[Closed] So I've just had my first dog bite

That looks sore!! Report to police!

I didn't get a very good look to be honest, the light was fading and I didn't fancy stopping to take pictures 🙁

Are your rabies and cat aids jabs up to date?

Cripes - that’s not pretty! I’m a total dog lover but I’d happily be giving the dog a shoeing if it were doing that. Thinking it must have been a reasonably big one to get up to your forearm? Dogs with no recall 🙄 - people think it’ll just happen naturally but until there’s sufficient distraction they never realise how little the dog gives a shit about them calling its name. Anyway dude, hope it heals - not sure what the protocol these days is in terms of getting a tetanus etc - probably too late now anyway. 😀 Is it a nice bike?

Did you wander onto the Moors?

Dog bites can be pretty prone to infection - so you'll have plenty of time to ask what the protocol is with tetanus when you go to pick up your antibiotics 🙂

I've wiped it down with antibacterial wipes, not sure what else is immediately nessesary really...

Not entirely sure what sort of dog it was, a black barkey thing about alsation size, but fatter than your typical alsation, maybe a lab cross or something but it had quite long hair.

Is it a nice bike?

I'm 6'3 and it's an xl frame, so it could certainly run and jump!

I'm thinking it figured it couldn't keep up with the running and jumping, so maybe my carrying on was a good idea, but who knows, maybe it got giddy and wanted the chase and stopping would have been better, but i didn't fancy finding out at the time, for better or worse.

GP tomorrow and report to police, your description is too weak for nailing  them but may add background to someone else's case

It's your own fault, angeldust will tell you what you did wrong.

I’ve wiped it down with antibacterial wipes, not sure what else is immediately nessesary really

Report to the Police and go see a doctor!

Why do idiot owners let their dogs off leads when they don't recall.  Nearly got my ankle chewed on Sunday by a little snappy thing - didn't respond to the owner shouting it as it chased my ankle. I love animals and would rather not ride over it with 650b's !  Even worse in winter where there are 350 whirring spikes on each tyre - noo don't jump in front of these.

I remember one incident a few months back - quiet back road (named cycle route), old man and his big dog. Dog comes charging over - nowhere for me to go as it's herding me, so I stop.  Dog's agitated, then the owner says 'oh he doesn't like bikes' FFS keep it on a lead.

When in shared areas, dogs like this should be on a lead.

Keep an eye on the wound.

I’ve wiped it down with antibacterial wipes, not sure what else is immediately nessesary really…

Dog bites are low risk infection unlike human and cat bites, it's underlying damage for dog bites that is a bigger concern. Pop to a minor injuries for a check over if you're concerned.

Think it'll be OK, swelling and bruise has gone down, just looks like a graze now, thanks though.

Can’t see any puncture wounds on your photo so yes should be Ok.

Vile, useless beasts!

oh for the joys of unleashed dogs who don't like bikes, don't like people with hats, don't like people with hoods when it's raining ...etc etc etc

hope you heal well OP

Chuckling at this thread giving me adverts for Legal & General pet insurance.

Revenge

It’s your own fault, angeldust will tell you what you did wrong.

You cheeky monkey 🙂  Lets try and get this done in one:

No, the OP didn't do anything wrong.  The dog should have been under control.  Now, if you want some practical advice on how to avoid getting bitten, I would suggest stopping and letting the owners get hold of the dog.  Usually the dog will only go for a moving target.  If you fuss the dog, it may well not chase again once you set off anyway.  No, you shouldn't have to modify your behaviour, but it can help if you don't want to get bitten.  Yes, it's the owners fault.  Crying like a baby about it being unfair is not going to stop the behaviour of a minority of irresponsible dog owners.  Try being practical instead  If you are a dick, you can also try kicking the dog, but you probably won't teach it a lesson.  You are aiming at the wrong target - it's the owners who are at fault.  Try teaching them the lesson instead.  Also note that kicking the dog may cause you to fall off the bike, or incite the wrath of the owners (who if are not responsible enough to control their dog, may also not be bothered about giving you a smack round the chops).  Rather than being a binary pillock, why not be the better man, slow down, and let them grab the dog, and we can all share the land happily?

