5rivers,

Sorry you got bit. I do think you should report it though. What if the neighbor ignores you and next time the dog attacks a kid. How will you feel? The dog already has a history if he has attacked your dog before. If you feel he would only attack a dog what about a small dog he could kill it before anyone could stop the dog. Just because you report it doesn't mean they will put it down but the owner will be more careful for sure.

What i meant was that i wont report the incident to authorties. I told the doc and he gave me a tetanus jab and some anti biotics. To be honest its healing already so will see about the anti's.

I had a stern word with the guy telling him that he needs to keep his boxer muzzled and on a lead...and all he kept doing was apologize. He told me he needs to find a place that will take it from him as he is in and out of hospis...problem is i dont know anyone that wants a crazy boxer...

oh for pity's sweet sake...
will he TELL people who inquire that his dog has already BITTEN or attacked a puppy?!
or that while attempting to attack the same dog months later, HE BIT A PERSON
who got between them & tried to stop him?!

i very, very much doubt it! he wants them to take the dam* dog - full frankness makes that unlikely.
PASSING THIS DOG ON without knowledge of the past bites is very dangerous to the new owner -
AND their neighbors, AND their neighbor's dogs, AND anyone else who encounters him.

please report the bite - immediately! - so that it's ON PUBLIC RECORD.

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you could report it but TBH they wont do anything as you got bit for getting involved. i know this as it happened to my OH about a month ago. They said they would have a word with the owner and get back to us but never did

it's not about 'punishing the owner' - only about having a record that the bite occurred, so that IF the owner
does re-home the dog, there is proof that the dog has a past-history.

in some states in the USA, it is illegal to rehome any dog with a bite-history - period - which IMO is good,
as it forces the current owner to either deal with the dog's behavior, or if they refuse or cannot, to euthanize the dog.
it massively clarifies the options beyond 'find that perfect home, where s/he is never left alone,
never confined, romps across meadows & woods all day every day, & it never ever rains -
or goes over 80-degrees.'
it's a bloomin fantasy in the same batting-league as the fairies at the bottom of the garden.

in other USA-jurisdictions, if U rehome a dog with a bite-history, U can be prosecuted on civil or even
criminal charges, years later - even if U have not seen the dog in all that time; liability is for the life
of that dog, it never ceases. Having the new-owner sign a quit-claim fully acknowledging the dog's history
will not protect U from a lawsuit, later - even years later. It's crazy but it's a fact that dog-owners must be aware of,
before they rehome Fido or Fifi & are bankrupted by a massive dogbite suit later.

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*wolves R wolves, dogs R dogs, + primates R us.*
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The owner just got over cancer so im not gonna force the issue im sure hes stressed enough as it is..and i certainly dont want the dog to be put down...he even asked me if i knew anyone that would have her...

Iv seen the dog around other people and shes fine..shes just got something against Sammy as we live across the road lol

heavens. No One will DESTROY a dog for a minor puncture.
it is minor, right? no stitches, no massive bruising, no drain?

i give up. Do as U please, & if that eejit owner gives the dog to some poor softhearted dweeb & the dog BITES
someone else - human or dog - for feck's sake, don't TELL us. i don't want to hear it!
ta.

Definately take the antibiotics! I got bit by a malamute a few months ago doing the same thing as you- trying to protect my dog. Even though mine was quite deep- down to fat layer, they never gave me antibiotics. It looked like it was healing but then found out it was infected about a week later and had to have a course of antibiotics. The doc said, for future reference any animal bite that you cant see the bottom of/ isn't just a scrape that can be washed out, you need antibiotics for.
And I would contact police as well, as it could be a child next time. The police are dealing with my case and they said the dog doesn't always get put down-they might put an order on it to be muzzled for example. At least then they'll have a log of it, so if it does happen again, they'll know it is a repeat offender.

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this is the key point: to know if the dog has done this before, the police need a record.
this dog may have bitten 3 or 4 family-members or a dozen dogs, in the past - how do we know?

if no-one reports them 'because the owner has cancer', that's no help at all to the dog's bitees.
if the next bite is much worse than Rivers' bite, the dog can easily be mistaken for a first-time offender.

it's not about vengeance on dog or owner; it's about public safety in the community, for people & pets.