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.

Not for a long time, thankfully. One with a dog just wouldn't do .

Basically, that. But as it has happened, you need to change Childminder, there’s every possibility that your kid was sat on its back, pulling its ears and poking it in the eye when it happened. But the Childminder is responsible for ensuring her safety and making sure that does not happen. Which they didn’t.

Report to the police and ofsted (childminder should also have informed ofsted) .
Cancel the contract without notice due to safeguarding issues.
it’s possible you could continue to send your child if the dog was no longer at the setting or pts but I would imagine it’s tricky to continue a working relationship after that.

Oh that's totally fine. I was just going to suggest letting your cm know your strong feelings on the subject so she's aware.

Conversly lots of families choose me because I do have a dog. They might be out of the house for long hours and unable to have pets but want their children to be around them. That's the great thing about cms, there's so much variety and families can choose the one that suits them and their family.

You have taken that completely out of context and you know it

Yikes not safe

Obviously the childminder can't continue with the dog in situ but why on earth would you want to destroy her business ?
If the child minder is otherwise a good person and up until now i felt my child was safe there as long as the dog is away from the house during her working hours why shouldn't she continue.
She also needs to give a totally honest explanation as to what occurred.
It wouldn't be my choice to pick a childminder with dogs in the 1st place and i own dogs, the child is the priority of course in this but i imagine the childminder is feeling pretty awful so plastering it over social media sounds pretty mean to me.

Before I did that I would want to know the circumstances, some children can wind dogs up.

Report to the police and ofsted. Find alternative childcare .

How old is your child and do you know what happened ? I’m not jumping to conclusions . My best friends daughter fractured her dog’s paw when little and the dog bite in pain

Personally I would want to know the full circumstances of what happened before making a decision. If children were left alone with dog this would be unforgivable and I would remove my child and report the childminder to relevant authorities. However if the dog was usually docile and friendly and jumped up causing a mark because children and dog were all running around together and got excited this would be different. How old is the child? Did the child approach the dog with food or a toy after being told to not go by it? Surely the OP knew about the dog and had discussed with minder about actions taken in advance to protect the child? Not making any excuses but nobody here knows the full circumstances to be providing advice.

Absolutely this. What a piece of shit she is.

I’m not sure I understand what you’re asking. The second part suggests that you might be considering actually continuing to send your child again!
The childminder needs to be prosecuted, reporting to ofsted, and you need to let any parents of children that go there know that their children aren’t safe.
Absolutely wild that you would even consider sending your child to be looked after in a setting that has a loose dog to be honest

She had one job and that was to keep someone else's child safe. She didn't do it. She was stupid enough to risk a dog with a child who doesn't live there. What other stupid decisions has she made and so far got away with? The details don't matter. Ofsted should be told.

What have you/they done so far OP? I assume contact the police and ofstead, dog has been put to sleep and you’ve terminated your contract with them?

My dc wouldn't go back.

No way wouod my child be going back. I pulled my child from nursery as another child bit a chunk out of their face and scratched them. A dog is even worse.

They shouldn't have been together though should they?

What a risk to take.

I’m a dog lover/owner I would never let small children and a dog run around together excited especially some else’s children. It’s just an accident waiting to happen.
My children (now adults) were brought up with dogs and yes they did play with them and run around with them but not until they 7-8 yrs old when had a better understanding of dogs and I never let their friends do it. I had the most non aggressive dogs on the planet but over exited dogs with laughing squealing kids can get nip. The physical effects for a child ( or adult for that matter ) of a nip/bite bite from an excited dig is the same as a nip bite from an aggressive dog.
Personally I wouldn’t let small choose a childminder with a dog how ever well behaved.

If you send your child to a childminders who has a job then you acknowledge/accept some level of risk.
The responses about going round there to kill the dog or destroying the childminder's reputation/business are a bit nuts.

Circumstances really matter here - was it a dog lose with crawling babies or did an older child stick their face into the dog's crate or up to a gate?

Personally I wouldn't send my child back and I would ensure the matter had been reported to Ofsted and the council.

This.
It makes me think this was a casual cash in hand arrangement for childcare, rather than a correctly registered childminder.

Unless @Jugglingitall85 provides all the details it is impossible to give good advice.

OP needs to give more detail here, why the bite happened (if she knows), the injury, what’s happened afterwards and the childminders actions. The way people are demonising both the childminder and the dog is astonishing. OP has not given enough detail here.

There's too many unknowns to comment.

What breed of dog? What happened immediately prior to the bite? Where they supervised? How badly was the child injured?

What has the CM said about how she will manage the dog and children going forward?

A bite to the face could be anything from an overexcited chihuahua puppy nipping the end of a nose to a Cane Corso ripping half a face off.

i wouldn't be going back

However, the rest depends on the circumstances.

What happened to lead up to it?
What injury was caused?
Why was the dog around the children?
What did the childminder do regards risk assessment and the dog.