Dog bites off part of Home Depot greeter's nose

[CanadaSue]

Leaning down & planting your face near a small dog you don't know while trying to pat it - not smart:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/offbeat/story...kers-nose.html

[shalym]

Not smart to do it with a small dog you know, either...a similar thing happened to me about a month before my wedding. Mine wasn't as bad as this one, though, the dog only put a small nick in my nostril and scraped the top layer of skin off of the top of my nose.

Shari

[rb.]

My instinct has always been to slowly put my hand out for a dog to sniff, before touching or getting closer to it.

[Mama Alanna]

And the greeter bears no responsibility whatsoever for this? First you ASK the owner if you can pet the dog. THEN you do rb's sniff-test. It's a pity that the dog may have to be put down because both the owner and the injured woman were idiots.

[lilly]

The first thing you do if you want to pet a strange dog is putting your hand down in a non threatening matter palm towards yourself, and allow the dog a sniff.

I don't pet strange dogs unless they indicate they are friendly towards me.

[occupant]

Originally Posted by shalym

Not smart to do it with a small dog you know, either...

My sisters little Yorkie did that to me, managed to get both canines inside each of my nostrils.Hurt like a son of a gun. I coulda flung that little mutt clear across the room, but of course she babied the thing cooing"Oh she didn't mean it".

[Ought Six]

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[Sysiphus]

It's always the little ones that get you. I was bitten pretty badly by a chihuahua when I was 4.