Bruno bit me whilst playing football, accident

[hedwig]

i went to kick the football n he grabbed my leg n then went for the ball.
he badly grazed my leg but didnt break the skin.

i didnt have time for a correction or to even cry out so i immediatly stop playing n left him alone in the garden.

did he mean anything by it or was it just innercent accident.

it ruddy hurt is all i can say.

how can i stop this from happening again

 

[elegy]

ouch. been there, done that. accidents are part of life. if you're moving and the dog's mouth is moving... sometimes they connect and it's totally unintentional. i usually cry out and then stop the game immediately.

 

[RD]

Ack! Yes, I got the deathgrip in place of a soccer ball once.

I know the dog doesn't mean to do it, but I end the game immediately if teeth come in contact with my skin. Over time they become quite conscious of where you are.

 

[Babyblue5290]

Wow! Glad I've never had that happen! Sorry I can't help, but I hope you're leg feels ok!

 

[WestiePupp]

if the dog breaks the skin is that really bad?

my puppy sometimes bites a little too hard and i can feel the teeth sink in and when i try to make him let go it grazes my skin off and i bleed a few seconds after it is out of his mouth

 

[mrose_s]

we took mac ad buster down to a paddock for a run the other night. they were chasing a ball, it was on the ground and i saw my sister bend down to pick it up, her arm straight down, then 2 dogs fly in from opposite directions to grab the ball.
They didn't mark her but she didn't get the ball and her arm was pretty sore from being slapped in 2 different directs at once. lol

Buster has hurt me a couple of times on my arms when i;m playing with a ball with him. But i think i deserve to be bitten on the leg properly by him, once i was playing with him and went to kick a ball just as he went to grab it, poor guy, kicked him fair in his face he looked so sad, i felt awful. So it goes both ways, i wouldn't read into it as agressive.

I end the game as soon as i get hurt though, he gets the picture pretty quick but if i'm playing with more than 1 dog at a time they can get distracted

 

[DanL]

I wouldn't even correct for something like that, it was a complete accident. Your dog is in high prey drive to get the ball, you shouldn't correct him or stop playing because you made a mistake. Just be more careful! I told this before, but when Gunnar was about 9 months old, we were playing with a football. I went to punt it, and he went for the ball. His tooth went right through my shoe and poked a hole in my foot as I kicked him in the head with full force. It didn't even phase him, he chased the ball and brought it back as I was on the ground writhing in pain. I learned, no more punting when he's close!