Free Republic
Browse · Search
Bloggers & Personal
Topics · Post Article

To: allen592

How about I got bit by an unsecured dog in my neighborhood over two months ago. There is still a large bruise on my leg and a puncture wound that just doesn’t want to heal. There was a $350 urgent care trip initially, because the bleeding would not stop.

That a good enough reason to dislike dogs and to have a healthy disdain for their owners?


3 posted on 09/04/2023 8:10:39 AM PDT by MustKnowHistory
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]


To: MustKnowHistory

Not really.

L


4 posted on 09/04/2023 8:11:45 AM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies ]

To: MustKnowHistory

Wuss


5 posted on 09/04/2023 8:12:28 AM PDT by al baby (I know its the way the measure the cooling capability )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies ]

To: MustKnowHistory
Sounds like a good enough reason for you to not like that dog. But without hearing both sides of the story, I can’t say you didn’t need to be bitten. (Not being entirely flippant.)
9 posted on 09/04/2023 8:16:38 AM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies ]

To: MustKnowHistory

A similar situation, that didn’t end in a bite, is why I’ve started carrying a .357 revolver on my exercise walks


10 posted on 09/04/2023 8:16:43 AM PDT by Fai Mao (Starve the beast and steal its food!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies ]

To: MustKnowHistory
That a good enough reason to dislike dogs and to have a healthy disdain for their owners?

It's certainly a great reason to have nothing but contempt for irresponsible dog owners - but the dog itself knows no better.
11 posted on 09/04/2023 8:17:21 AM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies ]

To: MustKnowHistory

I know your feeling.

We have some “bad” dogs on our street. They bark, growl, get loose and prowl the neighborhood. Recently, they suddenly ran out of their yard barking and growling, and chased a terrified little girl into the street, where she was very nearly hit by a car.

The man of the house couldn’t care less. The woman of the house will justify it by “they’re just playin’” and “they’re really sweet!”

Those dogs are already damaged goods - but their owners even more so.


12 posted on 09/04/2023 8:18:31 AM PDT by PGR88
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies ]

To: MustKnowHistory

So file a $50,000 lawsuit against the dog owner. That’s what I would do. People who don’t secure their dogs deserve it. I’m a dog owner by the way.


19 posted on 09/04/2023 8:21:59 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies ]

To: MustKnowHistory

“That a good enough reason to dislike dogs and to have a healthy disdain for their owners?”

Nope. If that were the logic then you would probably hate everything associated with your life experiences.


21 posted on 09/04/2023 8:23:00 AM PDT by CodeToad (No Arm up! They have!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies ]

To: MustKnowHistory

Go buy some colloidal silver and deal with your injury, you’ll be alright.

Not that long ago, dogs were never secured. They however were trained.

What did you do to piss off the dog?


24 posted on 09/04/2023 8:25:18 AM PDT by foundedonpurpose (Praise Hashem, for his restoration of all things! )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies ]

To: MustKnowHistory
Many of the people who are making light of your injury are leftists. They belong on DU.

This is about the law. In short, the first person responsible for what their dog does is the animal owner. Each state has its own laws or case law for when that responsibility comes into play. Some states have dog bite statutes signed into law, while others use a negligence standard.

Leftists get emotional and detest the Rule of Law. Patriots usually are in the side of history and tradition.

The same mindset that scoffs at your blaming the dog and its owner, is the same mindset that cheers on looting and victim-shaming.

Welcome to post-2020 America.

32 posted on 09/04/2023 8:30:46 AM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies ]

To: MustKnowHistory

There’s laws against unsecured dogs in every town I know of. Were the cops called? A police report filed? If not, take it as a learning experience, eat your expenses and sue your neighbor. I deliver mail and I’ve been bitten once by a “ new” dog I didn’t know, who wasn’t even in his yard. Filed a police report and everything was paid for by the owner. But it’s no reason to hate all dogs.
They’re like a lot of people here on Freerepublic.


49 posted on 09/04/2023 8:51:14 AM PDT by lucky american (Progressives are attacking our rights and y'all will sit there and take it.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies ]

To: MustKnowHistory

That a good enough reason to dislike dogs and to have a healthy disdain for their owners?


Sort of, but it’s kinda like disliking people because one mugged you.


89 posted on 09/04/2023 9:22:29 AM PDT by cuban leaf (My prediction: Harris is Spiro Agnew. We'll soon see who becomes Gerald Ford, and our next prez.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies ]

To: MustKnowHistory

I love dogs, but I also carry a small baseball bat with me when biking around my rural area. Haven’t had to kill one yet. They see that bat and me getting ready to swing it and they back off pronto.


90 posted on 09/04/2023 9:23:45 AM PDT by cuban leaf (My prediction: Harris is Spiro Agnew. We'll soon see who becomes Gerald Ford, and our next prez.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies ]

To: MustKnowHistory

No


149 posted on 09/04/2023 3:04:02 PM PDT by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies ]

To: MustKnowHistory; Lurker; Pelham

I’ve had to fight for my life against groups of blacks

Where I’m from everyone knows a woman usually blonde raped by one or several of them or someone who’s had home invasions or car jacking by them

They vote stupid and are easily misled by hucksters who talk good and that has made them pivotal to urban precincts in purple states where they are crucial to the left stealing elections with fraud and mail in stuffing

Every city they control is corrupt and dangerous

They rarely raise their kids any more

Their cultural impact has been generally corrosive and then some

But do I hate all of them?

No I make exceptions for those who are decent

You could apply that here


156 posted on 09/04/2023 4:43:41 PM PDT by wardaddy (Why so many nevertrumpers with early sign ups and no posting history till now? Zot them PTB)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
Bloggers & Personal
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson