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mopinko

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2. i'd wager this isnt the first bite.

Fri Aug 17, 2018, 10:35 PM

Aug 2018

when your reaction is to boogie on, and not check on the damage, i'm bettin you've been there before. and you, apparently, shuffle your friends out too...
unless you are a stone cold asshole, which could be.

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Husky bit Colorado woman's face and handler fled, video shows. Victim needed surgery. [View all] dalton99a Aug 2018 OP

Totally irresponsible behavior on part of dog owner.. whathehell Aug 2018 #1

Not entirely. Drahthaardogs Aug 2018 #8

It's up to the owner to say "no djg21 Aug 2018 #43

Entirely.. whathehell Aug 2018 #54

Dog hugger has some blame here too. Drahthaardogs Aug 2018 #57

That's a very harsh and judgemental response in my view... whathehell Aug 2018 #58

As far as the dog is concerned, that's exactly what she did. Drahthaardogs Aug 2018 #60

Dogs are domesticated animals -- not "wildlife" caged in zoos whathehell Aug 2018 #63

Yes. elfin Aug 2018 #28

i'd wager this isnt the first bite. mopinko Aug 2018 #2

You're probably right spinbaby Aug 2018 #11

every dog gets one bite. mopinko Aug 2018 #22

Any dog, any time. Even happy, well-adjusted dogs have a limit. This one was clearly feeling WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2018 #3

i agree it is sad all around. Ms. Toad Aug 2018 #5

She hugged that dog. Drahthaardogs Aug 2018 #9

I'm not addressing the (inappropriate) human behavior Ms. Toad Aug 2018 #10

Sh grabbed it's head with both hands, it bit Drahthaardogs Aug 2018 #17

It looked to me like the dog approached her at face level. She responded, pnwmom Aug 2018 #13

I agree - the dog seemed to be wandering from erson to person Ms. Toad Aug 2018 #16

True, one shouldn't. But this dog appeared to stick his face in the woman's face, pnwmom Aug 2018 #18

I said nothing about who should be held responsible. Ms. Toad Aug 2018 #24

She stupidly wrapped both hands around that dogs head Drahthaardogs Aug 2018 #19

The woman who was attacked was sitting. And he didn't seem skeptical of her -- he approached her pnwmom Aug 2018 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author Jake Stern Aug 2018 #4

If the victim looked straight into the dog's eyes while letting him, he might have felt threatened tblue37 Aug 2018 #6

I was taught you never put your face close to a strange dog. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2018 #7

Lots of victim blaming here. The fact is that someone had her dog in a public place pnwmom Aug 2018 #12

That's pretty much it. Captain Stern Aug 2018 #20

She did EVERYTHING wrong. Drahthaardogs Aug 2018 #30

No, she didn't. Captain Stern Aug 2018 #38

Really? Do tell what she did right. Drahthaardogs Aug 2018 #39

Your expectations are unreasonable. Captain Stern Aug 2018 #41

No They are fucking common sense Drahthaardogs Aug 2018 #42

No, those things aren't 'common sense'. Captain Stern Aug 2018 #45

The dog disagreed. Drahthaardogs Aug 2018 #46

But the woman wasn't handling dogs. She was just sitting at a restaurant. Captain Stern Aug 2018 #48

Don't mess with things you don't understand Drahthaardogs Aug 2018 #49

No, I'm not a millennial. Captain Stern Aug 2018 #50

That's NOT what happened. Drahthaardogs Aug 2018 #51

What if the victim has special needs? ecstatic Aug 2018 #61

Lol, what if the sky falls???? Drahthaardogs Aug 2018 #62

Then don't bring your dog to places djg21 Aug 2018 #44

How about people NOT hugging strange dogs? Drahthaardogs Aug 2018 #47

Exactly n/t TubbersUK Aug 2018 #26

Victim blaming???? Drahthaardogs Aug 2018 #29

. Iggo Aug 2018 #31

She was sitting there, watching other people do much worse than she did without any reaction pnwmom Aug 2018 #32

You don't even know what you are seeing. I train dogs professionally. Drahthaardogs Aug 2018 #35

The owner was irresponsible for RUNNING AWAY after her dog attavked whathehell Aug 2018 #55

Whose debating what happened AFTER? Drahthaardogs Aug 2018 #56

We are. whathehell Aug 2018 #59

Yeah, dogs at restaurants is not a great idea. milestogo Aug 2018 #15

There is a restaurant here in Boulder that banned dogs from its patio recently ProudLib72 Aug 2018 #21

they would be in chi. and yeah, dogs are banned from restaurants here. mopinko Aug 2018 #23

Huskies are very wolf like dogs gyroscope Aug 2018 #25

But it is the responsibility of the dog owner to know his dog's limits -- not to expect strangers pnwmom Aug 2018 #33

Absolutely gyroscope Aug 2018 #37

The only dog I know that bit someone in the face was that same breed. pnwmom Aug 2018 #40

That is the owner's fault. leftyladyfrommo Aug 2018 #27

I agree. n/t pnwmom Aug 2018 #34

Absolutely. (n/t) Iggo Aug 2018 #36

Two weeks ago, I was bitten on my upper thigh - basically near my ass - by a dog. phylny Aug 2018 #52

Found the coward Jake Stern Aug 2018 #53