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.

What was the childcare arrangement regarding the dog?
What did you do as this was a week ago?

Hope your child is ok.

The dog haters are out in force I see👍🏼

Why are people so concerned about all these little details?

None of it matters.

How old is your child and how long are they with the minder? Is the dog young or older and is it small, medium or large?
Is your child used to the dog? Are they allowed mix freely and what happed at the time of the bite? Also where was the minder?

I had children of my own and mindees with my dogs and cats but was always super careful and it always worked out fine, but there are breeds of dogs that need more care than others around children. If I left the room either the kids of the dogs came with me just for safety sake.

I also think it depends on the circumstances. Did the dog suddenly become aggressive for no reason, or was it provoked by the children? Or did something happen to scare or threaten it? What type of dog was it?
I'm inclined to think the childminder was at fault for mixing the children and the dog. But a dog chased me as a child and that instilled an element of fear for me, so I would not choose a childminder who had a dog present.
Also, how bad was the injury?

Dog should be put down, no messing around.

I would have terminated the contract straight away.

Soc care will (or should) have been informed by the hospital. All dog bites get an automatic referral. And presumably the police will be involved already.

So you believe an overexcited young puppy jumping up and grazing a child's face with an open mouth is the same as an aggressive adult dog giving a serious bite?

Of course the details matter.

Clearly you’ve got a screw loose! There is absolutely no context in what happened and OP is not replying when people ask for context! The dog may well have been behind a stagnate and the child was tormenting it!

Judging from this post, I’d say it wasn’t a ‘bad’ bite although all bites would be bad of course.

If shes otherwise an excellent childminder I’d never want to harm her business, that’s her livelihood and it’s cruel to do that.

I know that my family and friends wouldn’t have an issue with well behaved dogs around their children but the thing is even well behaved animals can be unpredictable, or as happened to pp, little ones can sometimes injure/scare the dog.

All in all, a parent would need to make their own decision based on the animal in question, temperament etc.

As long as the child in question wasn’t injured, the childminder follows protocol etc then I’d just remove my child without punishing the childminder further tbh.

How awful, hope your dd is okay?

What’s the back story though, I think that makes a huge difference to what I would do next.
CM has a New dog?
Dog suddenly became unwell?
Dog always aggressive and cm aware?
Dog provoked and reacted?

of course they matter.

The Childminder has been negligent, but to what extent is down to the details.

a young, over excited puppy that bit in play is not the same as a sick/injured dog biting out of pain when being played with, Nor is it the same as an aggressive dog biting on purpose.

Most dogs will give a warning before biting. What was happening, why weren't the warnings noticed, why was the child around a dog unsupervised to the point a bite happened?

those things all matter.

I wouldn't call for the puppy to be PTS.. the sick/injured one i wouldn't either, but i wouldn't want it around any more children, the aggressive animal should be reported to police and pts.

Both unacceptable. Both would have me immediately withdrawing child.

Her child was bitten by a dog whilst in the care of a childminder. There are absolutely no details which would change my mind.

I would find alternative childcare provision asap. Hope your DD is ok.

The OP specifically chose to send her child to a home setting with a dog though, it's not like it was a random occurrence.

Have a look at Iknowaboutpopular's post below. A similar thing happened to me when I was a child. I still have a very small scar. It wasn't the dog's fault and it never happened again.

But the child shouldnt have been allowed to torment the dog. The CM should have been supervising the child sufficiently that this couldn’t happen. If she couldn’t supervise the child maybe because she had more than 1 child in her care and was busy with the other one then the dog should not have been accessible by the child.
Its not the dog or the child at fault here it’s the CM. Children of an age to go to a child minder cannot always be expected to understand how to behave around a dog. Any dog whoever docile can do something completely out of character. Size breed etc is irrelevant the CM had a duty to keep the child in her care safe and that means keeping dog and child apart unless she is able to constantly supervise what’s happening and even then I think they should be kept apart.

Ooh, you’re hard 🙄

Yes, you must let ofsted and the council know.

This happened a week ago? I would have reported it and found alternative childcare.
What did you do? Are you doubting your decision?

I would have reported it to the police.

Report immediately to the police and OFSTED

That’s awful and illegal please find alternative childcare

That happened to my DD 25 years ago. I reported her to SS and they made an appt to go and see the CM and decided it was all perfectly safe. Even tho I had medical proof that it was a dog bite.

I had to remove my DD.

What on earth made you decide a child minder with a dog was appropriate? You might as well ask someone who likes to play with knives to do the job next time.

There are many, many childminders with dogs and there are many, many parents that choose a childminder because they’ve got a dog. Just because it’s not your choice doesn’t mean it’s not the choice of others. A childminder with a dog is very similar to parents having a dog at home with a young child.