JumpinJack
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I'm staying in a rental temporarily while house hunting.
If I go to an ER Clinic for treatment for a dog bite, and tell them it was 2 small dogs (wearing collars & tags) I encountered on my walk in the neighborhood, when I tried to break up a fight, and I got bitten accidentally by one of the dogs (I put my arm in the pathway of a dog biting in the air), do you think they'll send someone out to investigate?
I don't want to start a big thing or get dogs in trouble. I just want to have one of the punctures looked at and maybe get antibiotics.
yes I get that you want to protect the dogs....you can explain, but you have to go to the ER and if they can't find the dogs they will give you the rabies treatment at some pointI'm staying in a rental temporarily while house hunting.
If I go to an ER Clinic for treatment for a dog bite, and tell them it was 2 small dogs (wearing collars & tags) I encountered on my walk in the neighborhood, when I tried to break up a fight, and I got bitten accidentally by one of the dogs (I put my arm in the pathway of a dog biting in the air), do you think they'll send someone out to investigate?
I don't want to start a big thing or get dogs in trouble. I just want to have one of the punctures looked at and maybe get antibiotics.
I'm staying in a rental temporarily while house hunting.
If I go to an ER Clinic for treatment for a dog bite, and tell them it was 2 small dogs (wearing collars & tags) I encountered on my walk in the neighborhood, when I tried to break up a fight, and I got bitten accidentally by one of the dogs (I put my arm in the pathway of a dog biting in the air), do you think they'll send someone out to investigate?
I don't want to start a big thing or get dogs in trouble. I just want to have one of the punctures looked at and maybe get antibiotics.
I'm staying in a rental temporarily while house hunting.
If I go to an ER Clinic for treatment for a dog bite, and tell them it was 2 small dogs (wearing collars & tags) I encountered on my walk in the neighborhood, when I tried to break up a fight, and I got bitten accidentally by one of the dogs (I put my arm in the pathway of a dog biting in the air), do you think they'll send someone out to investigate?
I don't want to start a big thing or get dogs in trouble. I just want to have one of the punctures looked at and maybe get antibiotics.
yes I get that you want to protect the dogs....you can explain, but you have to go to the ER and if they can't find the dogs they will give you the rabies treatment at some point
it happened to my girlfriend...she had the treatment...not as bad as it used to be but very necessary
sorry you got bitten
You'll need to know if the dogs have had rabies shots. The owner will have to produce evidence that the dogs have valid shots. You need to do this for your own protection. The police don't need to be involved unless the dog owner(s) are uncooperative.
Okay....that was just the story I was going to give them. Actually it was MY dogs fighting over food area. In breaking it up, one of my dogs accidentally bit me several times as he was flailing in the air (my other dog was holding him by his ear, so he couldn't bite the other dog & just was biting in the air). It was my fault for getting in the way.
I don't want MY dogs to get in trouble. They're current on their shots. They're not mean dogs. This was a food fight, and the dogs weren't injured.
I'm afraid they'll take my dogs away or something. I guess it's not wise for me to involved imaginary other dogs, and possibly get other dogs in trouble for nothing.
It probably won't be dealt with by police but the local animal control. They are very busy people and probably won't even say boo unless someone presses the report. You'd be best just to tell the truth to the medical personnel and that, plus the bill, will be the end of it.
I'm staying in a rental temporarily while house hunting.
If I go to an ER Clinic for treatment for a dog bite, and tell them it was 2 small dogs (wearing collars & tags) I encountered on my walk in the neighborhood, when I tried to break up a fight, and I got bitten accidentally by one of the dogs (I put my arm in the pathway of a dog biting in the air), do you think they'll send someone out to investigate?
I don't want to start a big thing or get dogs in trouble. I just want to have one of the punctures looked at and maybe get antibiotics.
okay I totally get it then, yes forget the story....go get the bite looked atOkay....that was just the story I was going to give them. Actually it was MY dogs fighting over food area. In breaking it up, one of my dogs accidentally bit me several times as he was flailing in the air (my other dog was holding him by his ear, so he couldn't bite the other dog & just was biting in the air). It was my fault for getting in the way.
I don't want MY dogs to get in trouble. They're current on their shots. They're not mean dogs. This was a food fight, and the dogs weren't injured.
I'm afraid they'll take my dogs away or something. I guess it's not wise for me to involved imaginary other dogs, and possibly get other dogs in trouble for nothing.
okay I totally get it then, yes forget the story....go get the bite looked at
as long as you aren't ripped apart it should be fine...
my girlfriend got scratched to crap by her psychotic cat twice and they had to run antibiotic meds into her both times...they think she is nuts for keeping the cat but other than rolling their eyes nothing more was done
Good luck JJ.Thanks. I will do that.
