Dog bit 14 year old daughter face- 1/4 inch gash next to mouth? Emergency room and plastic surgeon?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah dogs bite. They are animals. I hate how people try to minimize every animal behavior or kill them. Not really necesary. Like when a mamma bear runs after a person or gets aggressive when she has cubs so we kill the bear?? WTF!
Granted, pet dog should be trained not to bite and many breeds are clearly bad pet choices in general which is not bad dog/ but stupid human getting wrong dog.
All that being said, just because a dog bites doesn’t mean we kill it. This is a cavalier bichon mix- and usually good pet breed but this one is apparently nervous and anxious - vet said personality on this dog is he likes quiet and calm. So getting right in his face threatens him. Granted I would like to rehome to no kid- he is terrific with me and my husband and other son- but 14 year old daughter is loud and scared him.
Bottom line he was being a dog- a dog not good with kids- so we need to change his environment. We’ve tried training. He really is sweet 90% of the time but he doesn’t like to have you right in his face or near his food.

Have you owned a dog before? MOST dogs do not like having people in their face.

Yeah, yeah. Most dogs don't like people in their face, etc. I am an animal lover and have had dogs all my life, and yes have had a dog that snapped at the air once to get a point across. But I NEVER have had a dog that actually bit someone in the face. You are CRAZY to keep the dog, or even consider rehoming it for that matter unless you're absolutely clear with them what the dog did. This dog is now at major risk for doing the same thing again. At best it'll most likely bite a family member again, with potentially more damage. At worse it'll bite a visitor in your home and you'll be looking at your retirement savings going to pay off a lawsuit. It is shocking recklessness to keep the dog.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah dogs bite. They are animals. I hate how people try to minimize every animal behavior or kill them. Not really necesary. Like when a mamma bear runs after a person or gets aggressive when she has cubs so we kill the bear?? WTF!
Granted, pet dog should be trained not to bite and many breeds are clearly bad pet choices in general which is not bad dog/ but stupid human getting wrong dog.
All that being said, just because a dog bites doesn’t mean we kill it. This is a cavalier bichon mix- and usually good pet breed but this one is apparently nervous and anxious - vet said personality on this dog is he likes quiet and calm. So getting right in his face threatens him. Granted I would like to rehome to no kid- he is terrific with me and my husband and other son- but 14 year old daughter is loud and scared him.
Bottom line he was being a dog- a dog not good with kids- so we need to change his environment. We’ve tried training. He really is sweet 90% of the time but he doesn’t like to have you right in his face or near his food.

Have you owned a dog before? MOST dogs do not like having people in their face.

Yeah, yeah. Most dogs don't like people in their face, etc. I am an animal lover and have had dogs all my life, and yes have had a dog that snapped at the air once to get a point across. But I NEVER have had a dog that actually bit someone in the face. You are CRAZY to keep the dog, or even consider rehoming it for that matter unless you're absolutely clear with them what the dog did. This dog is now at major risk for doing the same thing again. At best it'll most likely bite a family member again, with potentially more damage. At worse it'll bite a visitor in your home and you'll be looking at your retirement savings going to pay off a lawsuit. It is shocking recklessness to keep the dog.

Many unscrupulous shelters are known to hide 'bite history' in order to rehome a dog. It's sick.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah dogs bite. They are animals. I hate how people try to minimize every animal behavior or kill them. Not really necesary. Like when a mamma bear runs after a person or gets aggressive when she has cubs so we kill the bear?? WTF!
Granted, pet dog should be trained not to bite and many breeds are clearly bad pet choices in general which is not bad dog/ but stupid human getting wrong dog.
All that being said, just because a dog bites doesn’t mean we kill it. This is a cavalier bichon mix- and usually good pet breed but this one is apparently nervous and anxious - vet said personality on this dog is he likes quiet and calm. So getting right in his face threatens him. Granted I would like to rehome to no kid- he is terrific with me and my husband and other son- but 14 year old daughter is loud and scared him.
Bottom line he was being a dog- a dog not good with kids- so we need to change his environment. We’ve tried training. He really is sweet 90% of the time but he doesn’t like to have you right in his face or near his food.

Have you owned a dog before? MOST dogs do not like having people in their face.

My dog could care less. He actually loves it.

We got him at 9 weeks and socialized him ridiculously so, trained him...touched his paws, face, put hand in his bowl when he was a puppy, etc. Zero aggression. We also selected a breed known to have literally no aggression in their line.

This is one reason I didn't want to go to a shelter. My sister works for county government and there are some shelters that will hide 'bite history', etc. Plus, about 99% are pit or pit mixes.