Agree
So many people here are willing to judge shooshoo, her abilities, her intentions and the situation without even knowing her or the actual event. Unless you know the person why do this...what does it achieve, she was after advice about an incident and instead gets judged.
I have seen many "calm" animals turn on their owner, let alone someone who is grooming them, given the breed of dog is a fighting dog and the concerns that she has expressed, then the owner of the dog grooming business is the one that should make the final call about reporting the incident or not. If it is to be followed up on then be prepared to be honest.
Here, here. Any dog can turn on anyone for whatever reason. Sure shoshoo is in a job that can make you prone to misfortune but we don't know her, we were not there on the day in question. It's not fair to judge her like she is being judged.
The dog has bitten. Whether or not it should be reported is a question that only she and her fellow workers/boss can decide. Give her a break.
We all learn from our mistake and will do so until the day we die. Could a muzzle have been placed on the dog? sure. Could the owner have done it? sure. Should shooshoo have taken the dog towards the hydrobath or should the owener have done it? in hindsight probably the owner.
Should the bite be reported? Possibly....the dog may have bitten before.
Just because shooshoo reports a dog for a bite does'nt mean she is trying to get the onwer in the poo and it certainly does not mean that the dog needs to be put down.
it can be explained that hte dog has never bitten before. It can be expplained that the dog has always been of excellent character etc etc. Shooshoo can explain that she does not want any action taken against the owner or dog but that up to her to decide. I don't believe that anywhere has Shooshoo implied that the dog should be destroyed which may warrant a hostile response.
Some people need to take a look at the bigger picture and get off their high horse, instead of just bagging the crap out of someone when they don't know the person or the situation.
It ****'s me to tears when people post asking for advice and they get shot down. This is the point!!!!!!!!!! They have asked for advice......not to be scolded like a little kid.
This happens far too much here on APS and is a real reason why we have lost so many decent herpers and there for lost a great deal of our knowledge base and hence we now have so much mis-information going on.
I hope the dog only bit as a fear response of being bathed when it may have been distressed as a result of a previous similiar event. I hope it does'nt bite again. I hope this has'nt scared you off in anyway and I truely hope that people don't be so quick to judge.