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.

To be fair I took the OP in good faith and assumed they were reacting to what happened, and presumably had no action since. If the childminder had profusely apologised, contacted the authorities herself and told OP the plans for the dog I’d hope that would be mentioned lol

WTAF ?? 😳

At this stage I think the op is a wind up merchant. One post to get everyone frothing.

what a stupid comment. Like, really? if you have a dog, you have the responsiblity, all dogs can bite. It was completely our responsibility for not realising that the child had literally jumped on a sleeping dog, who reacted. Just like you would if someone jumped on you if you were asleep in bed, you know? you might hit out or worse, which would be illegal under any other circumstances, but you react.
Get some reality, things are not black and white! yes I agree if a dog kills a child, (which would by the way be a huge dog with a big bite), it would be a police matter, this wasn't.
No vet would have agreed for her to be PTS. I have worked with dogs for years, and I know each case is taken on its own merits.
A dog isn't 'aggressive' because they can bite, because all dogs can. Just like someone can hit under some circumstances. Its the owners responsibility, always. In this case, it is the childminder who is at fault.

Sadly, people are too quick to label a dog as aggressive, dangerous and needs to be put to sleep. They’re quick to say it’s happened once so it will definitely happen again. Sometimes people just don’t want to hear any kind of circumstance where it was an accident, they’re just determined the dog should die.

This is why the details matter. Perhaps the childminder was supervising at all times and an accident, similar to what happened with your son, occurred. People don’t care though, they just want to vilify the childminder and the dog because it’s easier.

The OP hasn’t been back since their initial post so everyone is grasping at straws. The childminder will have to go through due process and is likely devastated it’s happened. Reports will be made, checks will happen, there will likely be some sort of investigation or inspection. Until details are shared though it’s extremely unfair to declare this poor woman/man as being unfit to be a childminder. It’s downright ludicrous to demand the dog be put to sleep with no further information. Rather than go on a witch-hunt, perhaps people should wait until they hear more detail.

This isn't a real post, there is no childminder, there is no dog, there is likely no child and there is no bite. Relax everyone

Smells like a hand grenade.

@Nextdoor55
Exactly.
Hope the loon who was going to kill the dog herself has had a nice cup of tea and calmed down.

That’s just not true

It depends a little. I have a puppy and at 8 months still chewing and nipping as her teeth finish coming through. There's nothing aggressive in it but then again if I were a childminder, I'd not leave my puppy with other people's children even if she were a puppy and nipping. My children are older (youngest 11) and if I'm out, I put her in her pen so she can't nip them when I'm out.

Was a mark left?
Did childminder mention it just to cover herself and it wasn't really a 'bite'.

We need more info really.

To update I have decided she’s not going back.

The bite was in defence, apparently she ran into the room he was in and scared him but she didn’t see it happen, she came back saying it had. It’s broken the skin underneath her eye.

Im actually quite furious and can’t stop thinking how much worse this could have been.

This woman shouldn’t be looking after children with a dog that bites. I would report to police.

I hope as a minimum you’ve taken her to A&E. Dog bites need medical attention for washing out and usually antibiotics. Then phone the police.

Sorry your daughter got bitten

why isnt the dog kept away from the mindees

or if they are why did your child go into the room the dog is in

Scared him how? Just by entering the room, or did she interact with him?

If it was just by running into the room, that is slightly worrying. I'd not have children in a house with a dog who was that fearful of them. She needs to change jobs and contact a behaviourist.

If there was interaction, then keeping the dog behind a suitable stairgate where children cannot get to it and working with a behaviourist is a way forward.

We have a monthly contract and she is registered with Ofsted.

For those asking it’s quite an old dog and apparently has never done this before but I’m struggling to believe it.

We had to take her to a&e for antibiotics as it was on her face.

You need to see what the child minder does first!
Also ‘plastering it all over social media’
EW. New ick unlocked

So has it been reported?

Oh really I wasn’t aware of that. I haven’t as of yet reported it, but thinking that I should probably do so reading these replies.

to answer she is 3.

Please tell us you have reported this to police/ofsted.
This dog can’t be round other children.

I would be telling the police and Ofsted immediately so this (or worse) could never happen again to a child in her care. There is no way a childminder should have a dog around the children in her care for precisely this reason. She clearly wasn't supervising which is even more shocking. Legally, she should have reported this as a serious incident to Ofsted herself.....but she won't have. I'd phone them in the morning.

You’ve decided now she’s not going back? But this was last week, no?

I think if the terms of care are fundamentally altered, that would nullify a contract. I would not have paid. I love animals, we have animals, but I just dotrust other people, so a dog free childcare setting would be absolutely non negotiable. Getting a dog is obviously a childminder's prerogative, but I would expect notice to sort alternate care. I would not tolerate paying whilst being inconvenienced.

She’s there every Friday so she won’t be going back tomorrow. I had made my decision I just needed to hear some other perspectives. I also won’t be paying notice.

I think the fact that she didn’t actually see it happen is annoying me as well.

This. All day long.