So, have you ever been BITTEN?

[SharkyX]

Yeah, I was actually bit by one of my own dogs, by accident though.
She got into a bit of a dominance thing with one of my friends dogs we were visiting.
Well they started to do the whole roll around snarling so I stepped in and grabbed her.
Sat down again to continue my conversation and my friend pointed out that my arm was now bleeding.
I'm positive it was her but since I stepped in between the quarrel I considered it my own stupid fault. Wasn't deep but it turned almost my whole bicep black and blue.

 

[M&M's Mommy]

Nope, I have been around dogs all my life, but have not been bitten yet, not that I never wish to be.

 

[Lizmo]

Yup when I was around 12, by our neighbors Shepherd mix dog I was just riding my bike in the cul de sac and he comes out of no where and bites my leg. Broke the skin too Wasn't that bad, but it broke the skin no less.

The dog last time I heard went to be on a farm.......

 

[Aussie Red]

Sorry you have had such bad experiences, but I have a GSD (he's a mix) and he is a very sweet boy who would never bite anyone. Maybe for some reason the bad German Shepherds are just drawn to you?

as a child in the 50's seemed that everyone and their kid brother owned GSDs
now bear in mind that not all of that everyone knew how to train them as a matter of fact they were very popular for guard dogs. Also add to the fact that back then very few people would allow dogs in their home, they remained outside with very little human interaction.

Most GSD s that I have come to encounter are by bred and again I can hear all kinds of wonderful stories about how sweet they are but it will not change my mind as to me accepting placing them with children. This is a safety issue for me and I do not place Chows, Akita's, Pit bulls, or Rotts , or ACDs with children either. Teens yes children no.
Your GSD may be a real sweetheart and because you are here I would more likely guarantee that it is however the ones that I have to place are rescues . One never really knows what a rescue dog has endured in it's life and it is a safety factor. The rescued animal may be a very gentle one but can develop issues because of it's past so as a rule I won't do it.
I don't think GSD' don't like me quite the contrary I have had encounters with many a good one more so then bad but it is a fact that they are known for aggressive behavior as is my beloved Whiskey's breed. I will not sit and say ACD's are sweet and don't bite so it is a person causing it. ACD's do bite !!! they need owners that are smart and know how to handle them and train them. I never allow just everyone and anyone to come up and pet Whiskey I do inform them there is a strong probability he will bite. That being said please do not tell me he needs to be socialized. He is but he is also an ACD and that is what the breed is. Herding and guarding.

 

[Giny]

As a groomer I've been bitten many times, can't even count or even remember all of them. None were serious bites though, more warning bites. Some little dickens did manage to draw blood. As for cat bites, they scare the living daylights out of me. That's why I don't groom kitties.

 

[RD]

I've been bitten by shelter dogs when I was too confident in my *cough* Dog Whispering abilities. Nothing severe though, all of the dogs were fear biters and only wanted me to back off.

The most memorable bite was when I was 12, I was hanging out with a friend and her Rottie mix. We had been playing ball with the dog, and stopped when he was too tired to retrieve. About 5 minutes later, we were still sitting down on the grass and he attacked me. Thankfully I was pretty quick to get up and he only broke the skin on my hand, but he tore a big gash in my shoulder as I was standing up, and another in my hip. My friend grabbed him and he tried to bite her, too. I think he just went crazy, a few months later he was euthanized - I assume because of more bites.

Each of my own dogs has drawn blood on me, but it's not from aggressive bites. A few weeks after I get any new puppy, though, my hands and arms look like hell!

 

[adoptashelterpettoday]

My GSD is a rescue too, he came from our local kill shelter. But he was a puppy..

I just placed my last foster pit bull with a lady who has a 7 year old son and an 11 month old daughter. She says Jet (pittie) adores her son. I foster and I wouldnt hesitate adopting a pit or a rottie (with good temperment of course) or a GSD to someone with children as long as the person was smart and willing to train. I talked to this girl probably 10 times on the phone before I decided to take her adoption application (not to mention the home visit, reference checks, exc). I also strongly recommend never leaving any dog, no matter what breed, alone with children. Some other chazzers disagree but for me it is better to be safe than sorry.

