where it could harm a child and the child should not have been in a position where it can be bitten by a dog.
If this was one of many incidences I may think the dog should be put down, but you just sound angry and unreasonable asking for it to be put down.

No its hsouldnt have been in that position. But it happened and so it should not be around children again. I think it should be rehomed or at least NOT be taken to nursery and be kept muzzled when kids are over to play.

what, parents should be making sure that their kids stayed away from a dog-in a school playground?

Why on earth should they have to do that?

Playgrounds are for kids, not dogs.

I would be utterly, utterly if my kids were bitten by a dog at school.

Also, I don't think that the issue is that this is what animals do

This is NOT what a responsible owner should have allowed to happen.

YANBU.....
My ds1 was bitten on the face (just missed his eye) when he was 21 months old by a corgi cross an old lady had left tied up outside the shop two doors down from where we lived. As ds1 went toddling past this dog lunged and bit him.
The old lady came round to my house and begged me not to have her dog put down.... and me being a soft touch said OK!
Anyway, 18 months down the line the bloody dog only attacked a little girl in her own garden, down the road from where we lived! Bloody horrible little snappy mongrel! I so wished I'd not given in!

I don't know if the dog needs to be put down(that's for a behaviourist to decide along with the courts)

But the owner should be arrested for being unable to control their dog.

They are to blame.

I agree why did they let it into the nursery grounds at all. Ds1's school banned dogs in the grounds AFTER a child was savagely attacked requiring hospitalisation and stitches etc....

School/nursery grounds should be safe areas and I think it's unreasonable to bring a dog into any childrens safe areas.

A dog does not need to be put down - it needs training. NO dog is untrainable.

It sounds as though the dog shouldn't have been on the grounds OR unaccompanied

Why is it always the animals' fault? It only has one form of defence - it's teeth.

The responsible human being should have taken preventative steps to stop this happening IMO.

It makes no difference what breed the dog is.
How badly hurt was the child and what was the child doing when the dog bit?

We had our last dog put down because she bit someone. She had got old and senile and was only going to get more aggressive. The incident happened at about 4pm and we had her put to sleep that evening, at great expense. I think it is the best thing to do.
It matters not what breed she was.

Sounds like a really badly run nursery, if the staff are allowing a dog, any dog, onto the premises. If I was the mother in question, I'd be more concerned about what other bad practice was going on.

An aged, senile dog is different though - it is kinder to put it down in that occurrence.

My mum is a dog trainer, her boss is a dog behaviourist and trainer - he has over 50yrs experience and has never failed a death-row dog yet. They have ALL been rehabilitated; fully.

this owner must have known that their dog was a unknown entity ,therefore they should not have left it unattended . I have a lovely dog who i trust implicitly with my children ,but if i take him to school i wouldnt dream of leaving him unattended with strangers around as i dont know how he might react ( i have a fair idea but he is an animal at the end of the day ). I think it is very sad for the child and the dog that they were both put in a situation where nobody appears to have been concerned for eithers wellbeing .

Aside from the fact that the dog should not have been in the area anyway, did you see the incident clearly and what were the events leading up to the bite, because dogs rarely attack without provocation.

That's not to say that there was none, and certainly the dog-owner should have had full control over the dog where there were children.

If it was an unprovoked attack them training should be attempted first.