u/ViaticSpore

For context, I deliver medicine for a small town pharmacy, and have had my fair share of dogs I’ve encountered. Most have been friendly, and at worst they’ve just avoided me. Monday, though, it finally happened.

I knocked on this woman’s door, I heard barking, and she told me to come in—very standard. I open the door and she’s having to physically restrain the dog by a leash. When I get in it bolts forward enough for her grip to loosen and it charges me. Thank god she I backed off and she got ahold of it when she did, or it would’ve gone much worse or the thing could’ve even latched on. Its teeth barely broke skin, but my whole knee is pretty bruised.

I got a tetanus shot, and the health department’s going to observe the dog to see if I’ll need treatment for rabies. Even though the pain wasn’t a lot, the idea still keeps going through my head of “what if I hadn’t reacted quick enough?” I saw a big dog out today and immediately felt myself go into fight-or-flight. And chances are, nothing will come of it. It frustrates me to no end. After finding this subreddit I finally saw more of the truth and could finally empathize with the sentiments here. This week has just been draining so far, and I just hope the last I’ll hear out of it is that dog being removed from that owner and not being able to hurt anyone else.