Today, I reached down to pet an elderly man's dog. It jumped up and utterly mauled my face, drawing blood. As I gasped in shock and pain, the man said, "Careful, he likes to scratch." FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I was on the couch, about to make out with the guy I've been dating. As soon as our lips touched, my overprotective dog ran up and bit him. He bled. FML
Today, I hugged my dog and kissed her on the side of the face. She responded by mauling me across my own face. FML
Today, I was lying in bed with my cat. I must have looked at him the wrong way or something, because he hissed and savagely clawed at my face without warning. FML
Today, I laughed at my grandma's chihuahua poodle mix, as it barked at me entering the house. "What are you going to do, nibble me to death?" is apparently enough to make it jump and bite me. I needed five stitches. FML
Today, I saw a dog trying to attack a man. I have experience working with aggressive dogs, so I pulled the dog off him and got it under control. The man punched me in the face for not having my dog on a leash. It wasn't my dog. I don't even own a dog. FML
Today, I entered my neighbors’ yard around a shorter corner than usual. Their old dog is getting a bit slow, but unfortunately only in her head: By the time she recognized me as harmless, she had already run up and bitten me. FML
Today, I was playing with my dog, when she started sniffing my face. Jokingly, I got up and started to sniff her face back and asked "Yeah, how do you like that?" She replied by biting into my face. FML
Today, I was messing with my cat by moving my hand around under the sheets to make it look like a mouse, making him pounce at it. Without thinking, I brought my hand up to scratch my nose and was immediately attacked by flailing claws. FML
Today, my medium-sized poxer dog was sitting on my lap. He shook his head, managing to slap me in the face with his ears three times. FML
Today, my neighbor's dog came to visit and I tried to bring him back home like I usually do. Only this time, when I grabbed the dog's collar, they zapped him! And it zapped me! My teeth still hurt! FML
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skippydoda 32
Did you ask first before you pet? If you did, then FYL. If you didn't, then YDI. Always ask before you pet a stranger animal.
jpsullivan 36
You never pet someone's dog without their permission. They could be a rescue dog who doesn't like strangers, easily excitable, or they could be a dog for disabilities. I'm sorry you got attacked and the guy seemed uncaring but dude ydi
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Comments (74)
Red_Curls1995 28
I have to vote both on this. Yes it sucks that you got hurt but at the same time it seems like you didn't ask and you never ever touch a dog without asking the owner. You have no idea what the dog is like.
EarlFug 19
Hey OP, look at the cute doberman!
tlnorman 18
Never pet a persons dog without asking. I'm sorry but that's common sense people everywhere do that and then bitch when this happens. You did it to yourself.
kianaaa32 17
If you didn't ask to pet the dog, YDI. I have a dog who is being trained for protection/IPO/schutzhund work. When I bring him out in public he wears his working dog/ask to pet vest & people STILL try to pet him without asking. He is very well mannered but at the same time I know what he is trained for, and it irritates the life out of me when people pet without asking.
zeffra13 31
How to correctly pet someone else's animal: 1. Ask to pet someone's animal before you do it. Do not start reaching for animal until they sound finished answering. 2. Let it sniff your hand first while you're at arm's length (even if it's a cat). Judge how it reacts and then slowly reach to pet it, preferably not top of the head first. 3. Continue to judge reaction throughout interaction until comfortable with animal's behavior.
Rainbow_Rhinos 23
I agree with others who've said YDI for attempting to pet an animal without asking its owner. Not only is that potentially dangerous in the case of violent, untrained, or scared animals, it's also incredibly rude to the owner. Some people work really hard to train their dogs to behave and respond to them a certain way. Having a stranger butt in can completely disrupt the training and send the owner back to square one.
shepardkinz 19
Everyone is assuming that OP didn't ask. Just because it wasn't specified doesn't mean they didn't before petting.
aeryn97 17
YDI. Always ASK before petting. then when given permission allow the dog to sniff your hand before determining whether it is safe to pet or not.
Thekbking 11
ydi and secondly using the word mauled is an obvious over exaggeration. if the dog did do that the owner wouldnt have been so calm. from his reaction I bet the dog just scratched u. maybe fairly bad but nothing more than just a flesh wound. getting mauled would be much worse and disfiguring
leogachi 15
@55 While you're most like right, I just want to point out two things. The first is that maulings don't always leave people disfigured and the second is that the guy could have been completely under reacting to vicious behavior. That's probably not the case here, but it happens.
militarybrat 21
Ydi. Never touch an animal without asking its owner first.