Quote Originally Posted by Dr.Goodnow
However my personal opinion stands for me. I would be very upset if as an owner, co owner or otherwise , if that type of information was willfully withheld.
I completely agree & so would I. I just knew if I told Chad that I was bitten he wouldn't think twice & would walk out the door with Mr. Biggles that very second. I was completely stuck, as I was sure it wasn't an I hate you bite, or a crazy wild animal bite, & it deffently wasn't an attack.

I deffently wouldn't have put my dog down for a bite if someone told me(my old dog bit someone & he wasn't put down, he had a reason... mind you it was a poor reason, but the girl(14yrs old) knew this & taunted the dog regardless behind my back for 30 mins).. I'd work with the dog... But Chad sees a bite as a bite & nothing more, so bites = death.

I feel like Shat for not telling Chad, & its not like me not to tell someone. I was bitten by a big black dog while delivering the newspaper on sat. I greeted the dog every sat & usually played with him for a few mins. Turns out the owners son was over & had just beaten the HELL out of poor Bear (the black dog, not my bear), so when I went to pet Bear he bit me. It was several snaps & all made contact. My skin was red & I had 1 tiny spot where the tooth broke my skin (very very minor, a rug burn was worse then this bite).

I told my dad & said that Bear wasn't him self.. My dad is good natured like I am & talked to the son. I had NO idea who that guy was I had never seen him before... The son could litterly careless, so dad called the newspaper guys & said they had to come to us if they wanted a paper if the dog was outside, due to a minor bite...

A yr later I was fishing with my old dog. I saw Tiny & Bear loose & running up to me (Tiny was the 2ed dog, that I saw from time to time with Bear)... I freaked & ran into the water to get away from Bear (I have a fear). The owner tried to explain he was friendly. I told my story & the owner was pretty like OMG. Bear was destroyed!!!!!!!!

I think that was unfair, & didn't want Mr. Biggles to be killed for something that wasn't his fault (well missunderstood, you know what I mean).

I still tell owners when I get bitten. If it was in play I state that, if I accidently scared them, I stated that.. if it was I have no idea, he just bit me... I always show my hand & let the owner decide what to do.. but I try to explain the whys.

With Chad I wouldn't have been able to explain the whys, if I said Mr. Biggles bit me.



I now understand this wasn't directed 100% towards me. But I still feel like I should explain my reasoning in good detail, as the whole situation still bothers me.