Dog bite

[Lee-Bee]

This is a hard one. Growing up we had a dog for 19yrs. He was a great dog, gentle, not aggressive at all. One year when I was about 7 on Christmas eve I decided to give him his present early. He got a new dog bone. Then I decided no, wait, he needs to wait till morning or I won't have a gift to give him. So, being my 7yr old self I got down on my hands and knees and decided to crawl up to him and pick the bone up with my teeth. Yep. Well, my dog was indeed a dog and dog's protect their food...especially brand new bones. So he bit me. I was indeed dumb enough to have put my face in front of his mouth so he happened to bite me on the lip, requiring stitches.

We spent Christmas eve in the emerge waiting for stitches. My dog never, ever acted aggressive towards anyone after this (or prior to this), and we had him another 12yrs or so. So, sometimes it really, truly isn't the dog's fault. Dogs are animals though, not children and they cannot be trusted to be left unsupervised with young children, because children do lack common sense!