 

[Renee750il]

Twice. A Pom and a Peke. Both were running loose in their yards, unsupervised and dashed out and bit me as I was walking on the sidewalk. What really POed me was that the Peke's owners were sitting up on their front porch, watching the whole time and laughing. Even when their Doberman (who had a history of terrorizing people) started down the hill after me. I was angry enough by that time to turn on the Doberman and chase him back up the hill. They didn't think that was all that funny somehow . . .

The real kicker was that they had a huge part of their yard fenced in with chain link, but they left the dogs at large.

 

[Melissa_W]

I've never been seriously bitten.

However, my thumb did get nicked by an overzealous lab at the dog park. I was holding a ball, getting ready to throw it for Kai, when the Lab flew by and tried to snatch it out of my hand. It hurt a bit, but there was only a little bit of blood.

Oh, and once an Maltese latched on to my pants, but he didn't get the skin.

 

[Laurelin]

I have only been bitten by Nikki and I was young and being stupid, so I don't blame her at all. Didn't break the skin either.

My dad nearly got mauled by a lab mix while I was with him once, but luckily he beat the dog off and neither of us were hurt. It was one of the scariest things I've ever gone through though.

Now, I've been bitten by hamsters pretty badly many many times.

 

[~Jessie~]

I was bitten on the lip by a lab when I was 4 years old. I was rushed to the ER and I had to get stitches...
... our neighbor used to have a lab named Tripper who would come and visit us, and lay on our backyard porch. One day I went outside to grab a toy or something, and another dog was laying on the porch with Tripper. I was a little kid, and thought it was Tripper's friend... so I gave him a hug and he attacked me.

 

[SizzleDog]

Ooooh let's see...

1. Psycho Cat - I was 4 or 5, and we were visiting one of my mom's friends in Michigan. Their cat was in the backyard, maybe 50 feet away, saw me... then ran across the yard and attacked me. I had bites on my face and scratches on my neck and arms... needless to say, that cat was euthanized.

2. Golden Retriever - I was about 15, and was working at a vet clinic at the time, and a *very* aggressive Golden came for boarding. We had to use a catchpole to get her from her cage to a kennel run, and one day she slipped through the kenel run door and went on a rampage. One other employee besides me was bitten.

3. Labrador Retriever - I was 18, working in a grooming salon. I think the lab was more dumb than aggressive, but he didn't like me clipping his nails allt he same. That one nailed me on the shoulder, but luckily he didn't break skin.

4. Maltese - my *worst* dog bite. I was 20, working at a different salon. One of the groomers REALLY didn't like me, but I was just a bather at the time and had to follow orders from the groomers. This particular groomer told me to bathe a Maltese - no other instructions or warnings. I go to get the Maltese out of his cage, and the little bugger latched onto my hand. I ended up needing eight stitches on two fingers. Later on, I found out that the Maltese was cage aggressive, and would bite anyone *except* his groomer. Gotta love cruel people...

Edited to add: I remember an "almost bite" from an Australian Shepherd. I was maybe 7 or 8, and my dad and I were walking to the store. We passed a house where a loose Aussie ran at us, barking and snarling. He leapt at me, but my dar kicked the bugger in the face and the dog ran back to its porch. The crazy thing is, the dog's owner was on a chair on the porch, and yelled at MY DAD for kicking her dog. My dad said something like, "Ma'am, if I hadn't kicked your dog, he would have bitten my daughter... and then you'd have a lot more to be upset about!"

 

[J's crew]

I was bitten at 18 by my own 8 month old male Rottweiler puppy. I was leaning over him while he was sleeping to kiss him on the head. As I leaned back he lunged up at my face and bit my ear. He almost tore my earlobe off.

In this case it was my fault and his. Mine for not understanding that some dogs just do not like that type of treatment. Dogs are not cuddle toys, especially Rottweilers. The warning signs were there before this incident but I was to green to understand them.

I decided not to euthanize him but rather learn what makes dogs tick. Find out why he did what he did. He was fear aggressive until the day he died, had multiple health issues due to bad genetics, etc.

I kept him under complete control from that point on in regards to making sure other people would never be in harms way because of him. He taught me alot. He was, as some put it, just wired wrong. He would growl at me on occasion after that but never bit me. And I never put him in the position to bite me.

It's really a long story about him........but yeah, I have been bit.

