Childminder's dog has bitten DD

[Jugglingitall85]

Last week my childminder's dog bit my DD on the face. What would you do? I feel like I have lost trust in their judgement and allowing this to happen.

And how would you do that?

This was last week? Surely you haven't sent your child back there since?

What did you do, OP?
If it happened last week presumably you have done something by now.

Me neither. Although I feel very sorry for anyone looking for childcare these days.

Any more details so that people can provide more concrete advice:

What sort of bite - a nip that didn't break the skin from a puppy while playing, or an aggressive bite that caused damage?

What action has the childminder taken?

Why was the dog with the child?

A relative of mine was bitten on the face by their family dog when young and has the scars to prove it.

They didn't re-home the dog or PTS.

Just put it down to one of those things (it wasn't a dangerous breed).

Personally I've always thought that was a bit lax, but just showing the breadth of attitudes. Some people may just see it as a thing dogs do.

I would expect the CM to come up with a measures to ensure this never happens again, and telling all their charges' parents what happened and how he/she is dealing with it and then let them decide whether they wish to continue. Whether or not you choose to stay.

You sound utterly ghastly

I would report the childminder to Ofsted.

What sort of bite? Did it break the skin? Did DC need to see your GP or go to A and E?
Dogs do jump up, but I am reminded of a story my late DH told me about an incident from his childhood.
A child told his parents that a dog in the street had hurt him. The parents told the owner and the dog was put to sleep as being dangerous. It emerged a few days later that the child had been hurt by the dog because he had kicked the dog in the mouth and had hurt his foot in doing so (i.e he'd hurt his foot on the dog's head, the dog had not hurt him at all).
I'd check what actually happened before I put a sentient creature to death.

Who is making assumptions now?

I would be asking questions about how it happened and better trying to understand the set up. Was it an unprovoked attack? Where was the CM and thus the level of supervision? Where is the dog now? Etc. My response and next steps would depend on her answers.

The dog itself clearly cannot be around kids ever again. But I would be more concerned that the CM was not supervising adequately for this to have happened. Small children do prod and annoy dogs, and even the best natured dog, if it is being hurt, will defend itself. If this was going on, the CM should have intervened well before it escalated to biting.

We removed our child from a setting when she got a dog with zero notice. No risk assessment in place and no plan to keep the children and dog apart. She charged us for the full notice period as well.

Have you always been so nasty ?

This isn't some new thing. Childminders have always been able to have pets - but obviously it needs risk assessing and procedures writing and stuff.

Yes my childminder had a dog in the ‘80s/90s. Absolutely loved that dog.

It's not the dogs fault that some stupid woman allowed kids to be around her dog. It's the fault of the childminder.

I was bitten on the face as a child when visiting a friend, in her garden (about seven years old IIRC). It was totally an accident by an exuberant Labrador that just caught my my face trying to play. No way was it dangerous, but it drew blood. The friend's mum was hugely distressed, but no way was it the dog's fault, and I would never want that sort of incident to result in destruction of the animal.
without knowing the full story from the OP it is not fair to jump to conclusions. A bit more context is required.

Wow, the cheek! That's exactly what I'd have done.

I didn't know this at all.

Depends. A warning nip from a harrassed chihuahua, I'd scold my DD. A chunk out of her nose from a pitbull unwarranted, I'd call the police.

Do you use a childminder?

Well I wouldn't be sending my child back until the dog was gone. If there are others there I'd want them removed too.

Too many factors here..

What happened immediately before, during and after?

What dog?

What level of injury? I don't actually count 'in the face' as relevant factor in determining severity of attack, children are often bitten/injured in the face because they are far shorter than adults and their faces significantly closer to a dogs face - however I realise most people interpret a bite to the face as more offensive than a nip to a hand or leg.

What age of child?

What is the normal set up and was this deviated from?

A tiny graze from an airsnapping frightened dog that a child has just fallen over and injured is a very different story from a mauling from a Great Pyr that the CM never actually admitting to having, that was left unsupervised with the children.

Exactly this.