Thread: Vicious Dogs

Originally Posted by Gooner

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ps. Found out why another nurse went to the house........she was not aware of what happened........she is not going back.


That's staggering mate, given what happened to your daughter.
The safety of your daughter and her workmates doesn't seem to be high on the employers priority list.

I was surprised when I heard this too. The only thing I can think of is the nurses work mainly from home and go out to their regular jobs, so maybe this other nurse had the job sheet and just automatically went to the job. The employer (maybe) didn't have enough time to phone around to tell all the nurses.

I intend to question that one closer when I get to Bundaberg, on Monday.

Dog should definitely be put down. That is inexcusable.
And the owner should be banned from the service until it is safe to visit.

Thought I would ressurect this thread to show the damage this particular dog has done to my daughters ankle.

I visited her in Bundaberg and last Wednesday we went to Bundaberg Base hospital for the doctors to check on the injury. So far every thing is going well.

This first photo is of the outside of my daughters left ankle, it shows the flap of skin that was almost torn off stitched back on, the doctors were worried this flap of skin would die and my daughter would have to endure skin grafts, but it is looking quite healthy.



This second photo of the other side of her ankle shows a slight swelling near the inside of her ankle caused by a broken bone. You can clearly see the fracture in X-Rays.Again she is lucky, she does not have to have pins inserted.



She mis-identified the dog. It was in fact a Pit bull Cross breed but I guess when a mongrel dog is busy chewing on your ankle you are not concerned with correctly identifying it. The tear was that bad my daughter said she could see her leg bone and tendons.

Well, that's it, she is lucky she didn't loose her foot according to the doctors and she will be off work for 15 weeks.

Sounds like it could have gone much worse Jim. At least it looks like the physical injuries are on the way to healing, the mental ones are a bit tougher though.

I don't think anyone would stop to make sure they identified a dog correctly (or stop to bend down and pretend to pick up a stone......hmmm, let me get my head and neck closer to this large dog that is chewing on my ankle....), and I don't understand why anyone would feel the need to keep a dog like that "for protection" - that is just about an admission that they are considering it a weapon.

Spot on Dave, keeping dogs as weapons is not good at all.
I cannot think the consequences if some primary school kids approach that home to sell raffle tickets

Rule 303
I have two Rottweilers, very protective, and good at growling. The day they bite someone without a very good reason, rule 303 applies

Originally Posted by AndyG

Rule 303
I have two Rottweilers, very protective, and good at growling. The day they bite someone without a very good reason, rule 303 applies

If they attacked someone, a better idea would be to shoot the owner.

Ok I will bite,
The point is dogs can be protective & not aggressive, but we're they to bite, I would address the issue. Sadly I live in a high crime part of the world and you provide your own protection.