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My dog Has just bitten a puppy

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Houselikeashed · 25/11/2018 17:58

Omg.
I'm mortified.
My 18month old dog has just bitten a puppy in the park.
I admit he was off the lead and running free. He is a well behaved dog until now with good recal.
Today he ran off and bit a young puppy on the nose. It bled a bit.
I stayed to check the puppy over and it didn't look bad. But there was a lot of barking and aggression from my dog.
What do I do now? Do I have to report it? I feel awful.

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BiteyShark · 06/01/2019 07:19

I would take legal advice but unfortunately that would have been better before you had signed anything. Do you have legal cover with your house insurance?

Unfortunately your dog did bite the puppy and I know I would use my hands to try and break up a fight. Yes that means I might be injured but when you see your small dog being attacked your instinct is to rescue them.

They may or may not have been injured in the attack with their dog but presumably you admitted your dog ran up and attacked theirs so it isn't a far cry to assume your dog caused them injury. They may not have noticed if their puppy was bleeding and in the heat of the moment adrenaline tends to stop you noticing some minor injuries.

However, even with that you should really have been given time to understand and take advice before signing anything so I would follow that up.

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DawgLover · 05/01/2019 22:58

I find it so strange that she didn't mention the bite or report it at the time. Not much you can do about that though by the sound of it.

Is there any follow up or restrictions to the order?

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Wolfiefan · 05/01/2019 22:55

Bless you OP. X post.

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Wolfiefan · 05/01/2019 22:54

I’ve had times where my dog has been playing with another and I’ve been concerned my leg might get in the way of their “bitey face” play.
Surely any bite worth mentioning to police would be dripping blood. I know you were shocked but surely one of you would notice? Grabbing a dog and noticing your blood ended up on it?
Weird.
Honestly? I’ve had a couple of situations lately where I worried my dog could get bitten. I more than likely would put myself
In the middle. But that’s my choice and I understand it’s quite likely I would be bitten. Blush

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houselikeashed · 05/01/2019 22:52

Wolfie - thank you for your support. I appreciate it. x

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houselikeashed · 05/01/2019 22:51

Wolfie - It is all rather strange to be honest. I did hang around for quite a while and she said nothing about her hand. There was a gap of three days between the incident and them reporting it.

My husband was properly bitten by a dog and he was sent to hospital for treatment and off work for a week. We still didn't report it to the police though.

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Wolfiefan · 05/01/2019 22:17

You stayed to check the puppy over. If a person was bitten did neither they or you notice the blood? Confused

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GoodTidingsWeBring · 05/01/2019 22:10

Have you already signed it? Did they explain that you may want to consult with a solicitor (and if you can't afford one, one will be appointed to you yada yada). I'm not an expert by any means, but if this is an offence which could show up on a DBS, surely they have to follow usual protocol? Sounds really weird. Hope you can fight it op. Like you said - could well have been her puppy that did it.

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RedHelenB · 05/01/2019 22:08

Seems odd that she didn't say she was bitten at the time. I'd be more worried about a bite to me than my dog tbh.

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houselikeashed · 05/01/2019 21:50

XmasPost - Thankyou. That is exactly what happened. A moment of error on my part. I can reassure everyone my dog has not been off lead since!

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SingingSands · 05/01/2019 21:48

Do people forget that dogs are animals, with animal instincts? Not "fur babies" or whatever anthropomorphised term is currently being bandied about.

It's an unfortunate incident, but to have gone to such lengths and report you to the police is going a bit far, no?

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houselikeashed · 05/01/2019 21:48

Detoxpup - thanks. There is no evidence that my dog bit her. No witnesses. Just her word. I really really don't think my dog intentionally bit her. I think she may have put her hand into the mele and got caught by one of the dogs. Possibly even her puppy.

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GobblersKnob · 05/01/2019 21:47

What will that mean? Are there any further conditions?

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XmasPostmanBos · 05/01/2019 21:42

Sorry to hear that OP I know it was your fault but its very hard when your dog has always been friendly. Most people with friendly dogs let them run ahead and occasionally get out of sight behind a tree or whatever. It really is a shame this happened.

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Detoxpup · 05/01/2019 21:42

Ok so this was not for the dog on dog attack. Did you see the injury are there any photos etc you still have to be proven guilty they can't just take her word for it.

Get a solicitor asap preferable contact doglaw and Trevor Cooper.

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houselikeashed · 05/01/2019 21:38

Apparently the woman got two puncture wounds on her hand. (I'm guessing she put her hand in-between the dogs).
Policewoman wasn't very friendly tbh.

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Wolfiefan · 05/01/2019 21:37

Oh crap. Does it have conditions attached? Will it expire?

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Namechangeforthiscancershit · 05/01/2019 21:36

What? After all this time? Did you sign it?

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macaroniandpizza · 05/01/2019 21:34

What did the police say?

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Detoxpup · 05/01/2019 21:32

How come what did the Police say?

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houselikeashed · 05/01/2019 21:02

OMG. I've had the police round and had to sign an Adult Restorative Disposal form to say I admit to the offence of not controlling my dog.
It may show up on a DBS check which as a teacher is pretty scary stuff.

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pigsDOfly · 26/11/2018 12:32

That's the problem with puppies and older dogs some times I think Egg.

My dog can take or leave other dogs, she'll want to play with the odd one but mostly isn't interested but puppies really seem to irritate her.

My DD has a dog from the same mother as my dog and I remember running into the owner of the mother dog when DD's dog was about 4 months old. Mother dog got very growly in a sort of 'get that thing away from me' manner, and that was with her own baby.

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Nesssie · 26/11/2018 12:27

Puppies are annoying to dogs. Older dogs will react very different to puppies than to grown dogs. Its likely the puppy was a bit too 'in your face' for your dogs liking.

Apologise, pay for any vets bills (unlikely to need a vets though) and keep an eye on your dogs on future interactions.

No ones going to make you put your dog down.

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pigsDOfly · 26/11/2018 12:24

Glad it went well with the trainer and you're feeling better.

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Egg · 26/11/2018 12:23

I have a border who went through a phase at a similar age, maybe a bit older, where I couldn’t trust her off lead with other small dogs. She never bit but twice she ran across a park to make aggressive noises towards another dog and on a few occasions was unfriendly to passing dogs.

I started keeping her on a lead or only taking her off in very empty areas, putting her back on if we spotted another dog. She was rewarded with a treat for every positive interaction she had with another dog.

A few years on she’s gone to the other extreme and lies down with her legs in the air for every dog we see. I still put her back on a lead if I see another dog on a lead that we don’t know or if more than one small dog is approaching, but she seems to be well and truly over her aggressive phase.

I’m still very cautious around puppies mind you, as they don’t know when to stop the silly play as they’re just babies still.

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