Bad dog! A first for me...

I was attacked by a dog as a child but have always been around them and have always had at least one in my home, however in the field I am very frightened by them.  I have no idea how I would have reacted in your situation.  I am glad you are o.k. and hope you will be safe in the future.

That dog should've been tied up no matter what!  Your very lucky.

You did get out without severe injuries and that is wonderful. It doesn't alway work that way.  We have German Shepherds but they are extremely well trained and very lovable to everyone. Still since they are so large and probably look scary when I hear a bark, I try to get them inside and make them all sit and stay on the front steps. New delivery people appreciate that - the old ones call them to come for pets.

Yikes!!!   Were you kids watching, or were they trying their hardest to come as close to killing each other... while not actually doing it?

 

It is a shame that this happened to you, but you are very lucky to be okay.

I know I would have been terribly shaken up after an experience like that.  I would consider myself an animal lover, and there has only been one dog I've ever had an issue with.  In my senior year of high school, a friend and I went to visit another friend for his birthday.  Once inside his house, I started to bend down to pet their small dog, as I had done many times, and it jumped at me and bit my lip.  I still have a scar -- guess I should have gotten stitches.  That's probably the reason we have large breeds :)

I am certainly glad you are OK.  That was terrible.  I am already afraid of dogs so I don't take such chances.  If there was a crowd of 500 people outside, the dog would smell the fear on me and take the plunge.

At least the owner was apologetic...... and she did not sick the dog on you.....

I am glad you are allright, sis.......

At least the dog did NOT take a chunk out of you!!

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Not all dogs are bad.  But this just makes me feel even stronger about owners who don't keep their pets restrained. This is obviously a dangerous dog that has no business being loose. I'm glad you made it out safely.

Amber, I too love dogs and usually have a good response from them as well.  But...(there's always a "but"), I'm always careful with dogs I don't know until we get "introduced" and I feel there's good chemistry between us. I'm glad to hear that this scary story had a happy ending. Most dogs are lovable creatures, but some can be lethal weapons.  

 

Do you stillthink bringing your children with you was a good idea?  You are dealing with desperate people in desperate circumstances. 

It is unfortunate that pet owners are not more responsible.  If a dog is outside it's home it should be in a gated yard or on a leash - that is the law in most places and best for everyone.  I have a Bichon that insists she poop in a particular neighbor's yard (we clean it up so he is quite nice about it) but it requires that we walk her down the street.  One day my husband was walking with her and she was attacked by a neighbor's dog that was out in the front yard, unattended and unrestrained.  My dog is submissive and rolled on her back right away, but my husband was very scared and had to reach into the conflict to pick up our dog.  Our dog was ok but Animal Control told us that we shouldn't walk anywhere in our neighborhood (which is by the beach and houses are not cheap) without a big stick and pepper spray.  What a shame - I can't even have my 13 year old son take the dog out for a walk, and even going on a walk after dinner requires that we DRIVE outside the residential area to walk in a safe place.  If a dog is out and off the leash, you can safely assume the owner is irresponsible and that the dog cannot be trusted because it probably hasn't been trained properly or kept current on shots.  Humans are to blame for vicious dogs, not the breed.      

I just joined this group & yours is the first post I read.  Had a similar experience, and I know how frightening it can be.

I was literally trapped in my car by a big sheep dog (think Stephen King).  There was a little dog running beside him.  When the owner finally came & grabbed the beast, I jumped out of the car & did my inspection on the house.

When I was finished I saw the lady with her big dog, now leashed, & I thanked her.  Her comment was..."my dog won't hurt a flea, but that little one you stepped around, he'd take your leg off".  Oh.

Amber,

Take extra care when working bank owned and short sales. Dogs that are normally friendly often pick up on the stress of their owners and can act out. Even though you're just the mesenger they see you as the mesage and it isn't good.

Amber,

I almost always take another adult with me when I do OC. That person either stays in the car with cell phone in hand or "hangs back" a bit on the sidewalk to keep a sort of look out.

When I was still relatively new to REO, I decided to post a house that I thought was empty. It was the middle of the afternoon and the house looked completely abandoned. I actually only meant to do a drive-by and come back later with someone else, but the house was in the country and it seemed a waste of good gas not to at least leave the required door-knocker and take a quick photo so I could go ahead and fill out my occupancy check form. I did go up onto the porch and even knocked on the door, but I was so sure that the house was empty that I whipped out the tape and started taping the paperwork to the door. I practically fell forward when the door was jerked open and the smell of stale whiskey engulfed me. Maybe it was good that the guy was drunk, because that left him pretty unstable.

I started back-tracking and quickly stepped off of the porch, but not before I could clearly see that he had nothing on other than minimally fastened pajama bottoms that did not fully hide his sexual identity. I have learned my lesson, for sure!