4-Year-Old Girl Attacked by Dog at Carlsbad Restaurant

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69. My daughter was bitten in the face as a child

Many years ago we were friends with what we thought were nice people who had kids the same ages as our kids. We were all invited over to their house one Saturday. They had a German shepherd in the back yard. The lady kept trying to send my kids out into the back yard where the dog was. I told her I did not feel safe sending my kids out in the yard with that big dog. She said " Oh don't be silly he's harmless the neighborhood kids are all over here playing with him all the time!" Then she sent my kids out into the yard. My beautiful daughter had not been out there more than 5 minutes before she came running in. The dog had just walked up to her without barking or growling and bit her in the face. The next door lady saw it happen and came over to see if my daughter was okay. I can't tell you how shocking it was to hear my 'friend' say to her neighbor lady " Well, we told them not to let their kids out into our yard because the dog was out there." She had immediately begun to lie and cover her ass. My beautiful daughter had a permanent scar upon her lovely face that would remain because it was deep. Thank goodness he didn't get an eye. When a pet does do something many pet owners like the above mentioned have no honor, conscience, or sense of accountability.
Yes everything is all hunky dory much of the time between people and pets. There are however pets with mental issues just like there are people with mental issues. Feral dogs also pack up and get pack mentality which can be dangerous. I would not as a business owner allow pets into my place because of the responsibility that carries if something does happen.
I also went to school with a girl who had a dog bite her and he drug his tooth from her forehead to her chin. She had a deep zig zag scar going down and across the entire length of her face. Getting dog bit in the face is not a small matter to the person that was bitten. One must simply ask themselves how much cash do they think would be a fair recompense for their own scarred face? And just know much of the time the bitten person gets zilch, nada, nothing for their bite and medical bills.
I adore my dog. I love her to death. Do I expect everyone else to want to dine with my pooch? No. People have allergies, people have animal phobias. etc etc