My dog bit me.
On the thumb. He warned me he was going to, but I wanted to be the alpha and he won this time.
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Go Dogs wrote:
IMHO-For whatever that's worth.
How many times did you want to punch your boss, ex, or some other jerk?
How many times did you want to respond in anger and/or violence when you felt wronged?
What would have,(or did) happen if you physically assaulted someone?
IOW: Dogs should not be permitted to react to an unpleasant situation by biting. If you're going to keep a dog in society, the dog should know that it cannot use it's teeth, as a solution to an unpleasant situation. IMHO.
I think the better analogy for this scenario would be to physical bullying. If another human is repeatedly grabbing a body part and you repeatedly say "Stop it" and yet the bully continues the same behavior . . . are you not entitled to and justified in defending yourself? Certainly the higher (and more preferred) road would be to leave. Unfortunately, our pets don't usually have that option available to them.
As humans we're allowed fairly broad latitude to defend ourselves.
(FWIW, I'm not arguing that it's okay the dog bit. Excusable and understandable behavior isn't necessarily the same thing as okay behavior. Certainly some training is in order.)