 

[Denaluvscorgis]

My dearest friend have a Chi (Sassy)...and boy is she ever. She loves me and will sit in my lap the whole time I'm at their house, which sometimes is a lot, but the minute that I get up to walk away, she bites me on the ankle!:yikes: Little stinker...I love her though.

The only dog that has ever seriously bit me in my life is Chloe.

 

[Sweet72947]

I was bitten when I was little by my family's own Chesapeake Bay Retriever. We had gotten him from some farm. Probably a BYB. I remember his father barking and lunging at the pen he was in. But anyway. Our chessie was food aggressive, and he bit me in the arm when he was chewing on a bone (in his defense I was poking him with a stick at the time). The other time he bit me he was eating and I didn't know and I walked into his fenced in yard and he jumped up and bit me in the face. I was afraid of him for a little while after that, but I got over it. We ended up keeping that dog until we had to put him to sleep at 15 due to age related problems. But he bit a lot of people though, because he was food aggressive, territorial and protective of us and because my dad didn't and still doesn't know the first thing about training a dog!

I've also been bitten by Benji before because he doesn't like to be groomed, but he doesn't break the skin.

 

[otch1]

Yes, bitten a handful of times in my earlier days of training. An Am. Staff bit me in the face/side of head, when an owner entered my kennel and couldn't retract her Flexi-lead. He lunged at me, I believe I was seated and didn't get my behind up before he made it to me. Another incident, having to break up a fight between 2 unnuetered males. A Chessie and a Rott. One was asked not to come to the first morning of a new class that Sat. Needed to do a private first to evaluate dog, but she showed up anyway. Came thru door, she lost the leash when these two dogs lunged at each other. I made the other owner, screaming and trying to drag her dog out of it, drop her lead and get out. Cleared the room. A gentleman stayed to help me, and as we got leads and dogs apart, the Chessie turned on me and laid into my thigh. I screamed the "f" word so loud, everyone outside in the parking lot heard me. Learned the pitfalls of being overly confident and also became much stricter about the screening process of dogs registering for classes. Also, the evils of mixing antibiotics and alcohol. Lol (Best friends birthday party that night after I got back from hopsital. They put those warning labels on the bottles for a good reason!) The last bite I believe was 8 or 9 years ago, an aggressive male Sharpei during a training session with his owner. Something went wrong, he launched himself, getting ahold of my arm. Her elderly father was there and proceeded to come after the dog kicking him while he was still latched onto my arm. Big no-no! Another trip to Drs. They certainly must have been wondering, back then, at the Drs. "what kind of training is that crazy lady doing over there??!" I am much more careful these days.

 

[DryCreek]

I carry a scar on my nose from a Hound/Terrier mix (my fault), a few scars on my arm from an Afghan (owners fault), and had my hand bit by a Springer Spaniel (my fault). I've learned how to move very quickly as a result and have been able to avoid all attempts since by various other breeds, mostly Shih Tzu, Lhaso Apso, Poodle types and crosses. My daughter was mauled at 5 years old by a black Lab (dog flipped out while playing catch when she bent down to pick up the ball to throw again). Required stitches to her scalp and almost lost her eye, as well as multiple bruises to her arms. A co-worker was mauled by husky's/crosses. She unfortunately tried to stop a fight between a group of 5-6 dogs over a cooling hole.

And I agree, cat bites and scratches are NASTY

 

[squirtsmom]

Only bite I ever had was not by my pitbull squirt, but by my dau ghters dachsund Mr. Spike, the mean little weiner.

 

[TopShelfPets]

Also, the evils of mixing antibiotics and alcohol. Lol (Best friends birthday party that night after I got back from hopsital. They put those warning labels on the bottles for a good reason!)

isn't it awful though? the time when you've had a rough day and you need the drink, and you're not supposed to have it.

 

[otch1]

Absolutely! I thought I was "tough" though and even tried to dance a bit as well. Paid for it the next day. My leg really was a mess. As a kid, I used to give my mom a hard time about being afraid of dogs. How could she not find them all wonderful?! My grandmother told me my mom had been attacked as a teenager by a neighbors dog, coming home from school, when her Collie ran to greet her and a fight broke out. She'd tried to break it up. I never gave her a hard time about being afraid of dogs after my incident.