taking a dog bite incedent too far

This is horrific.  That man is horrific.  All I have to say is that karma is REAL... and ******* like that will get whats deserved.  Harsh, yes.... but whatever, so was he![:@]

Wow . . . this is so sad. Ash bit a stranger once. She didn't break the skin or anything and the man said it was fine. I cannot imagine what I would have done if he had made a bigger deal out of it. It's so sad to hear that the dog was pts over this. I agree with someone else that said the dog was probably just defending it's territory. There are people like your father-in-law though. My parents neighbor is like that. I know if Ash were to bite him, regardless of how bad it was, he would have her pts. It's a sad, sad situation. If he were my FIL, I honestly don't think I'd even be able to be around him.

If he were my FIL, I honestly don't think I'd even be able to be around him.

 
She feels somewhat obligated, by marriage, to tolerate him.

This is a little off of the subject, but I wanted to share this scarey experience.  I was sitting in my living room, we have a little foyer that leads to the front door and I heard knocking.  I was really tired and I thought it was the neighborhood kids again, looking for my kids.  So I didn't bother to move, I just ignored it and figured that since my kids were already out in the back yard the other kids would go around.  The next thing I hear is the door opened and the dog went crazy, charging the door and everything and the door shut back again.  So I jumped up and it was a strange man who was going around the neighborhood to paint street #'s on the curb for a donation.  My purse was sitting on a table next to the door (not smart I know), so I was really shocked and told him I wasn't interested.  I later told my husband.  About a week later a local fireman told my husband that 4 men had been 'canvasing' the neighborhood to break into homes.  It really scared me, but I was really happy that my little 24 pound sheltie was so brave and protected me and our house.  She has never bit anyone, but the growling and barking that she made was really different and vicious sounding.

Why,  in today's world,  is a dog bite so traumatic? Sure,  some bites are terrible, but most are just nips that hurt like heck, and just maybe draw a little blood. A bite is just a dog's way of showing that it has had enough! Years ago kids learned not to mess with dogs by being nipped, and then having mom swap their fannies for tormenting the dog, or for playing too rough. Now a dog bite is a major crisis! Parents blaming the dog, the dog's breeder, the breed, everything except the child. People like your father inlaw blaming the dog and it's owners, not his behaviour. Then a poor dog, just behaving like a dog, loses his life! Sad world we live in. 

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Why,  in today's world,  is a dog bite so traumatic? Sure,  some bites are terrible, but most are just nips that hurt like heck, and just maybe draw a little blood. A bite is just a dog's way of showing that it has had enough! Years ago kids learned not to mess with dogs by being nipped, and then having mom swap their fannies for tormenting the dog, or for playing too rough. Now a dog bite is a major crisis! Parents blaming the dog, the dog's breeder, the breed, everything except the child. People like your father inlaw blaming the dog and it's owners, not his behaviour. Then a poor dog, just behaving like a dog, loses his life! Sad world we live in. 

 
AMEN!! Unfortunately, personal responsibility has gone down the crapper.

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ORIGINAL: dstull

Why,  in today's world,  is a dog bite so traumatic? Sure,  some bites are terrible, but most are just nips that hurt like heck, and just maybe draw a little blood. A bite is just a dog's way of showing that it has had enough! Years ago kids learned not to mess with dogs by being nipped, and then having mom swap their fannies for tormenting the dog, or for playing too rough. Now a dog bite is a major crisis! Parents blaming the dog, the dog's breeder, the breed, everything except the child. People like your father inlaw blaming the dog and it's owners, not his behaviour. Then a poor dog, just behaving like a dog, loses his life! Sad world we live in. 

AMEN!! Unfortunately, personal responsibility has gone down the crapper.

Yep that's what I was thinking.

On another side note: I am a territory manager for a pet product distributor. I travel alot. In one of my clients parking lots, a large group of kids were walking by. One very obnoxious boy (about stopped in front of my car and yelled something like a gangster and proceded to block my car from leaving the parking lot. He was playing a game. Now 30 years ago, the owner of the car would have gotten out, grabbed the kid's arm, went back into the store and would have called his parents. Now if I did that, I would have been sued for bruising the kids arm. Or if I inched my car forward to threaten him, I would have been sued for attempting to hit the child. So with no other recourse, I had to sit in my car and wait for the child to get tired of what he was doing and let me drive. Mind you this was in a busy parking lot of a mall. Like children should have been running around there anyways.

My father in law is just like one of those annoying parents. It's never his fault.

Parents should not be alllowing an 8 year old to run around like that unsupervised and should teach him some respect.  It is really unfortunate that in today's society children are not being taught what is socially acceptable[sm=cry.gif] and that parents are allowing children to be unsupervised in a time where child abduction is on the rise.  I am sorry that happened, I can tell you I have a 10 & 12 year old and I would want to know if they behaved inappropriately and I would punish them.  I have been fortunate so far and have been told by many adults that they are both very respectful and nice when I am not around.  I am very proud of the way they are turning out[]

My daughter is 10 and she was bit by a dog that came into our fenced in yard (over the fence) in May, while she was trying to untangle our 12 year old sheltie from the water hose (he liked to jump through the hoops when it was wrapped around the post[]).  She had a deep puncture and bruising all the way around her arm.  I took her to the hospital  because I was afraid of infection, our sheltie was also attacked and had deep punctures on his neck and face and went to the vet.  We filed a report at the hospital (state law) and both dogs had to be quarantined for 2 weeks.   I know that it was really scarey for her and for me.

it sounds like your fil is terrified of dogs and is not able to stay rational in a situation where he feels threatened.  i feel sorry for him in this situation too.  i have a very unrational fear of heights there is no getting around it... i do not feel safe over 3' off the ground and that fear carries over to  include being in an airplane.
 
that being said when the dog started to growl or whatever reaction it was having the owners should have removed the dog from the situation.  i feel they are more at fault than your father in law.
 
the other thing i question is the quality of care this dog was receiving... if they couldn't afford a rabies shot or the impound fee, what would have happened if the dog needed emergency vet care?
 
to me it sounds like your fil was traumatized by this situation and can't believe how people are "blowing off his fear and taking the side of the dog" so to speak.
 
as a dog owner i take every precaution to keep my pets out of trouble.  i put them away in any situation where they feel "threatened"  from the meter reader entering our yard to read a meter or the neighbor knocking on the door for a fund raiser. 
 
and if my dog was actually in a situation that she was allowed to bite someone ... i would never have allowed the dog to be euthanized.  i would have begged and borrowed to keep that from happening.  there is a pawnshop to start with and check cashing places as a last resort. 
 
just my take... my sympathy to the trauma your fil must have felt and to the owners of the dog.

The owner of dog had a responsibility to keep FIL safe by putting dog in another room.  FIL had the responsibility to say that he was afraid or did not like dogs.
What a terribly sad situation that got blown out of proportion.
I take it FIL has little or no experience with dogs.  His I am never wrong attitude is gonna get him in more trouble.
Those poor people who had to put the dog down.  Well the wheel will come a full circle on FIL and when it does boy he isn't going to like it.

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Sorry for your losses.
 
So then you wouldn't believe the whole you get what you give thing either.  All I am saying is from my experience that you do reap what you sow(sp). 
I do not wish bad or harm to anyone, but if someone continues there negative behavior at some point it usually comes back to haunt them or something negative happens to them.  Just seems to be the cycle of things.
Anyways thats my slant on things.

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Don't know what your beliefs are but I believe we were all put here for a purpose and we are taken when have done what we were here to do.