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)
msmedieval 11
Never ever ever touch another person's dog without asking first! My dog is a rescue who adores people but he's extremely protective of us, even if it's a kid approaching.
AJXDGaming 13
"Utterly mauled." A little on the exaggeration aide, huh?
Britt125 16
I feel like you weren't actually utterly mauled, just scratched. And as like everybody else is saying you should ask before petting somebody else's dog, not all dogs are friendly, and I'm guessing you didn't ask or the owner would have told you then that the dog might scratch. So, YDI.
writerchic85 26
I agree with everyone about asking before you pet someone's dogs, however depending on where the op was this is the mans fault too. If it was in public, that's still his fault. If you have a dog that's known to bite or scratch people you need to have a better handle on it, or put a muzzle on it or something. They even make leashes now that have warnings on them so people know. What if some little kid had run up to the dog? Again, not saying it's okay to do that but if you know for a fact your dog is prone to hurting people you should be more responsible.
Rainbow_Rhinos 23
As long as the dog was on a leash (and not dragging its owner around) then it is not the owner's fault. The owner shouldn't have to go out of their way to avoid people when a bit of basic courtesy could save everyone a whole heap of trouble.
ChiefKoala 30
If you didn't ask then it's kind of YDI. You should always ask, no matter if it seems nice or not. On the other hand, i do hope you're okay and i hope that it didn't maul you as some people on here are making it out to be. When i was younger some guy who had a wolf as a pet let his "pet" loose, and it wound up getting lost. It made its way to my yard and bit me in the leg. So i know the pain of a dog biting and scratching you, so i do hope you're okay.
bonermonkey 31
'utterly mauled'? if all it did was cause you to gasp then you were not mauled. God you sound like malfoy kicking off when he was a dick to buckbeak.
chaylea 19
That's why you ask, you never know.
talicaroxi 25
and that is why you never touch someone's pet with out asking first.
TinyLittleVixen 7
"It jumped up and utterly mauled my face.." You are why we can't have nice things and are a reason why good dogs have bad things happen to them because of exaggerations. YDI
MozillaHostile 21
Dogs are great