I live in TN and adopted a dog (85lbs.) from a rescue. The first incident was with my 4 year old daughter, the dog bit her nose but I was and still am thinking it was accidental when the dog was attempting to get up on the bed. There were no marks and no skin was broken just a red nose. The second incident was without warning the dog (leashed) lunged at a friends child (a 4 year old) and we are unsure if the dog bit him or cut him with his nail. The child bleed for a few minutes and had a nice cut and a black eye (black eye lasted 5 days). After that I called the rescue and explained the incidents, I think for the safety of my children and the neighbors I am going to return the dog to them. I am just wondering what normal procedures are for a dog that had bitten/attempted to attack a small child seeing how we are not sure if it was a bite but from the actions of the dog it was an attempted attack. Are they going to put the dog to sleep, do they legally have to? Can someone please let me know what might happen to the dog we rescued.
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