I'm staying in a rental temporarily while house hunting.
If I go to an ER Clinic for treatment for a dog bite, and tell them it was 2 small dogs (wearing collars & tags) I encountered on my walk in the neighborhood, when I tried to break up a fight, and I got bitten accidentally by one of the dogs (I put my arm in the pathway of a dog biting in the air), do you think they'll send someone out to investigate?
I don't want to start a big thing or get dogs in trouble. I just want to have one of the punctures looked at and maybe get antibiotics.
To the bolded:As an aside to the legitimate medical concerns, which are being well addressed by others, I'd contribute that it's never good idea to get into the middle of a dog fight, even if one or both of those dogs are yours and especially so if these dogs are not familiar to you and they not with you.
Dog fights are most often settling the pecking order, dog politics if you will, and rarely cause any damage other than loss of tufts of fur. The most often effective action is to shout at them louder than the noise they are making, putting yourself in their minds as the larger yet dog not liking their 'political discussion'.
I'm staying in a rental temporarily while house hunting.
If I go to an ER Clinic for treatment for a dog bite, and tell them it was 2 small dogs (wearing collars & tags) I encountered on my walk in the neighborhood, when I tried to break up a fight, and I got bitten accidentally by one of the dogs (I put my arm in the pathway of a dog biting in the air), do you think they'll send someone out to investigate?
I don't want to start a big thing or get dogs in trouble. I just want to have one of the punctures looked at and maybe get antibiotics.
As an aside to the legitimate medical concerns, which are being well addressed by others, I'd contribute that it's never good idea to get into the middle of a dog fight, even if one or both of those dogs are yours and especially so if these dogs are not familiar to you and they not with you.
Dog fights are most often settling the pecking order, dog politics if you will, and rarely cause any damage other than loss of tufts of fur. The most often effective action is to shout at them louder than the noise they are making, putting yourself in their minds as the larger yet dog not liking their 'political discussion'.
I am happy for you and the poochesThanks to everyone who responded with your opinions. I did the right thing and reported the real story (my dogs, unintentional bites), and everything ended up fine.
The urgent care place I went to was nice and organized. Dr. and his assistant said they only have to report dog bites if they're serious, which he wouldn't consider mine to me. minor, which they would consider my injuries to be. Got a tetanus shot, wounds treated & dressed, oral antibiotics, and sent on my way!
Thanks so much! I was so worried someone would come take my dogs (which are not a danger to anyone...they're just spoiled medium sized dogs, always on a leash outside). With all the killing of children and other people in recent years by pits and other large dogs, people are pretty paranoid. As am I. I carry pepper spray when I walk my dogs, in case I run across a stray.
They're actually MY dogs. They are current on their shots. The dogs weren't injured. It was a food scuffle. I got injured breaking it up, when I got in the way.
I'm concerned with getting my dogs in trouble, because if animal control comes out to investigate, one of my dogs will growl & bark at him/her; she doesn't like strangers, esp. in her territory. So she won't make a good impression, although she's not big and is harmless. (It was the other dog that inadvertently bit me.)
To the bolded:
Yes, but exceptions are not rare, and my dog has the scars and I have the vet bills to prove it!
However, at my dog park there's been a push for the technique described below to break-up a fight. I've seen it in action, and it appears to work effectively, but must be done by the dogs' individual owners - particularly the aggressor dog's owner.
It's pretty simple: Grab your dog from behind by it's hind legs, and pull 'em right out of the fracas! :thumbs:
When you pull them by their rear legs they immediately collapse in front due to their front paws getting fully extended! They totally freak, and cease whatever they're doing to try twist back to see what got them, thus allowing their prey or the other dog to get away.
The only danger is the dog may have an initial instinctive reaction to nip at whatever is pulling their hind legs, but usually they can't twist around enough to do that, at least initially, 'cuz they're trying to recover from the fall of the front of their bodies. And if you constantly pull them back by their hind legs reasonably quickly and at a high enough angle until you finally let-off, they can't twist back there the whole time because they can't push-off their dragging and collapsed front legs.
They tumble down in front initially (it's pretty funny), because they aren't expecting to be pull rearward and body mechanics like this never occur in their day-to-day activities! When I've seen this done, it looks pretty safe and harmless for the dogs, too.
It sounds odd & crazy, but I've seen it work!
Now getting them by their rear legs while they're battling isn't always the easiest task ...
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