Malamute bite update

[MXpro982]

Amaylie is getting her stitches out today and she looks great! Dog has an appointment to be PTS friday. Sorry for calling people retarded too.. That was childish of me. [Removed by Admin Wisc.Tiger - Board rules]

[shilohsmom]

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OH MY G-D!!!! That poor child. , I'm in shock

[HeidiW]

She is a beautiful little girl!!! Those scars will disappear eventually, . Poor baby she had to have that pain, agony and to bad the poor old dog had that reaction. Sad for everybody! However she is fine most important.

[Tbarrios333]

Ouch that looks painful. Could have been so much worse, I'm glad she's better.
It is a sad situation all around.

[Mandalay]

Originally Posted By: MXpro982 Dog has an appointment to be PTS friday.

That really is too bad. But as you had mentioned in the original thread, the dog has a history of this...still sad.

Originally Posted By: MXpro982Sorry for calling people retarded too.. That was childish of me.

I think that this is very commendable (sp?) of you. I am glad to see that you are able to apologize when you know you were wrong...many people cannot do this. I can see how you may have gotten worked up that day, however. Your DD had just gone through this bit, your adrenaline was flying and emotions were strikingly high. Still, even though I had not commented on that thread, thank you for apologizing to those that you exchanged words with.

About the picture of your DD....oh my. I am sure it will heal well in time. On one side, better this happen when she is young and may very well forget it. Even if there are scars, they look like they will be minimal. She is a beautiful little girl, and the scars will absolutely not take away from that.

Please walk away from this with a lesson learned...I know that I have learned from this. No one will ever know exactly what happened that day, but we can walk away knowing that dogs can sometimes be unpredictable and sometimes luck just runs out. I am SOOO glad your DD came out ok, this could have been much worse, and if that dog had been intentionally trying to harm your child, it probably would have been.

[MXpro982]

It definitely could have been much worse.. So in that sense we were fortunate.

[selzer]

Yep, she looks like she is doing good. I think it is important that you be very careful not to make a big deal around dogs, and not to allow your future reactions to dogs around her to cause her to fear them.

Kids who are afraid of dogs are so much more likely to be bitten. And they can develop a phobia. But I think a lot of that is how the important people in their lives act about dogs. So try to be matter of fact around dogs, and try not to coddle her too much if there seems to be no reason to be afraid of another dog.

It is hard because I haven't had to deal with this exactly.

I feel bad for the old dog. I talked to my father about it and asked about what he would do if Pip who is 15 bit one of the grand daughters. His initial reaction was to say put it down, but then I asked if the child fell on the dog. The dog is mostly blind and mostly deaf and nearly bit the vet when she hurt him. He said that the dog would still probably need to be put down because if he is in that much pain...

Then I asked him how that would make my sister feel and the babies. In this case, the kids are very emotional about animals and such, it would be hard for them to know that Pippy was put down because of what happened. The best thing we could come up with would be to wait a bit, (have to anyway here in Ohio), and then put it down, not because of the bite, but because he is old, in pain, and his quality of life is so poor. Then we could explain it to the babies -- they are 2 1/2 and almost three.

[MXpro982]

Thank you! Yes, I definitely have learned something. And what always scares me is that with a baby it is so hard to tell them "no" and expect them to understand why not to jump on the dogs or pull their ears, etc (not related this incident of coarse).. I look foward to when she understands what I am saying a lot more.

[Doubleminttwin]

Poor girl, but I doubt she will even remember it, kids are very resiliant its the parents who will be affected the most! I'm glad she is going to be okay! Best wishes to you and your family!

[scannergirl]

She is beautiful. Someday a man will tell her how sexy her scars are.
Thank you for posting an update. Will you continue to let us know how she's doing?