Does your durrrg bite?

[Mr Moofo]

Re the ramifications:-
I would ring the woman up, apologise again, ask how she is etc
Then say that the incident highlighted the issue and you didn’t realise it was so severe. So now you will be looking at training or muzzling the dog is public, and wearing a yellow “give me space” jacket.

I know you would like to say “ well, I did tell you”. But that isn’t going to help you

[MingtheMerciless]

Possibly comparing apples with eggs, so what are peoples thoughts on this scenario then (as it’s rattled round my head a few times).

I arrive at a pub car park, just been at “telephone numbers” on the dual carriage way to get the pub as I’m running late. I pull up get off, the exhaust pipe is exceptionally hot, kids comes running over to look at the bike gets told it’s hot and not to touch the bike but still touches the exhaust and gets badly burnt. Who’s at fault? Me as I’ve brought a hot motorcycle into a public place or the kid/parents for not following instructions?

Say I’ve gone into the pub and am unable to issue the warning and the same happens?

[Mr. Dazzle]

Motorcycles don't stick their hot parts on you, they're entirely passive. I think that's the key difference.

[JackyJoll]

A cat did burn its paws on my bike exhaust. Which was a shame.

[JackyJoll]

Possibly comparing apples with eggs, so what are peoples thoughts on this scenario then (as it’s rattled round my head a few times).

I arrive at a pub car park, just been at “telephone numbers” on the dual carriage way to get the pub as I’m running late. I pull up get off, the exhaust pipe is exceptionally hot, kids comes running over to look at the bike gets told it’s hot and not to touch the bike but still touches the exhaust and gets badly burnt. Who’s at fault? Me as I’ve brought a hot motorcycle into a public place or the kid/parents for not following instructions?

Say I’ve gone into the pub and am unable to issue the warning and the same happens?

If the bike is a Yamaha XS250 US Custom, I’d have it humanely destroyed.

[Count Steer]

Send them a bill for educating the child and encouraging it to do as it's told.

[JackyJoll]

Send them a bill for educating the child.

There’s going to be VAT on that.

[Sadlonelygit]

Your dog biting someone puts you in the wrong.

You could have muzzled it, but didn’t.

“Aw but the woman did this, the woman did that!”

“These alleged actions by my client are disputed and of little relevance anyway.

What is not in dispute is that your dog, unmuzzled, in your care in a public place and known by you to be unstable, attacked and injured my client.”
"Your client was warned by both the owner and the dog not to attempt to touch it, which they chose to ignore, I suggest they don't do this to something that would have life ending consequences"

Next advice ( beacuse I have been there ) get you dog trained. There are a number of people out there who will show you how to make you dog not reative in such situations - or advise you not to put it in those situations.

We tried, we really did try........ unfortunately she put up with him for about 5 minutes, then he got the growl, then the snap!
Then we were told he didn't trust her in the slightest and he wasn't prepared to allow her in the group training sessions anymore!
As for putting a jacket on her........I'm lucky if I can dry her feet!
We take her to le bar en France with out issues. Everyone there now knows her and don't try and provoke her. As for kids, she has that 6th sense that prevents her from harming them.
Adults, it's adults she doesn't like!

[Wossname]

Your dog biting someone puts you in the wrong.

You could have muzzled it, but didn’t.

“Aw but the woman did this, the woman did that!”

“These alleged actions by my client are disputed and of little relevance anyway.

What is not in dispute is that your dog, unmuzzled, in your care in a public place and known by you to be unstable, attacked and injured my client.”
"Your client was warned by both the owner and the dog not to attempt to touch it, which they chose to ignore, I suggest they don't do this to something that would have life ending consequences"

Next advice ( beacuse I have been there ) get you dog trained. There are a number of people out there who will show you how to make you dog not reative in such situations - or advise you not to put it in those situations.

We tried, we really did try........ unfortunately she put up with him for about 5 minutes, then he got the growl, then the snap!


….. As for kids, she has that 6th sense that prevents her from harming them.

…so far! You used the word “unpredictable”.

Just be careful.

[Sadlonelygit]

Next advice ( beacuse I have been there ) get you dog trained. There are a number of people out there who will show you how to make you dog not reative in such situations - or advise you not to put it in those situations.

We tried, we really did try........ unfortunately she put up with him for about 5 minutes, then he got the growl, then the snap!


….. As for kids, she has that 6th sense that prevents her from harming them.

…so far! You used the word “unpredictable”.

Just be careful.

She's predictable that she's unpredictable!
Our neighbours have 2yo twins, they pull her ears, tail, cuddle her as only kids can, shove fingers where fingers shouldn't go, and she happily puts up with it.
However, she always gives a warning that she's not happy, she's not a bite first type of dog. If someone chooses to ignore mine and the dogs warnings to leave well alone, then you get a stupidity prize.
If someone you'd never met came up to you and started patting you on the head out of the blue........

[JamJar]

We tried, we really did try........ unfortunately she put up with him for about 5 minutes, then he got the growl, then the snap!


….. As for kids, she has that 6th sense that prevents her from harming them.

…so far! You used the word “unpredictable”.

Just be careful.

She's predictable that she's unpredictable!
Our neighbours have 2yo twins, they pull her ears, tail, cuddle her as only kids can, shove fingers where fingers shouldn't go, and she happily puts up with it.
However, she always gives a warning that she's not happy, she's not a bite first type of dog. If someone chooses to ignore mine and the dogs warnings to leave well alone, then you get a stupidity prize.
If someone you'd never met came up to you and started patting you on the head out of the blue........

I hope you take this in the right way but you have to stop that happening. You have a dog that you know is unpredictable and will bite if she feels she needs to, she is one day going to bite one of those twins and it will be your fault. My son was mauled by a dog of a friend of mine who assured me that the dog loved children, I later found out it had bitten several adults before. The only reason you can't see the scars on my sons head is they are all on his scalp and I still shudder at the though of that dog with my sons head in his mouth.

[Timmy]

If the woman wanted to pat a dog, she go and get her own. Threaten to properly f@ck her up if she takes it any further.