my teenage daughter was bitten by a dog

[Anonymous]

her friend's family recently rescued a black lab. she was standing in the kitchen washing & drying her hands when the dog charged her and bit her upper thigh. she tried to "escape" but the dog followed her. she screamed "help" and then when her friend came to the kitchen the dog paid attention to her and away from my daughter. the bite went through her jeans and produced a very visible mark, about 3 inches long. a tiny amount of blood. per friend's parents, dog is up to date on all shots. dd is a total dog lover and is one of the most even keeled people I know but she was sobbing hysterically when she called for me to pick her up. it was a very terrifying experience for her. besides being emotional support for dd, is there anything else I need to do?

[Anonymous]

You want to see the shot records.

[Anonymous]

This may seem like overkill, but I’d take her to an urgent care to get the wound cleaned really well and perhaps get a course of antibiotics. Dogs’ mouths are very dirty and it’s easy to get an infection if the bite has drawn blood. (Speaking from personal experience of dog bite on ankle requiring multiple shots, a doctor to debride and clean. I started out just doing neosporin but it kept hurting and not healing so i went finally 2 weeks later. Won’t make that mistake again)

[Anonymous]

If she hasn't had a tetanus shot in the past 5 years, she'll probably need one. At least, that's what I was told when I was bitten by a dog.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This may seem like overkill, but I’d take her to an urgent care to get the wound cleaned really well and perhaps get a course of antibiotics. Dogs’ mouths are very dirty and it’s easy to get an infection if the bite has drawn blood. (Speaking from personal experience of dog bite on ankle requiring multiple shots, a doctor to debride and clean. I started out just doing neosporin but it kept hurting and not healing so i went finally 2 weeks later. Won’t make that mistake again)

If you do that the bite will be reported. Also, your insurance may file claim for costs against the other family.

[Anonymous]

Stupid owners. I foster dogs and never let them meet new people carelessly like that. You need to ask for shot records and disinfect the wound carefully, and tell the owners that they should not be irresponsibly letting their dog with unknown history and training bite people like this. My own young dog nipped a teen once outside, after getting overexcited by hours of play time in a park. It did *not* break skin, but I gave the teen my contact info so his parents could call me. They didn't. However, I would have been happy to pay for a medical visit, give them my dog's shot records, talked to animal control, etc, since it was ultimately my fault.

[Anonymous]

Take her to the doctor. You need to make sure the wound is cleaned and doesn’t become infected. Also ask to see the dog’s vaccine records.

[Anonymous]

You also need a plan for whether you will report this bite to animal control. And a plan for DD if she goes back to this house.

Hugs to your DD. She definitely needs an urgent care visit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This may seem like overkill, but I’d take her to an urgent care to get the wound cleaned really well and perhaps get a course of antibiotics. Dogs’ mouths are very dirty and it’s easy to get an infection if the bite has drawn blood. (Speaking from personal experience of dog bite on ankle requiring multiple shots, a doctor to debride and clean. I started out just doing neosporin but it kept hurting and not healing so i went finally 2 weeks later. Won’t make that mistake again)

If you do that the bite will be reported. Also, your insurance may file claim for costs against the other family.

So? Are you suggesting she should risk infection?

[Anonymous]

I would go to urgent care if there’s a deep puncture wound or the wound is red and warm or oozing. It sounds like the mark is more like a scratch. Not excusing the dog or owners, but not every nip or scratch from a dog requires a doctors visit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This may seem like overkill, but I’d take her to an urgent care to get the wound cleaned really well and perhaps get a course of antibiotics. Dogs’ mouths are very dirty and it’s easy to get an infection if the bite has drawn blood. (Speaking from personal experience of dog bite on ankle requiring multiple shots, a doctor to debride and clean. I started out just doing neosporin but it kept hurting and not healing so i went finally 2 weeks later. Won’t make that mistake again)

If you do that the bite will be reported. Also, your insurance may file claim for costs against the other family.

Having an unprovoked dog bite reported is not a bad thing. Op should take her dd to urgent care to get looked at. And the family should send her a copy of the dog’s shot records for her to show to the medical professionals.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This may seem like overkill, but I’d take her to an urgent care to get the wound cleaned really well and perhaps get a course of antibiotics. Dogs’ mouths are very dirty and it’s easy to get an infection if the bite has drawn blood. (Speaking from personal experience of dog bite on ankle requiring multiple shots, a doctor to debride and clean. I started out just doing neosporin but it kept hurting and not healing so i went finally 2 weeks later. Won’t make that mistake again)

If you do that the bite will be reported. Also, your insurance may file claim for costs against the other family.

And?? OP is supposed to let her kid go without medical care to protect a dog that bit her??

[Anonymous]

Oh a vicious animal may be reported to the property authorities before in actually mauls a toddler… the injustice of it all

[Anonymous]

Did you take her in, OP? I agree, you’re going to want to get that cleaned and maybe some prophylactic antibiotics. And if it gets reported, good. A lab that bites, unprovoked? And the family just rescued it and aren’t taking precautions? Not great, all around.

[Anonymous]

is this a rescued "lab mix"?