Dog bites definitely do not feel good but with education and common sense, most can be prevented.
The third week of May is National Dog Bite Prevention Week. Dog bites can be serious for dogs and people alike. In addition to being painful, and possibly disfiguring, the bite can become infected leading to complications. The dog may be labeled as vicious and put to sleep or turned in to a shelter, when in reality he may have been only protecting himself from perceived harm. In all my years of owning and working with hundreds, possibly thousands, of dogs, I've been bitten only once. I was walking a little fox terrier on leash when a neighbor's Malamute came out of nowhere and attacked her. In my attempt to get her away from him, I got a good chomp on the hand. I did manage to get her safely away from him and I was the only one bleeding. I washed the wound, kept antibiotic ointment on it, and it healed over without even a scar, though not before it became very sore for several days! Dog bites definitely do not feel good! In most cases, with education and a little common sense, dog bites can be prevented.