I think that summarises everything :-)?

Personally, I'd try and punt it into the canal and chat about it afterwards.

Also note that kicking the dog may cause you to fall off the bike

As much as I'd have loved to get off my bike & discuss the matter reasonably with the dog, I think by the time I'd slowed to a stop & actually gotten off it'd have bitten me about 5 times. The owners were about 100 yards away (distance increasing rapidly) waddling after it, so I wasn't really factoring in a) they being able to get to it & control it or b) being able to get to me to deliver said smack in chops.

I’d try and punt it into the canal

It happened to me when I was out on the mountain bike one bright snowy day. There as a young woman in a long fake fur coat, which was dragging in the snow. She had a youngish collie, which was out of control. As I rode past the collie chased me barking excitedly and jumping up at me. I ignored it until it nipped the top of my thigh. I was so furious that I threw the bike down and turned bellowing in anger to attack the collie, which shot off in the direction of its owner, hind legs overtaking the front legs like in a cartoon, looking over its shoulder with an "Ooooh sheeeit" expression. The owner quavered: "Oh did my dog bite you?" I gave her a piece of my mind then stopped to check my injury, which was less than that pictured above, just a nip. Silly vache.

As much as I’d have loved to get off my bike & discuss the matter reasonably with the dog, I think by the time I’d slowed to a stop & actually gotten off it’d have bitten me about 5 times. The owners were about 100 yards away (distance increasing rapidly) waddling after it, so I wasn’t really factoring in a) they being able to get to it & control it or b) being able to get to me to deliver said smack in chops.

That's odd, it sounds like angeldust's advice would not have been applicable!

If you are a dick, you can also try kicking the dog, but you probably won’t teach it a lesson.  You are aiming at the wrong target – it’s the owners who are at fault.  Try teaching them the lesson instead.

Good plan.  Give the owners a kicking instead.

That’s odd, it sounds like angeldust’s advice would not have been applicable!

Only if you don't know how to behave around dogs 😉

Only if you don’t know how to behave around dogs

Bit of a logic fail there old chap.

Shouldn't matter, I don't find dogs to be all that logical most of the time

Which is why your advice is so arrogantly foolish.

Aaaaaand they're off....! 🙃

🙂 You are confusing logical behaviour with predictable behaviour.  Quite different things.  Do you want me to explain the difference for you?

Is Angeldust the spirit of Barbara Woodhouse?

You are confusing logical behaviour with predictable behaviour.

Your arrogance is allowing you to draw conclusions from your very limited experience.

I mean, how many times have you been bitten by dogs?

Is Angeldust the spirit of Barbara Woodhouse?

SIT!

I mean, how many times have you been bitten by dogs?

None, because I know how to behave around them :-).  Would a more useful statistic be how many times I have ridden past them without being bitten?  Do you want a wet wipe for that sandy vag?

None, because I know how to behave around them :-).

Do you want a wet wipe for that sandy vag?

Three weeks ago:

I’m fine thanks, what is it with everyone’s obsession with projecting rage and angst unto others?

Do try and be a little more original, and less misogynistic in your insults if you're worried about the white knights forming a posse.

Would a more useful statistic be how many times I have ridden past them without being bitten?

I have also ridden past countless animals without ever being bitten (although your advice is not to?).

