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Will a dog be put to sleep if it bites a child unprovoked?

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PinkBump2022 · 14/07/2022 17:52

My child was on her way to school when a dog ran across the road and grabbed the back of her leg. The owner had the dog on an extending leash and managed to pull the dog off. I took my child to hospital for treatment of cleaning the wound stitches and antibiotics. They said we must report this to police so we did. They are coming to take a statement soon. The woman who’s dog it was has contacted me to say she’s bought a muzzle for her dog so this can’t happen again but he’s never been like this before ever he’s an 8 year old dog she’s had him 5 years from a rescue.
will her dog be put to sleep?

OP posts:
thereisonlyoneofme · 15/07/2022 14:51

wear a muzzle 24/7 why would it need to?

Annfr · 18/07/2022 22:44

Any update?

RandomMess · 18/07/2022 22:54

The dog that bit my DD wasn't put to sleep. Obviously there was some sort of order that a reoccurrence would perhaps mean that. DD took a long time to be ok with dogs in general after that as the bruising and tooth wounds from a nip were shocking tbh.

Hope your DD is ok Flowers

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