subject: Did Your Dog Bite Someone? What You Need Do If Your Dog Bites Someone [print this page] Your puppy bites someone! This is what you never expect or imagine of has just happened; your dog just bit someone. Now you are thinking what do I do? You must react quickly and appropriately when your puppy bites someone. You should first rehearse that your dog took the wrong action, but now your reaction will definitely affect the victim, his or her family, your puppy, including you and your home.
The first suggested is to immediately apologize to the victim and their love ones. Keep your dog away; do not bring your dog with you to show them that your dog is normally behaved! The best option is to approach alone or to make your case more sympathetic to them; you could do with your children.
It could be tempting, but do not keep talking about how good your dog is. The victim of your dog bite does not want to hear about that stuff right now. He or she just had a terrible experience with the dog and would like empathy. Express your concern and do briefly mention that your dog is not a "biter dog". Maintain a calmly talk, also bring with you and show veterinarian records to show that your puppy has received all vaccinations; this will calm down the victim who was bit by your dog.
In case the victim is extremely annoy, offer him or her any assistance and then give them some time to put themselves together. You will also need to check the laws in your area on dog bite; each state/region differs as to what will happen when a dog bites a person. Get and keep your vet records ready to show to any dog bite officer who comes to see you.
Keeping your dog inside is a good idea; but not hiding the puppy. If you check your local laws and rules and there is a possibility of your dog being taken away, you should immediately get a lawyer. You must not delay at all, because a dog officer or the police could show up and pick puppy up at any time so do this quickly.
Are you shocked that your dog bit someone? Then these are questions you need to answer to determine why this happened. Do you have any witnesses around? Did the victim of your dog bite bother or entice your dog? Did they make threatening motions or taunts?
Package cookies or treats to the dog bite victim and check up on him or her to see how they are doing. Offer to pay for their medical bills and observe if they need to vent announce or frustration. About a week later, you can also send a card to show that you are still remembering them.
