My Dog bit me

[A spooky ghost!]

Not sure if this has been asked but did you get a tetanus shot? I had to get one in the summer although it was a stray dog.

 

[Mega_Cabbage]

Maybe your dog is not getting enough exercise? I know some dogs can get aggressive because they aren't taken outside often enough.

 

[ramen.jpg]

Not sure if this has been asked but did you get a tetanus shot? I had to get one in the summer although it was a stray dog.

I don't think I got any shots

I'll probably be fine since my dog bit my arm before

 

[MozzarellaSticks]

If your dad is hitting her with a belt regularly that explains her aggressive behavior. Dogs don't have the cognitive ability humans do. They can't associate negative behaviors with punishment, especially when that punishment is delayed. All they understand is the anger from the owner, and they learn to fear their owner. The best way to train a dog is positive reinforcement. They can learn to associate certain behaviors with a reward, but you have to reward them immediately.

Your dog is showing aggression because it's distrustful. The poor thing doesn't know how to behave. They're not socialized.

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And can we focus on OP here?

Some parents hit their kids. Some parents don't. In some countries it is allowed. In some countries it isn't. Just because you don't think it's right to spank or hit your children, doesn't mean it doesn't work. I was spanked as a child, and I am fine. I would also be thrown out - not hit or abused, so calm down - if I was to call the police on my mother (dad is dead) for an animal. Sometimes it is instinct to protect a child from what harms them and yes this can come in the form of "animal abuse"! The main thing here is to make sure OP is okay, and that the dog can be protected if need be. This can be done without calling the police and causing an array of family problems. (I mean, there is also money for the fine that comes with calling police for animal abuse, and we don't know the financial situation of OP.)

JUST HAD TO SAY IT.

There's actually a lot of evidence that spanking is determemtal to a child's emotional health. Just because it is perceived as a social norm doesn't make it okay. It used to be the social norm to put your child to work, but we've moved past child labour. We dont have to continue doing things because we've done them in the past. It's different when we don't know better, but when we're faced with the truth and continue anyway, that's a problem.

 

[Pug]

tbh i was spanked (as a child) when i did something bad and the only way i learned not to do it again was by being spanked.

but yeah, op i hope you and your dog are okay! you said your dog bit you before so i do think you should take it to a shelter or have it trained! my dog used to be rlly hyper and would randomly bite my ankles so my dad took it to these training classes and she stopped doing that

 

[tybalt_cake]

Okay wtf ; Your dad is surely violent. First it was your broken phone and now your dog ._.?

You should call police tbh. How is your mom even letting that happen?

 

[piichinu]

dude i wouldn't call the police wtf? that's so risky esp if u have an abusive parent. more than the animal i'm concerned for ur safety. there's no guarantee you will be immediately isolated from your abusive family and are you really willing to do that anyway? i think it would be best to give the animal away WITHOUT calling the police or reporting your father (for now). you sound kind of young and for me personally with my abusive family i really didnt want to be separated because of concerns for my future so i decided to wait for college without doing anything about it, but luckily my parents divorced and my dad really has redeemed and changed himself. i don't know about you but i couldnt leave my parents and be taken in by my other family because naturally they would side with my dad. it was either staying with my family or being put with complete strangers.

DEFINITELY speak with your guidance counselor but do not say anything "extreme" unless you are sure you're okay with not living with your family anymore...sort of slowly open up about it until you feel ready? i really hate when people say oh find a new home! because i don't think it's that simple at all :/ even if your family is abusive for me personally i could never gather the courage to just up and leave and report them. if you can, that's great and wonderful and i recommend it. if people are telling you to find a new home, and you aren't certain that's what you want, i just want to assure you that that's reasonable and normal and you don't need to rush yourself.

abusive parents are often volatile and it's basically like you're walking on eggshells 24/7. i dont know your situation but if your mom is abused by your father, i would honestly try to get her to divorce. if they're both just abusive toward you then that's a lot more complicated and just take into consideration what i said. i kno this issue was abt your dog but the thing is with abusive parents you sometimes have to find work arounds for the dumbest things because compromise does not exist in their world and in this case i think it would be best to give away the dog.

 

[ramen.jpg]

dude i wouldn't call the police wtf? that's so risky esp if u have an abusive parent. more than the animal i'm concerned for ur safety. there's no guarantee you will be immediately isolated from your abusive family and are you really willing to do that anyway? i think it would be best to give the animal away WITHOUT calling the police or reporting your father (for now). you sound kind of young and for me personally with my abusive family i really didnt want to be separated because of concerns for my future so i decided to wait for college without doing anything about it, but luckily my parents divorced and my dad really has redeemed and changed himself. i don't know about you but i couldnt leave my parents and be taken in by my other family because naturally they would side with my dad. it was either staying with my family or being put with complete strangers.

DEFINITELY speak with your guidance counselor but do not say anything "extreme" unless you are sure you're okay with not living with your family anymore...sort of slowly open up about it until you feel ready? i really hate when people say oh find a new home! because i don't think it's that simple at all :/ even if your family is abusive for me personally i could never gather the courage to just up and leave and report them. if you can, that's great and wonderful and i recommend it. if people are telling you to find a new home, and you aren't certain that's what you want, i just want to assure you that that's reasonable and normal and you don't need to rush yourself.

abusive parents are often volatile and it's basically like you're walking on eggshells 24/7. i dont know your situation but if your mom is abused by your father, i would honestly try to get her to divorce. if they're both just abusive toward you then that's a lot more complicated and just take into consideration what i said. i kno this issue was abt your dog but the thing is with abusive parents you sometimes have to find work arounds for the dumbest things because compromise does not exist in their world and in this case i think it would be best to give away the dog.

Thanks for the input!

 

[piichinu]

How is your mom even letting that happen?

1. she's abusive
2. she's abused by her husband
3. she's afraid of her husband
4. she doesn't want her husband to turn on her
5. etc.

??? not that hard to figure out

 

[AnimalCrossingPerson]

I'm not going to read through all the replies and absorb all the information, but have given them a good skim-read.

Listen, no dog should be biting without extreme levels of provocation. Please look into this and find the source of the issue.

Also ensure that you won't get any sort of infection and that your dog is, well, legal - got all those injections and whatnot.

 

[KaydeeKrunk]

NOW WHAT?

My ****ing dog bit my face and now one side of my face has like 5 bandages

She was in my room looking out the window and My face was like next to her because I was looking out the window too to see what she was looking at the I started to pet her back or whatever then without warning she bit my face

so like what do I do

if I tell my dad he'll probably hit her with a belt or something

if I don't tell him he'll probably see all the bandages on my face and ask my what the hell happened

lowkey I want to text my mom at work and ask her what I should do but I'm scared

what do you guys think

So likely your dog was in a defensive position, seeing something like a bird or squirrel or other dog that she wanted to attack, and that's why when you touched her, she wasn't expecting it and attacked because she was in that mode. I've went to pet my cat as she was staring outside at a cat she hated, and she full on ripped me a new one, ripped my lip open to where it was pouring blood on my shirt and my arm was also cut really deep, it was horrible. But as it's not just your dog's fault I would try to just explain to him that it wasn't her fault, because she wasn't paying attention to anything but her "target" and you startled her. She fully didn't mean to hurt you I can assure you that.