My wife got bit last year. Cost us thousands of dollars. Lawyers wouldn’t even touch the case. Nothing we could do.
Yeah a few things really irritate me with dog owners.
1) Dogs not on a leash
2) Dogs on retractable leashes. (Worst friggin invention ever)
We have 3 dogs. But, 1 is actually from a shelter that was abused, and about 160lbs. The other 2 are Chihuahuas.
The big dog actually bit 2 people.
But, when I have the dog on a leash, he has very little slack. I keep him right beside me because, while he loves the family, he does not trust strangers.
So the first time he bit a lady, I had him on the leash, and had the SUV hatch open and was looking in the back of the SUV for something.
A lady was walking down the street, comes up behind me and sticks her hand in his face and gets bit.
I felt bad for her, but that was really stupid.
The second time, the Chihuahuas are in the front yard, and they are barking like crazy at the neighbors mom. They don't bite though, in fact the female Chihuahua loves every stranger she meets, she is odd lol.
She also thinks kids are the greatest thing in the universe. The male, won't bite a stranger, but he would rather they go on their way lol.
To put context to this... some old grey haired lady abused the big dog. Then the shelter also believe her grandson abused the dog.
So the dog hates old ladies with grey hair. Just never got over it, other than with my mother-in-law who he loves.
Well the small dogs are barking like crazy, and the big one is out on his tie out.
Now this tie out, I could probably pull a redwood tree down with (ok I am exaggerating but it is BIG) and he thought they were in trouble that day, and snapped it, and bit her on the back of her arm. He doesn't viciously attack,
it was more like a small puncture wound, to make them leave.
I was sooooo friggin p_ssed at myself for that day. Because I complain about owners all the time. I never thought it was friggin possible to snap that tie out unless it was an elephant on the end of it.
But, he thought his little pack mates were in trouble and got psycho strength going.
Now she didn't sue us, we were friends, but man was I mad at myself for that one, even though I had no way of ever seeing that happen.
The first lady though, only so much you can do when they come up behind you, in your driveway, with your back turned leaning inside the hatch of your SUV. So that one
I felt bad for her getting bit, but not bad at the same time. My neighbors mother though, that one drive me nuts.
He isn't an aggressive dog either. He just doesn't trust people he doesn't know. And even though the Chihuahuas treat him like crap a lot of the time, he would take a bullet for them
I think lol. They actually all 3 stick up for each other.
But, most of the time, it is often the owner being an idiot.
