[JoeProBono]

[RockinRight]

Oh, it’s a Shih Tzu? I thought they said it was a dog.

[jakerobins]

Feel bad for the greeter.....Not to stick up for the dog or owner...But it’s best to usually ask if the dog is friendly and let the dog sniff your hand before sticking your face right up to their nose......

[Joe 6-pack]

WOOOF!

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[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

Small dogs bite a lot more than big dogs on balance. It’s just with a small dog, you generally get a relatively minor injury. But not always.

Never, ever, ever pet a strange dog if the owner is not in control of it, even if the owner says it’s fine.

And never, ever, ever put your face near a dog that does not trust you, you will get your nose bitten.

[decimon]

It’s not who hit it but who bit it.

[Harley]

I saw a lawyer in New Orleans blow in the face of cocker spaniel and be warned not to do it. Result: Seven stitches in his upper lip. Priceless.

[Mobilemitter]

Putting your face nose to nose with a strange dog is stupid. I mean....even dogs know to sniff the other end first!

[RichInOC]

O hai! I nom your nose. Om nom nom nom nom...

[glennaro]

Why people have the irrepressible need to bring their dog into a home improvement store is beyond me ... and that the store management allows it is even more strange, what with all the customers, mobile equipment and material being moved around.

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

I guess the dog won by a nose!

[Peter from Rutland]

Kill the dog. Such a little piece of crap serves absolutely no useful purpose other than yapping and being a complete spaz.

-Owner of two Great Pyrennes

[Nervous Tick]

>> the dog bit my nose with its entire mouth

Hey, great big nose, little bitty mouth, of COURSE it had to use the entire thing. What did she expect?

[FroggyTheGremlim]

Does your dog bite?

[fishtank]

bflr

[freekitty]

You never stick your face or hover over a dog; especially one you don’t know.

[ozzymandus]

I once saw an idiot lean forward and bark in the face of a Doberman sitting in the back of a pickup parked outside a bar. Lots of stitches, and the idiot never came back to that bar.

[Jack Hydrazine]

If the dog had been bred with a bulldog all that dog would have done is give the lady a bunch of BS!

[Immerito]

1) Never get up close to a strange dog’s face. Ask the dog’s owner if it is friendly and offer the back of your hand for the dog to sniff.

2) Dog owners, regardless of the size of the dog, should train their dogs to respond appropriately in social situations (apparently the old lady allowed the dog to think it is alpha. Alpha dogs don’t like people in their faces).

[Jeff Chandler]

For those people not familiar with dogs: they bite.

[TexasRepublic]

‘Tis but a scratch. She’ll live.