To feel if a dog bites a child they should leave the restaurant?

[Bookishworms]

*edit: sorry for typos! Dog not dig

Out for lunch yesterday with kids, a casual family restaurant where dogs are allowed in. We love dogs and were sat in the section with dogs. No dramas.

One terrier on the table behind had barked at the waiter so seemed a but highly strung but had settled down. My son got up to go to the loo and the dog was startled, (i guess by the sound of the chair scrape and movement) and jumped up and bit my son! He hadn’t trod on it or anything just startled.

Settled son, no skin broken, and the owners just seemed to want to pretend it hadn’t happened. I said ‘your dog just bit my child…?!’ They said was he bleeding and oh sorry dog must have been startled. Then went back to their lunch. I was a bit taken aback - I don’t have a dog at the moment but have in the past and if it had bit someone I would have taken the dog out of that situation right away.

Anyways we just went back to our lunch rather than make a fuss as son wasn’t badly injured but then my friend who has a smaller child was pointing out that a snap like that on say, a toddler, or exposed skin, would have been a huge problem and I should have reported it. I don’t want the dog put down or anything but surely there should be consequences for the owners? If their dog gets stressed in places like restaurants they maybe shouldn’t bring the dog?

Maybe I under-reacted.

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And why do some posters compare dogs to children?! As you have noted, they aren’t comparable

Well for one thing they dont wear pants 😆

Why are people comparing dogs to children? Children are under developed humans. Should we also compare them to my dear old granny or teenage cousin? Just annoying. Its an animal. A beloved family pet perhaps, but still an animal.

We don't go to pubs, restaurants or cafes anymore, we don't want to be anywhere with dogs. It's all completely bonkers now. Why on earth this was not reported I can't understand. The dog should be put down for biting a child, and the restaurant should rethink its stupid policy. Vile to have the filthy things everywhere these days.

Too much laissez-faire by many owners, they can’t even recall their dogs therefore dogs should wear muzzles these days outside the home.

I think at least they could have taken the dog out. How do you know it wouldn’t do it again and worse next time. I think getting the police or dog put down is excessive but definitely ask for it to be removed. It was startled and give a warning bite it could definitely have broken the skin if it had wanted to. Not really fair to put the dog in a scary environment to causing it anxiety

Fictionoverfacts I think.

Air snapped - wrong.

Kid was allowed to get too close - wrong.

He’s not sticking his hand through the bars at the zoo ffs! He’s just a kid being totally normal in a restaurant.

I have a small dog who is good natured but doesn’t like going under tables therefore I never take her in pubs/restaurants that allow dogs because I know she would not be happy. My brother has two large dogs that are happy to do so and are well behaved. It’s down to the owner to be responsible and respect their dog’s feelings. The lady should have asked for the manager and requested that the dog be removed. The poor dog was obviously unhappy being there and an anxious dog is unpredictable.

I can see this could turn into a dog bashing thread , particularly about smaller dogs ..
Anyhow here goes , I’m a dog lover and a dog owner .
The dog in this instance was obviously startled by your son who was quite reasonably pushing his chair back , dog reacted but didn’t actually bite .
The owners ought to have apologised profusely and removed the dog from the situation before things escalated even further.
The dog was quite clearly giving a warning that he / she was very uncomfortable and had possibly given signals earlier that he/ she was uncomfortable ( eg ears back , whale eyes etc )
One of them could have taken the dog elsewhere while the other finished their meal and swapped over .
The staff in the restaurant/ restaurant owner need to take some responsibility too as they are the management who have allowed dogs on the premises .
The people commenting saying “ call the police “ or “ dog needs to be PTS “ are completely over the top

dog reacted but didn’t actually bite

OP clearly says that the dog DID bite - there is a toothmark and graze on her son’s leg; it just didn’t draw blood.

This was not just a warning.

Why not put the dog to sleep? Why should we allow biting animals in our society? It’s just a dog. It’s not a person.

@Daftypants

the dog DID bite OP’s son if you care to read her posts.
dog needs putting down.
daft by username, daft by nature!

I’m hoping that you are being sarcastic. If the bog had wanted to take a chunk out of the child’ it could have. It didn’t, it give a small bite. I blame the owners, restaurant and all the noise are not for dogs.

A dog should never give even a small bite to a person.

The child wasn’t doing anything wrong.

I don’t think the dog should be put down, but given the owners didn’t seem to be taking it seriously at all I think reporting it was the right thing to do. A few strong words from the police will hopefully mean it’s muzzled in public in the future as it clearly can’t be trusted.

The dog bit the child. Causing injury, just not broken skin.

I think that factor, which you’ve got wrong, is really important in whether it would be appropriate to call the police.

More action needed taking than actually happened for sure.

@Daftypants

I would suggest you have an issue with objective discussions about dogs. This is NOT a dog bashing thread.

Why you think dogs are entitled to be in restaurants?

What are we humans animals ... not every person thinks humans are the. Most important species. Children are most likely to be hurt by other people why don't we put down those people then

Don't be ridiculous. Human children are always more important than dogs..
A few people may think dogs are more important but society as a whole quite rightly disagrees.

Are you one of those people who want humans to go extinct lol. We really should be putting human children and their safety above pet dogs, because they are more important than dogs. Disagreeing with that is pretty nuts tbh.

Actually the planet would be far better off without us and I don't put children or humans abive everything else it's imo arrogant and selfish

OP should of at least let the restaurant manager know so the staff know not to let that dog back in.
I don't see anything wrong with dogs in public places like restaurants if it's a clearly defined section and most importantly if the dog is bombproof. Alot of dog just get stressed in this situation and owners ignore it.

I've had 4 dogs and only one I would class as suitable to take into a restaurant. She is unbothered by anything....good thing too as once a complete stranger picked her up out of the blue and plonked her in his pram with his baby!😬
She just looked mildly shocked about it!😂

@QueenofDestruction

haha, life would be shit if it were just dogs on the planet. All dogs really do is eat and shit and walk and sleep. That’s what life would be reduced to, with no humans. No thanks.

If a child bit a dog, the restaurant would no doubt send the family packing, so yes, the dog should have been taken out.

Reactivate dogs are dangerous dogs. Muzzled in public at the very least. Never go in an area with these dogs again. Owners always put their dogs first. Try not to let your loved ones have contact with these people and their animals

In future if anything like this happens again make a very big fuss loudly and demand retribution in whatever form is suitable.

Sorry didn't realise it was a zombie.