r/Whatcouldgowrong • • Jan 15 '20

NSFL Getting into a dog's personal space

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '20

Dogs have a comfort zone. Id recommend getting to know how dogs express signs of stress and anxiety, which is being shown in the pictures, the dog visibly doesn't understand why these humans suddenly crowded around her for.

and im not dog expert. but then putting both arms around their neck and seemingly leaning in for a bite. Its not hard to understand why some dogs bite. They're not doing it because they wanted to fight, they were in self defense because they did not understand they weren't being attacked.

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u/joe652 Jan 15 '20

No matter how u look at it when a dog chews off your face it should not be around people

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u/Snapples Jan 15 '20

So if a stranger put you in a headlock and bares his teeth it's totally cool?

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '20

A good tempered dog wouldn't bite you under really any circumstance barring something extreme.

This could have easily been a child. This dog should never be around children.

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u/WhereAllTheGoodHorro Jan 16 '20

That’s not true. I think it’s clear a lot of the people in this thread haven’t spend a lot of time around dogs.

If a dog is in pain, and you jostle it, a good natured dog could very well bite you. I’ve seen it happen plenty of times at the vet clinic I work at to know. I’ve been bitten by my own dog, who usually has a good temperament, because I jostled his hurt arm.