Mum's dog bit my LO

tea_lover

Yeah it's been around ages, it's one of the ones we used to scare each other with at sleepovers at least 20 years ago.

Along with the drunk driver who got up the next day and found a young girl stuck to the front of his car, and the couple who got stuck in the woods and are attacked by a guy with one hand who bangs it on the car roof.

ETA: and of course the classic "I woke up with a scar and a kidney missing".

EATA: and the guy who asks you to smell perfume in a car park then kidnaps you.

I can remember far too many of these!

Tropez

tea_lover wrote: »

Yeah it's been around ages, it's one of the ones we used to scare each other with at sleepovers at least 20 years ago.

Along with the drunk driver who got up the next day and found a young girl stuck to the front of his car, and the couple who got stuck in the woods and are attacked by a guy with one hand who bangs it on the car roof.

ETA: and of course the classic "I woke up with a scar and a kidney missing".

EATA: and the guy who asks you to smell perfume in a car park then kidnaps you.

I can remember far too many of these!

Mate of mine tried to convince me that the one about the girl at the petrol station being warned that there was some bloke in the back of her car by the attendant actually happened.

And the girl who was being followed by a police car trying to get her to pull over, only there was no safe place to do so and she called the police and was told the car following her was some nutter. Saw someone passing that off as true recently.

fufu_banterwaite

Tropez wrote: »

You lose some serious points for originality though. I read that same story on Snopes.com about seven years ago.

I know next he’ll be saying he is a cross between Martin Luther-King and Sid Little!

You have inspired me to post a thread in DT asking for people's favourite horror stories/urban myths!

Tropez

fufu_banterwaite wrote: »

I know next he’ll be saying he is a cross between Martin Luther-King and Sid Little!

You have inspired me to post a thread in DT asking for people's favourite horror stories/urban myths!

Glad to be of service.

Kim_kim

FBaby wrote: »

Except that OP's mum has made efforts by telling OP not to being soon whilst she is unwell ans can't ensure the dog is locked away safely which she did before. OP just isn't happy with this because she insists on bringing her son.

That's not really fair.
They might not have childcare for when they visit the mother.

Kim_kim

BarryBlue wrote: »

ALL children take priority over ALL animals. The law recognises that. Unfortunately, some selfish and inconsiderate dog owners are so misguided that they fail to grasp the point. This is why dog owners (and by association, dogs) get such a bad press at times.



A point that is demonstrated perfectly by the comments you have made.



I'm afraid I would have to agree. If a dog bit my child without provocation then I would require the dog to be destroyed. Parents, of course, need to supervise and train their children to be responsible around dogs. Dog owners have an even greater responsibility in the control of their animals. Far too many owners seem to think that everyone should love and tolerate their dogs whatever they do.

I'm a grandmother, I don't have any Pets. But I wouldn't keep any pets that were a danger to my grandchildren.
As a grandmother I personally would have this dog pts.

Kim_kim

FBaby wrote: »

Not at all. As it's been said there are easy solutions that have been suggested but some posters seem to prefer to focus on more dramatic ones. OP's mother is not putting her love for her dog before the safety of the child since she accepted that OP will not bring her child along any longer. OP stated that she didn't want to come without her son because she feels she already doesn't spend enough time with him. Clearly it is nor so black and white since her sister who is in the same situation than OP seems to have a different stance on the matter.

I do find it sad that some people can't seem to appreciate what an animal mean to some people usually those lonely. I don't feel this way but I have seen to my surprise how attached my mum got to her dog after she lost her husband much more than to any of the dogs we had when I was growing up and I couldn't have imagined putting pressure on her to get rid of it unless she was moving with me (obviously assuming I had an issue with the dog).

I think people are saying the dog has bitten a child three times now & should be given no more chances.
I doubt this grandmother will agree, so the op has a choice of going to the police or ensuring her mother really does take steps to ensure the child's safety - like a properly locked room.

System

Here is some interesting information regarding the recent change to the Dangerous Dogs Act
http://blogs.rspca.org.uk/insights/2014/05/14/how-the-changes-to-the-dangerous-dogs-act-affect-you-and-your-dog/#.VCHBZZRdUa0

If you do allow visitors to interact with your dog, make sure your dog is comfortable and can go to their personal space if they want to. This is particularly important in the case of visiting children as children’s’ body language can be confusing to dogs. Children tend to want to make very close facial contact with dogs which many dogs find threatening.

The majority of dog bites treated in hospitals involve children.

I am not sure whether a dog that has bitten three times would be destroyed, if it were reported, but it seems likely.

krlyr

Nicki wrote: »

Timely article in today's mail online for those who scoff at the idea that dogs ever "terrorise" innocent people and think to say this can happen is being a drama queen

Man gets arm ‘ripped off’ by his two American bulldogs http://dailym.ai/1ud1JD1

Interesting to see more details emerge over time. This article doesn't particularly paint the breeder (not just your standard dog owner, as the original article suggests) in the best light - http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/11489080.Pittington_dog_attack_victim_previously_prosecuted_over_noise/?ref=var_0

A large number of dogs, kept in confined (and not particularly clean, from the photos on this article) space, with the puppies he's bred appearing to be raised in the same "kennels" (photos on his Pets4Homes ads show the pups outside - therefore lacking in the right kind of socialisation provided by raising pups indoors in a home environment), those are red flags that make me suspect an aspect of puppy farming - or at the very least, not very responsible breeding.

Don't think this case is as black and white as "innocent person terrorised by vicious dogs"

Nicki

Thinking about this overnight I can understand people who take on an ill treated dog and don't mind in the slightest when that dog bites them. What I still don't understand though is why those people think that other people who didn't choose to adopt that dog should have to put up with being bitten by their animal. Fortunately as things currently stand anyone who is bitten can report the dog and a decision gets taken by a neutral third party as to whether the animal should be PTS. The owner doesn't get a choice in the matter if they have failed to put in place precautions to prevent their dog from biting someone else.