I don’t care WHO the dog is...you do NOT stick your face in its face!!! Stupid, stupid human. I wouldn’t even get as close as she did, after the dog had been through the trauma of the day(s) before. I made that mistake once too. SAME thing happened, only to my hand. I STILL LOVE DOGS WITH A PASSION but you don’t enter their space like that. It’s HER fault. She was ignorant to that fact, but that doesn’t change anything.
Exactly! God knows I’ve had the “must love my dog”-type girlfriends where they INSIST the dog doesn’t bite and they try to bite afterwards. Just like the animal expert they brought in, petting a new dog is like hugging a total stranger...the stranger will think you are a fag/perv and you will get your ass kicked which is what happened.
Probably a dumbass Obama voter.
You’re right and an alarming number of people have no idea how to interact with dogs or how to read dog body language. I can’t tell you how many people rush up to my large dog and get right in her face, or worse still allow their small children to do it. Luckily she is an easy going golden retriever who is very unlikely to bite, but they should never assume that. I always correct children when they do that. I don’t care if their parents are offended and I’m nice about it. If I keep one child from getting bitten down the road it will have been worth it. And by the same token I always praise the ones who ask first and tell them how smart they are to always ask first since not all dogs like to be petted by strangers.