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Dog bite 2 excesses? Advice please

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  • robatwork
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    Nasqueron wrote: »
    Bloomin heck, when I was a kid a Yorkshire terrier ran up and bit my leg through trousers, I had a tetanus jab and moved on with life...

    You're making a leap that this was more of a "nip" than a 3 course meal. All we know is that the dog was put down. So more likely a serious bite. This could have caused life changing injuries for all we know. It's not particularly relevant to the question about insurance but your throwaway comment is based on a huge assumption.
  • chucknorris
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    I would be totally gutted if my dog was put to sleep, I definitely wouldn't be posting/talking about money if that had happened.
    Chuck Norris can kill two stones with one birdThe only time Chuck Norris was wrong was when he thought he had made a mistakeChuck Norris puts the "laughter" in "manslaughter".I've started running again, after several injuries had forced me to stop
  • Kynthia
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    I would be totally gutted if my dog was put to sleep, I definitely wouldn't be posting/talking about money if that had happened.

    If someone is suing you then you don't have a choice to not think about money.
    Don't listen to me, I'm no expert!
  • lisyloo
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    Nasqueron wrote: »
    Bloomin heck, when I was a kid a Yorkshire terrier ran up and bit my leg through trousers, I had a tetanus jab and moved on with life...


    We don't know the circs but things have changed generally with people being much more litigious than when you were a kid.
  • chucknorris
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    edited 25 July 2018 at 1:00PM
    Kynthia wrote: »
    If someone is suing you then you don't have a choice to not think about money.

    I repeat, if my dog had been put to sleep, I wouldn't be posting/talking about money. Beforehand maybe, if I could somehow buy his freedom.

    More to the point, if you search the OP's posting history, you will not find any mention of despair over losing his dog.
    Chuck Norris can kill two stones with one birdThe only time Chuck Norris was wrong was when he thought he had made a mistakeChuck Norris puts the "laughter" in "manslaughter".I've started running again, after several injuries had forced me to stop
  • smithers1981
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    Hi thanks for comments. Dog was put to sleep 3 weeks ago straight after incident. We rehomed him 12 years ago and he has always been challenging.

    I was gutted as were partner and daughter, incident was unpleasant he bit a ladies lip requiring 14 stitches.

    As we have a daughter and young children around we took the difficult decision to put down our dog.

    I’ve not posted anything about despair as this is a money saving site.

    Thanks again to constructive comments.
  • robatwork
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    Hi thanks for comments. Dog was put to sleep 3 weeks ago straight after incident. We rehomed him 12 years ago and he has always been challenging.

    I was gutted as were partner and daughter, incident was unpleasant he bit a ladies lip requiring 14 stitches.

    As we have a daughter and young children around we took the difficult decision to put down our dog.

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  • Nasqueron
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    robatwork wrote: »
    You're making a leap that this was more of a "nip" than a 3 course meal. All we know is that the dog was put down. So more likely a serious bite. This could have caused life changing injuries for all we know. It's not particularly relevant to the question about insurance but your throwaway comment is based on a huge assumption.

    You're making a leap that I only suffered a "nip" rather than a 3 course meal. I don't know if the dog was put down. So you don't know if it was a serious bite. This could have caused life changing injuries for all you know. It's not particularly relevant to the question about insurance but your throwaway comment is based on a huge assumption.

    Sam Vimes' Boots Theory of Socioeconomic Unfairness: 

    People are rich because they spend less money. A poor man buys $10 boots that last a season or two before he's walking in wet shoes and has to buy another pair. A rich man buys $50 boots that are made better and give him 10 years of dry feet. The poor man has spent $100 over those 10 years and still has wet feet.

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