mariewalter
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I can’t find anything about this online, it’s all “what if my dog bites another kid” or “what if another dog bit my kid”. So here’s the situation, my 7 year old sister was bit around the eye by my dog Luna, a golden doodle. She was biting a toy, and my sister got to close to her face. Luna, being territorial, bit her but immediately knew she did something wrong before my sister even realized what happened and the pain set in, backing away and whimpering. She was frazzled too later, acting very lovey to me and sad, not wanting to play at all and licking me a lot.
I don’t know what this means though, is the thing. The bite is not that bad now that the swelling has gone down, but we need to take her to the doctor to check for infections, and are worried they will report it to CPS, or report it to the county. So really I’m asking A. Will they, or do they have too or whatever, B. If it is reported, what could happen to Luna, and C. How can we stop her from being put down. This is the first time we have ever seen her bite more than just normal puppy bites that drew blood every once and a while, though those have gone down a lot and she was finally getting more mature.
My sister is 7 and knows she got to close to the dog’s face, and isn’t scared of her at all or anything. Luna is around 9 months old, and is around 75 pounds, hence why such a simple little bite left a large enough mark to be concerned. We live in Euless, Texas if that could help with laws in the area or whatever.
I really don’t know what to do, or what we could in this situation. Luna is such a good and loving dog normally that has helped my whole family so much, and I can’t bear for her to lose her life after such a simple mistake that everyone acknowledges is one, even the dog herself.
(Note, originally posted on r/advice , and I was recommended to ask here too for some more knowledgeable opinions on the topic)
I don’t know what this means though, is the thing. The bite is not that bad now that the swelling has gone down, but we need to take her to the doctor to check for infections, and are worried they will report it to CPS, or report it to the county. So really I’m asking A. Will they, or do they have too or whatever, B. If it is reported, what could happen to Luna, and C. How can we stop her from being put down. This is the first time we have ever seen her bite more than just normal puppy bites that drew blood every once and a while, though those have gone down a lot and she was finally getting more mature.
My sister is 7 and knows she got to close to the dog’s face, and isn’t scared of her at all or anything. Luna is around 9 months old, and is around 75 pounds, hence why such a simple little bite left a large enough mark to be concerned. We live in Euless, Texas if that could help with laws in the area or whatever.
I really don’t know what to do, or what we could in this situation. Luna is such a good and loving dog normally that has helped my whole family so much, and I can’t bear for her to lose her life after such a simple mistake that everyone acknowledges is one, even the dog herself.
(Note, originally posted on r/advice , and I was recommended to ask here too for some more knowledgeable opinions on the topic)