The Dog Bite I got on the Way to Work
November 27th 2007 21:05
It was the middle of winter so I had thick trousers on. I was taking my usual route to work, which involves cutting through a small park near my place.
I was crossing the park when I noticed a man with two miniature schnauzers. At first I thought they were Scotty dogs; I had never seen schnauzers that tiny. Apart from that, I didn’t pay too much attention to them as many people walk their dogs in that park early in the morning.
So I kept walking when all of a sudden one of the schnauzers ran up to me. From my numerous childhood encounters with scary dogs, I knew the best thing to do was to stand still and let it sniff me. Once its curiosity was satisfied, it would go its merry way and then I would be free to continue my walk to work.
Instead, the schnauzer got up on its hind legs, put its front paws on me and sunk its jaws into my leg. Because I had thick trousers on, I didn’t think much of it, although the owner was mortified. He came rushing over, telling the dog to go back to him. “I’m so sorry,” he said. “Is there anything I can do?”
“No,” I said. “I’m fine but if I were you I’d be careful with those dogs. I’m not hurt but if they bite a baby or a small child its mother will go ballistic.”
I then went my merry way to work but when I looked at my trousers, I noticed a small hole in them from where the schnauzer bit me. I then rolled my trousers up only to notice a red mark on my leg. I then had to suffer another bite in the form of a tetanus injection from my doctor.
My neighbour knows the owner of the schnauzers and apparently he gets embarrassed every time he sees me. I’ve noticed he now keeps his dogs on a leash so at least something good came out of my experience.
I was crossing the park when I noticed a man with two miniature schnauzers. At first I thought they were Scotty dogs; I had never seen schnauzers that tiny. Apart from that, I didn’t pay too much attention to them as many people walk their dogs in that park early in the morning.
So I kept walking when all of a sudden one of the schnauzers ran up to me. From my numerous childhood encounters with scary dogs, I knew the best thing to do was to stand still and let it sniff me. Once its curiosity was satisfied, it would go its merry way and then I would be free to continue my walk to work.
Instead, the schnauzer got up on its hind legs, put its front paws on me and sunk its jaws into my leg. Because I had thick trousers on, I didn’t think much of it, although the owner was mortified. He came rushing over, telling the dog to go back to him. “I’m so sorry,” he said. “Is there anything I can do?”
“No,” I said. “I’m fine but if I were you I’d be careful with those dogs. I’m not hurt but if they bite a baby or a small child its mother will go ballistic.”
I then went my merry way to work but when I looked at my trousers, I noticed a small hole in them from where the schnauzer bit me. I then rolled my trousers up only to notice a red mark on my leg. I then had to suffer another bite in the form of a tetanus injection from my doctor.
My neighbour knows the owner of the schnauzers and apparently he gets embarrassed every time he sees me. I’ve noticed he now keeps his dogs on a leash so at least something good came out of my experience.
Photo by Pharaoh Hound. Used in accordance with the terms of Wikimedia Commons’ GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.
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