
!Tw:dog bite! When should a dog be rejected?
I worked at this daycare for over a year, I’m currently in school to become a dog groomer, but this question always sat with me.
When should a dogs owner be told they can not come back?
My facility had a dog that would constantly go up to dogs minding their own business, and bother them. I’d constantly have to do positive reinforcement, to help him redirect his energy. Or have to end up having him on the leash for the remainder of playtime due to him not leaving the dogs that are in the corners chilling alone. (I literally cannot make this up, he knew what he was doing and ONLY bothered them. He would go up to them bark at them and follow them, the dogs would have their tails down and show they did not want to be messed with by him and he would continue)
One day that dog decided to mess with another dog that he hasn’t messed with before, and the dog that he chose to mess with decided to show him to not fuck with him. And instantly started an intense fight. (I was alone in the playpen screaming for help because I could not safely get the dog off also my first fight experience) I then, with adrenaline flowing realized I had to act fast, and I had to literally open the dogs jaw off the other one to get him released and got bit in the crossfire.
The owners of the dog that caused the fight that is a menace were never told they could not bring their pup back, and he continued to stay causing havoc. And we just had to “deal with it”.
Is this pretty normal for daycares, not wanting to reject clients? Or did I just end up working at a whacked place, and when does your daycare agree to turn away a client?