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Old 03-21-2005, 10:09 AM
AdonisRotts AdonisRotts is offline
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Re: Remote collar provoked a bite, trainer disagrees. What now? (very long, sorry)...

You very lucky that the situation wasn't worse. I live in KY with alot of "hunting" dogs. They frequently use training collars to control their dogs. Just a few weeks ago a patient of ours was outside working in her yard, when a strange dog walked onto her property, and his owners were several hundred yards back. Our patient called the dog to her (it was obvious that the owners were trying to catch her) and was petting on her until they came. When the owner got close enough to give the command come, and the dog did not respond, he shocked her and she immediately bit our patient. It was a horrible ordeal and the bite was very bad. The owners grabbed the dog and ran off, leaving the lady hurt standing in her yard. Well like anyone else she wanted to know if the dog was UTD on its shots, and she sort of recognized one of the hunters. She called them numerous times to ask for vaccination records so the dog could be checked out. When the dog owners would not comply, on our recommendations she contacted the police (rabies can be very bad in KY) on the first visit the owners complained that the dog had ran off again. When the police did a 2nd random visit, they acquired the dog. Because it had been several days and the owners had been non compliant they euthanized the dog (who after the whole mess cleared over, was an AKC/UKC Hunt Champion) and sent his head to a lab. The dog did not have rabies, and our patient feels very guilty that a very nice dog who had a very stupid owner had to be put to sleep.
When the bite victim went to the ER for the wound, they will ask details of the bite incident along with the breed of dog and eventually get reported back to the CDC. Your misfortunate accident has now put another bite accident under the rottweiler breed. You need to take serious action to fix the situation that you were in. I would definitely find a new trainer. He is just covering his own butt. Be very thankful that the situation isn't worse, and hope that the ER did not contact the local authorities (a lot of ER's will, just like they do for Violence, Car Accidents, etc) I know the ER contacted the police in my area, against my asking when I was bitten by my neighbors Golden Retriever. I really hope you can read these posts and deal with your situation in a positive and effective manner.
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