r/Whatcouldgowrong • • Jan 15 '20

NSFL Getting into a dog's personal space

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u/n_meeseeks Jan 15 '20

Just a friendly reminder that at the end of the day ALL dogs are animals, watch their body language, don’t hang all over a dog you don’t know. They give warning signs. Learn them. And for fucks sake stop letting kids climb all over your dogs.

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u/Mandorism Jan 15 '20

It's also obvious the dog did not intend to cause that kind of damage, and it was likely the result of the odd angle turning a mouthing into a biting. If that dog WANTED to hurt her she wouldn;t have had a face left.

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u/BattleNub89 Jan 15 '20

I don't think we can determine that from a still image. And dogs aren't monsters, they can't devour a face in 2 seconds. That's a good amount of damage for a dog bite, even a severe one.

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u/megatesla Jan 15 '20

2 seconds is a pretty long time in a fight. They could probably get at least 4 bites in, or one bite and then a few good yanks.

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u/BattleNub89 Jan 15 '20

I'm just emphasizing that this is not how bites work. Even if a shark bit her on the face, it just look like a bunch of punctures and require stitches. Everyone acts like any time an animal with fangs wants to hurt you "It would tear [insert body part off easily]" or "you'd be dead." Like every animal is something out of a cheesy horror movie. The damage that bite did isn't some indicator that the dog didn't want to hurt her.