Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:you may not want to report it because the owners were nice but what if that dog bites a toddler's face next time? its not all about you and your experience, but the safety of people at large.

also if the wound is cleaned and your kid is on antibiotics, there won't be an infection. It's been dealt with.

If only! Sadly, that is untrue. Dog bites involve many different types of bacteria. Augmentin is the antibiotic of choice because it has broad coverage of the most common types involved, including aerobes and anaerobes. But some of the bacteria could be penicillin resistant or a different antibiotic could have been prescribed due to allergy. Follow the instructions from the ER.

In 99.9% of dog bite cases, the medications provided prevent infection. Don't be such a Cassandra.

I’m an MD, so it’s my job to be a Cassandra. Last week I saw a guy who was admitted for IV antibiotics for a dog bite after failing doxycycline. Again, follow the instructions from the ER.

I do not for one fraction of a second believe you're a doctor. You're an armchair diagnosis bore. This site is anonymous, everything is opinion and conjecture only.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:you may not want to report it because the owners were nice but what if that dog bites a toddler's face next time? its not all about you and your experience, but the safety of people at large.

also if the wound is cleaned and your kid is on antibiotics, there won't be an infection. It's been dealt with.

If only! Sadly, that is untrue. Dog bites involve many different types of bacteria. Augmentin is the antibiotic of choice because it has broad coverage of the most common types involved, including aerobes and anaerobes. But some of the bacteria could be penicillin resistant or a different antibiotic could have been prescribed due to allergy. Follow the instructions from the ER.

In 99.9% of dog bite cases, the medications provided prevent infection. Don't be such a Cassandra.

I’m an MD, so it’s my job to be a Cassandra. Last week I saw a guy who was admitted for IV antibiotics for a dog bite after failing doxycycline. Again, follow the instructions from the ER.

Anonymous wrote:I have a friend who is an adult (obviously) but she still insists on petting other people’s dogs. She asks, of course, but it’s so cringy.

I’m an adult who does this. Why does it make you cringe? I love dogs, especially when I’m out of town and missing my own.

I would not. They weren’t dicks about. They apologized and offered to cover medical bill.
The dogs were leashes, now they know I’m sure they’ll be more careful.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:you may not want to report it because the owners were nice but what if that dog bites a toddler's face next time? its not all about you and your experience, but the safety of people at large.

also if the wound is cleaned and your kid is on antibiotics, there won't be an infection. It's been dealt with.

If only! Sadly, that is untrue. Dog bites involve many different types of bacteria. Augmentin is the antibiotic of choice because it has broad coverage of the most common types involved, including aerobes and anaerobes. But some of the bacteria could be penicillin resistant or a different antibiotic could have been prescribed due to allergy. Follow the instructions from the ER.

In 99.9% of dog bite cases, the medications provided prevent infection. Don't be such a Cassandra.

Anonymous wrote:I have a friend who is an adult (obviously) but she still insists on petting other people’s dogs. She asks, of course, but it’s so cringy.

I get more adults ask to pet my dog than kids. They love him and I think both get something out of the brief interaction. Kids ask to hold him and I usually say no unless I know the kid

Anonymous wrote:you may not want to report it because the owners were nice but what if that dog bites a toddler's face next time? its not all about you and your experience, but the safety of people at large.

also if the wound is cleaned and your kid is on antibiotics, there won't be an infection. It's been dealt with.

If only! Sadly, that is untrue. Dog bites involve many different types of bacteria. Augmentin is the antibiotic of choice because it has broad coverage of the most common types involved, including aerobes and anaerobes. But some of the bacteria could be penicillin resistant or a different antibiotic could have been prescribed due to allergy. Follow the instructions from the ER.

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Anonymous wrote:OP: You are rude & obnoxious. You willingly let a child engage in a potentially dangerous activity and now you want to report the dog owners of a properly restrained animal ????

Tip: Google "assumption of risk".

No. I don’t want to report. That’s the gist of the original message everyone else understood. I’m asking what my civic duty is here. Y’all are just classic DCUM toxic responders, making people out to be malicious, rude, and obnoxious when trying to ask honest questions. It’s amazing.

I don't know why people are on your ass OP, you seem reasonable to me. I have 2 dogs and people with kids ask to pet them all the time (they're certified therapy Goldens and amazing with kids). It's normal to ask the owner if it's OK and let a kid pet a dog. There's a certain contingent here that excuses poor behavior of dogs as normal for things like touching a dog's food, waking it up, hugging, etc. There's some truth to that and I am very conscientious with my own kids and others about respecting a dog's space, but still. They shouldn't bite in response.

That said, and I know this may sound like I am contradicting myself, if the owners seemed shocked, apologetic, and generally responsible I probably wouldn't go out of my way to report it if the doctor didn't already. Hopefully this was a surprise to them too and they work to manage their dog better and turn down requests to pet in the future.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm surprised the urgent care did not have you fill out a dog bite form from the county. Your insurance company will usually ask as well.

Yes. They is part of why we went there - to make sure we followed proper protocol. They did not ask us to fill anything out. This is in Moco, fwiw.

They may just report it automatically. Different, but our dog was bitten by another dog and the city called a day or two later—the vet reported it and never said anything to us.

I thought urgent care is a mandatory reporter?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tough call.

When out in public, such a dog should be muzzled.

Reporting may not do any good as the dog was restrained properly and your child initiated the contact with parental approval.

My question is whether the parent involved should be reported for possible child abuse.

Me? I should be reported for child abuse? That’s a new one. Really didn’t see that one coming. Oh DCUM, never change.

If you allow a child to approach & pet strange dogs, then--as a lifelong dog owner, I suggest that you be much more careful in the future as dog breeds have very different tendencies.

But sure, what the heck, let your kid pet & touch strange dogs and handle other potentially dangerous items in the possession of strangers whom you encounter on a random basis.

OP, we are dog people, and I let my child pet strangers’ dogs (after asking, just like your child did). It’s a risk, but it it’s a risk we are willing to take for the love of dogs. What you did was perfectly normal and fine. I don’t want to live in a world where we can’t pet friendly dogs.

Playing on playgrounds has a risk, letting dogs has a risk, sledding in the winter has a risk, but we let our kids do some of these things in the safest ways possible in the interest of a happy life.

You didn’t do anything wrong.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP: You are rude & obnoxious. You willingly let a child engage in a potentially dangerous activity and now you want to report the dog owners of a properly restrained animal ????

Tip: Google "assumption of risk".

No. I don’t want to report. That’s the gist of the original message everyone else understood. I’m asking what my civic duty is here. Y’all are just classic DCUM toxic responders, making people out to be malicious, rude, and obnoxious when trying to ask honest questions. It’s amazing.

Your civic duty is to stop demanding to pet dogs you don't know.

I have a friend who is an adult (obviously) but she still insists on petting other people’s dogs. She asks, of course, but it’s so cringy.

I think you're getting biased responses posting in pets rather than off topic.

It's nice that they were nice, but how do you know this is the first time it's bitten anyone? Report so next time it's on record.

Anonymous wrote:Google: Assumption of risk.

If you report the dog bite, the dog's owners will report what happened regarding parental consent and assumption of risk.

You clearly don’t have kids and don’t live in the real world.