My Father in law was recently bit by a dog. He is a door to door cable sales man. He was inside (with permission) the owners house when the dog bit him. My father in law is loud and obnoxious and scared of dogs. I can image exactly how he behaved around the dog to get him self bit. He's jumpy around my little 20lb terrier and nerviously shoo's Joey away when he goes up to him for attention. The first time he met Joey at my old apartment, he actually ran back outside while yelling "He's going to bite me, He's going to bite me!"
My father in law also thinks the whole world's against him and it's never his fault. So of course he went way overboard. The dog didn't break the skin. My father in law called animal control and threw a fit when he found out that he had wait 10 days for a rabies result (apparently the dog was 1 year overdue for a rabies vac). The owners couldn't afford the 10 day quarantine anyways and ended up putting the dog to sleep[
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My father in law went to the doctor, which I agree was the smart thing to do. He insisting that these people pay for the medical bill and the time he took off from work to go to the doctor, even though his company paid for it. Which I kind-of agree with, but read on...
He had to fill out some paperwork at the county shelter. He's so socially inept...he talked to the shelter staff about how the owners owe him and how horrible this dog was. And how he doesn't think that there should be a difference in the law if someone gets bit by a roaming dog or if someone gets bit by a dog inside the owner's home, "The dog is dangerous." He was offended when a shelter employee said "Well they paid the ultimate price when they put their dog down." Of course he responded with the worst thing he could have possibly said, "It's just a dog and the dog bit me."
He also complained about how bad the shelter smelled (knowing him, he probably said this casually without thinking how offensive he was being, like everytime he offends me and further I've been in this shelter, it's not bad for a shelter). He ranted about this over Sunday Brunch. You should have seen the look on his face when I asked him why he would say something like that to a person who chose to work with dogs for a living and obviously a dog lover. And of course my mother in law responded with "The dog bit him!"
This happened a month ago and he's still complaining about it.
Now I realize that the owners had some fault in this. They should have locked the dog up especially with the way I know my father in law acted. They also should have kept their dog up to date on his rabies.
I'm so mad.