I have however, also been bitten by an animal when I wasn't a "moving target", which doesn't fit in with your narrative. As I said, you're drawing conclusions from limited experience. It is exactly your fallacy as to why so many people (predominantly children in their own home) do get bitten. 💡

I've recently adopted a big dog that hasn't been socialised well enough. It has a problem with other dogs, cyclists and runners so I have plenty to work on. Through a group of old cyclist we normally bump into at a cafe on the one her walks we've managed to get rid of most her nervousness around two wheels, only those coming up fast from behind spook her. This all went to rat shit last Friday when some idiot racing along a shared path caught me but hit the dog before crashing off his bike. I was already off balance by the knock, the dog went for the cyclist, pulling me a few steps before I was able restrained her and if it wasn't for him being on the other side of the bike she would have gotten to him. I then got a torrent of abuse of the cyclist for my out of control dog, who had just been walking along minding her own business before she was hit. At this point I was ready to give the prick a good kicking before he gets up and scarpers off still swearing at me.

This morning she is barking and going at cyclist again, even the old guys who helped out before. We are now back to square one with cyclists. Angeldust hits the nail on the head with slow down near dogs and if you can make a fuss with them and they don't see you as a threat then. This is all the old guys did.

Funny really, cyclists will often pass horses like they are some kind of nuclear warhead but dogs dont get the same consideration...although tbf in the real world most people are pretty reasonable on both sides. Its just on here people like to act tough.

@mattyfez

I think you took the correct course of action, it could have bitten something more sensitive if you had tried to get off.

@rickmeister

I have a mental image of you attacking a dog, pixelated like Road rash for the Megadrive

@cynic-al

I would have unholstered my .357 magnum (purely for bear defence) and shot the dog in the nob and then shot the owner and his friend, in the face to teach them a proper lesson*. Is that internet hard man enough for you!?

* for the hard of thinking who might be lurking and think i'm serious, I actually would have done neither of these and taken mattyfez's action,Oh and I don't own a gun.

I was cycling home on the canal towpath tonight when I saw an old man, with an even older dog, approaching. I slowed down and the old fella called the dog to heal. Just as I was getting very close I swear to god the dog looked at me, then at the old guy and then just ambled out in front of me in a very nonchalant fashion,

I had to swerve, grab a fistful of brake lever and put my feet down in order to avoid taking a dip in the drink. The old guy started chastising the dog then said “the buggers made me ride in to the canal twice in the last ten years” I love that dog

Eh?

It is exactly your fallacy as to why so many people (predominantly children in their own home) do get bitten.

Nah, completely different scenario and environment, so only a fool would expect to apply the same logic and advice.  The dangers of kids interacting within the Chav/Staffie stereotype environment is a separate topic.

The dangers of kids interacting within the Chav/Staffie stereotype environment is a separate topic.

The most common breed that bites people is the Labrador retriever.

The reason that most people don't get bitten by dogs is that most dogs don't bite people. Nothing to do with your entirely misplaced opinion that you know how to behave around dogs.

To be cleverly abusive you first have to be clever. 💡

They say self awareness is the first step to acknowledging you have a problem sbob 😜

We are going to need more wet wipes.  In fact I think a spade and hose might be amore suitable tool to clear that wedge.

To be cleverly abusive you first have to be clever.

That reminds me, shirt needs ironing. 🙂

We are going to need more wet wipes.

I take it my request for some originality fell on deaf ears?

That reminds me, shirt needs ironing.

And you've just used the adult equivalent of "I know you are but what am I?".

Can you not muster up just the tiniest amount of wit?

Perhaps instead of blundering after the wit, which may scare the wit off, try staying still and letting the wit slowly approach you.

The most common breed that bites people is the Labrador retriever.

Thats because its the most common breed.

I take it my request for some originality fell on deaf ears?

Tipper lorry and a fire hose?

Ooh the Big Hitting is strong on this thread!

The most common breed that bites people is the Labrador retriever.

Thats because its the most common breed.

I’d bet that for number of bites per breed it’s the ****ing chihuahua. I love dogs, but chihuahuas, as a whole, can go **** themselves.

Eh?

That old dog showed a level of cunning, calculation and practical joke skills rarely seen in most humans. If I’d have actually gone in the canal I’d have asked if I could adopt it.

Ooh the Big Hitting is strong on this thread!

Mclusky's "Gareth Brown Says" should be the forum's theme music.