Bit by my own dog?

[joce]

My corgis gotten me a couple times. Once was when she was just blindly going after my husky and a couple times doing her nails. The times with her nails I think where more her mouthing my hand but she is so chubby she would wiggle and it would hurt. So I never really blamed her for those times


I have to admit if any of my dogs looked at me and growled even it wold be nearing the end for them. We have always had dogs,always had rescues in and out. I really think having that air that its just not acceptable here really works.

My grandparents have a rescue pei that I still think needs put down. It is a very dangerous dog and there attitude about it doesn't help. The dog goes right up to people wagging its tail and will just snake its head out and bite you and then sit down. They think its no big deal It bit me once and I was absolutely shocked that my grandparents just took it. Said she didn't mean it. I kicked the hell out of her-don't feel bad for doing it either. I would take her to the vet and have her put down in a second. That dog is a giant lawsuit waiting to happen. Its not like the dog didn't know me either. We are over there almost daily. The whole situation really bothers me. I know they love the dog but that love is blinding them to the fact that she is dangerous,she growls at them and while they deny it I bet anything she has bitten them to. I don't know if her being worked with would help, part of me thinks it would if she was never around strangers-but then again I think she still wants to bite me but is worried about getting hit again and thats the only reason she doesn't. I have to constantly know where the dog is while I am there-it sucks.

 

[corgipower]

Only by the corgi... she was a puppy and didn't want to have her nails done.

My corgis gotten me a couple times. Once was when she was just blindly going after my husky and a couple times doing her nails. The times with her nails I think where more her mouthing my hand but she is so chubby she would wiggle and it would hurt. So I never really blamed her for those times

Ares and Morgan both try to bite for when I do their nails. Morgan knows she isn't supposed to bite me, so she latches onto the clippers.

It is most definitely a corgi trait. I've seen numerous other corgis have issues with nail trims.

 

[joce]

Ares and Morgan both try to bite for when I do their nails. Morgan knows she isn't supposed to bite me, so she latches onto the clippers.

It is most definitely a corgi trait. I've seen numerous other corgis have issues with nail trims.

Gizzy holds onto the clippers most of the time-thats why I don't think she is really meaning to get me since I let her get away with mouthing the clippers.


We think one of her multiple broken teeth came from chewing on a set of clippers though She is our pup who hides things and the nail clippers on on the top of that list.

I tried the dremmel once with her and just thought it was an accident waiting to happen so quit. You just can't pull their paws that far from their face and I am always doing nails alone so its hard

 

[sprintime]

Never had that experience...my dogs usually give me kisses no matter what we;re doing.

 

[Romy]

double post

 

[Romy]

My grandparents have a rescue pei that I still think needs put down. It is a very dangerous dog and there attitude about it doesn't help. The dog goes right up to people wagging its tail and will just snake its head out and bite you and then sit down. They think its no big deal It bit me once and I was absolutely shocked that my grandparents just took it. Said she didn't mean it. I kicked the hell out of her-don't feel bad for doing it either. I would take her to the vet and have her put down in a second. That dog is a giant lawsuit waiting to happen. Its not like the dog didn't know me either. We are over there almost daily. The whole situation really bothers me. I know they love the dog but that love is blinding them to the fact that she is dangerous,she growls at them and while they deny it I bet anything she has bitten them to. I don't know if her being worked with would help, part of me thinks it would if she was never around strangers-but then again I think she still wants to bite me but is worried about getting hit again and thats the only reason she doesn't. I have to constantly know where the dog is while I am there-it sucks.

Have they taken her to a vet? Aside from just bad behavior, there might be something else going on. You could suggest it to them and as it sounds like they love the dog that might be something they could do. She could be in a lot of pain from some underlying condition and lashing out, or it might be a thyroid issue, etc. It wouldn't hurt to check at any rate.

 

[joce]

Have they taken her to a vet? Aside from just bad behavior, there might be something else going on. You could suggest it to them and as it sounds like they love the dog that might be something they could do. She could be in a lot of pain from some underlying condition and lashing out, or it might be a thyroid issue, etc. It wouldn't hurt to check at any rate.

She has been to multiple vets-and she does have many many issues from shar pei fever to horrible skin. She has more than one specialist. As do their others. And she may react differently to pain but I don't think its a good enough excuse for letting her bite.

She acts happy as can be wagging her tail and just goes off. I really think it is medical-her brain just isn't wired right.

One of the vets suggested putting her down. Another I think loves getting their money for her skin issues and says she is fine although she won't come near her without a muzzle and two people holding her.

 

[Dizzy]

Never been bitten by a dog - my own, or anyone elses... not even when I was a kennel maid.

My old dog did bite my sister... she almost got rehomed because of it, but they stuck with her and she lived to a ripe old age

Never even seen Bodhi so much as raise a lip... she's bomb proof.

 

[Inga]

I started talking about dog bites today in the IT department at work today. A few people kind of went off on it. I was just listening to them about their dogs and that they have each been bit by their dogs. I am still floored how many times it seems to happen. I couldn't help but rub it in that in 30 years of owning Rottweilers I have NOT had one of them bite me. I know full well that it COULD happen but it never has. I just had to say it because their are people there who think MY dogs are dangerous just because of the breed. lol
I enjoyed rubbing it in a little that it was THEIR dogs that bit, not mine.
I do believe that there are some breeds that are much more tolerant of things going on around them and then, less likely to bite. I also think there are individuals within each breed and that they need to be treated as such.

I also agree with the statement "Breeding and training" have a lot to do with it. Though I have had some incredibly poorly bred and very well bred Rotties. I was lucky that temperament was NOT affected as much as other issues. I know that it can be a huge issue, I have seen it many times. I have a friend with a German Shepherd that is one of the most Unstable dogs I have met in my life. I wish she would put the dog down before it truly hurts someone but she loves him and can't get herself to do it.

