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Daughter got knocked down by dog
Hey all, NEED your help, Was just at my 6yr old daughters friends house as they were having a play. Its a pretty much feral environment-her daughter runs a muck-picks up her 7month old brother-drags hin-hurts him-constantly lies and blames my daughter for things she doesnt do and i always see this girl do the things and my daughter always gets the blame. My daughter turns feral around her, always is upset etc., K to the main point, they have a large dog-german shepard ment to be a pup but is size of grown dog, it goes totally physco around the kids crawls over her 7month old, licks and jumps and sits on him. This the problem, my other daughter is 3, and in the backyard, her dog, jumped up and knocked my daughter down, stomped on her face (i totally freaked)and licked her i couldnt get it off her...finally did, it then knocks her down again (me furious by now) the owner(boots and wacks the dog and yells at it) my 3yr old isnt bitten, but her face is red, like sunburnt (cause shes very fair) from the dog, and what i've just noticed is that her left eye(where her temple is there is now a blue lump. Should i be worried and take her to hospital, or presume its just a bruise...I'm thinking hospital option. Shes fine in herself, still playing, is quite a bit whingy, red face still and lump.help
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Re: Daughter got knocked down by dog
I doubt that there is much physically wrong with your daughter, but it is better to get her checked out just to be sure.
Mentally though, you may have inadvertantly started her on the path to being afraid of dogs just by the way you reacted to the situation. Your reaction could have made her think that dogs are something to be afraid of, and she might end up being afraid of all dogs, or just large dogs, further down the tract.
To stop that, you need to have and she needs to have, positive interactions with dogs so she can see that they aren't something to be afraid of. You should also teach her the correct way to approach a dog. If you want some advice on that, just ask- animals and the way they behave is one area that I'm pretty cluey in.
As for feral kids, we got 5 here too, but at least they aren't that bad- ours just like a lot of noise (their own voices preferably), getting into mischief and driving us parents up the wall! lol. We would never let them behave like those kids though, and certainly wouldn't let them pick up our baby (though they do if they think they can get away with it- thing is, bubs loves it). I really think that the parents are quite lacking in some skills, like providing a safe, supervised environment. It sounds like your girls are a bit more controlled in their behaviour, which just goes to show how much time you put into actually looking out for them. Not saying the other mum isn't a good mum, just sounds like she is more 'casual' in her approach, and it probably works for her.
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