 

[corgipower]

I tried the dremmel once with her and just thought it was an accident waiting to happen so quit. You just can't pull their paws that far from their face and I am always doing nails alone so its hard

:lol-sign:

I've used a dremmel on Morgan. When it's been a while she forgets about the dremmel and she'll try to grab it once. She'll get her teeth buzzed for a half a moment and then she'll snap at the air towards the dremmel without touching it.

 

[perla123]

The only time I was growled and showed teeth at was on Jan I took kiana to the vet where I work at. that day she was really stressed out(I don't know why but when I take her there she gets really stress) and when the other tech tried to do an exam she growled at her, so I took a muzzle and when I tried to put it on her she went for my hand. I had to ask every one to leave the room and she comedown enough for me to put the muzzle on. After wards I had to put the vacc my self because she wouldn't let any one touch her.

She really hates going to the vet. I still don't know why she gets so stress to the point that she gets agrressive.

 

[M&M's Mommy]

I've never been bitten by my own dogs, or any dogs for that matters.

 

[skKi]

I've been bitten by Pit, although it wasn't so much a bite as it was a chew.. He was munching away on some chicken bones he found in the grass, I reached in his mouth to pull it out and he decided he'd rather keep eating and got my finger real good. We now know that when my hand is in his mouth, that means chewing isn't allowed.

 

[Renee750il]

Not inherently more likely. But it's not uncommon for owners of small dogs to feel that training is less important because of their size which results in a small dog not having boundaries.

Also, IME, owners of big dogs that show aggression are more likely to seek help than owners of small dogs who underestimate how much damage a small dog can do.

possibly. but that's mostly because small dogs seem to suffer more frequently from owners who think aggression is funny.

I have to wonder, too, if breeding doesn't come into play on some of it: large breed breeders perhaps being more aware of NOT breeding dogs without strong bite inhibition.

Also, I'd imagine that small breeds are necessarily more instinctively defensive for their own safety than large breeds as it's so much easier to hurt the little ones.

Mickey, that first Terrier I had, bit everyone. Not without provocation. Somehow I missed getting nailed though, lol.

I don't expect my dogs to be perfect and I'd have to hope that I'd have some understanding of WHY one might bite me and go on from there without making a big deal out of it. I think it would probably hurt my feelings more than anything else.

 

[Fran101]

I knew a man who bred Champion pomeranians. With a large dog, any aggression towards human would very likely NOT be bred .. but with these little dogs, he said it wasnt that big of an issue. If one of his poms bit, nipped, and just was snarky, they werent removed from the breeding program. People that visited him to see puppies didnt care either, fact is, small dogs being aggresive just doesnt matter to most people.. its "cute".
With him, it was all about coat anyways. But i give him props, the dogs were beautiful and they werent yappers! lol he did lots of training, but they did nip at people who tried picking them up without asking, or big dogs.
With someone raising BIG dogs, the issue of nipping at people would be a huge deal and someone visiting to see puppies would likely NEVER buy a pup from them if they saw that aggression

 

[Crowsfeet]

Happy has "bitten" me once, and I consider it an accident. He was actually engaged in a fight with another young, male dog.. they were probably two testosterone-fueled teenagers at the time, when I think of it now.

I was trying to separate them, and when I moved to pull Happy back, he swung his head back and dragged his mouth across my wrist/hand.. I think it left a scratch, but it was pretty surreal- as soon as I felt his muzzle touch my skin, there was definitely the force from reaction, and then a counter-force to react that force- he made a sort of half-bite and then retracted? I feel like he realized mid-bite he was actually touching human skin and redirected. Hope that makes sense.

There is another occasion I can recall. I've definitely seen him give a warning snap towards, yes, a young child. I sincerely feel that he never, ever intended to make contact, but he definitely snapped a small distance away from a toddler who was really, really pulling on him. I'm guessing it was just a reaction to something pretty painful/startling. He made a very similar gesture to a man who stepped on his foot once.

To this day he's very aloof/tolerant and occasionally engaging with toddlers/young children. I feel like I can safely say he has never bitten- gestured or grazed, probably. I can also pull over-sized chunks of meat/bone from his mouth/throat- his only reaction to this is to try and swallow quicker



Honestly, I feel as though dog bites should almost be anticipated- at least the risk of which acknowledged, when adopting a dog. We are two different species and mis-communication is likely.

 

[Renee750il]

Honestly, I feel as though dog bites should almost be anticipated- at least the risk of which acknowledged, when adopting a dog. We are two different species and mis-communication is likely.

:hail: :hail:

 

[Crowsfeet]

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[jesirose]

Honestly, I feel as though dog bites should almost be anticipated- at least the risk of which acknowledged, when adopting a dog. We are two different species and mis-communication is likely.

Agreed.

When people ask me if Sadie bites I say "Anything with teeth bites, but she doesn't make a habit of biting people, no." (Why would I bring a dog that bites people to my work? Hello? I mean I'm glad they're asking but most people just ask if they can pet her, lol.)

 

[Inga]

Honestly, I feel as though dog bites should almost be anticipated- at least the risk of which acknowledged, when adopting a dog. We are two different species and mis-communication is likely.

Hm, I guess I have just been so lucky. I hope that continues. I have made it through the lifetime of my dogs without them biting me or anyone else for that matter. I definitely agree that there will be and are mis-communications but not to the point of biting. I have been growled at and put on the ignore list by my dogs at times but NOT bit. I agree 100% that the potential for dog bites must be acknowledged and shouldn't be forgotten.

I think it is when I get too relaxed or just do not think what I am doing that I put myself most at risk. My dogs are used to it but I have to remind myself when I have rescues that other dogs are NOT used to me yet.