Dog Bites Woman, Man Bites Dog

Caren Henry was out walking her own dog when, This dog came racing across this yard, a big dog." The dog knocked her down and started biting her face, seriously injuring her nose. As the attack was happening, Caren's husband, Laine, was driving by. He immediately sprang into action: Caren turned and looked at me and I seen her face was nothing but blood, so I bit the dog literally in the nose and he let go and I grabbed our dog and I grabbed her and I put them in our pick-up and took off, he told the local NBC affiliate . The county has no vicious dog ordinance, so the dog who attacked Caren does not face the threat of being put down. [Shutterstock]
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Vasko is now retired from the force. But Robertss case is not an isolated one. Over the past several years, Pierce County has paid close to $600,000 to people bitten by its K-9s. Most of the money went to innocent victims. Pierce County Sheriffs Detective Ed Troyer, spokesman for the department, said cases of innocent bystanders getting bitten are rare. We have control (of the dogs). Absolutely, he said. The amount of incidents that occur is very few considering how much good and successful incidents there are. Troyer said most injuries occur when suspects refuse to cooperate with police. Ron Jones of Puyallup recently filed a claim against Pierce County alleging the department was negligent when he was bitten by K-9 Ono in February 2011 and wound up in the hospital for four days undergoing multiple surgeries and skin grafts. Jones was not an innocent bystander. Hed had multiple encounters with police and had run from them before. Jones was bitten when police knocked on the front door of a house where he was staying and he walked out a back door. Before I could turn around, I was down on the ground, (an) officer hits me with a flashlight and I got a big dog on my arm, Jones said.
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Pawsitive Vybe S2E8 - Bite for Drive

Bitework uses two simple mutually exclusive concepts: Bite & Drop. The criteria for Bite = Teeth On and the criteria for Drop = Teeth Off, it really is that simple. But simple is not always easy. In this game, handlers often get in trouble because the Bite criteria as teeth on, while totally proper and correct, leads to serious mechanical problems if the dog is more keen for training or cookies than they are for toys. If you mark the Bite (teeth on), the dog immediately takes their teeth off to eat their cookie (or to take another bite). This leads to a sharp, momentary bite, making the tug part of this game seem impossible.
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Dog Bites Insurance Companies: Man's Best Friend Behind One-Third of All Homeowner Claims

No human rabies cases have been reported in Frederick County in the last five years. To protect your family from possible rabies exposure, do not touch or play with wild or stray animals and make sure that your pets are currently vaccinated, Keller said. Animal bites should always be reported to Frederick County Animal Control so that appropriate action can be taken to ensure public safety, the health department has said. If you are bitten or scratched, get contact information from all parties involved. Petting stray dogs is among the most common causes for dog bites, along with interacting with an ill-tempered dog.
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Dogs Put $489M Bite on Home Insurance Industry

As a U.S. Postal Service slogan in support of National Dog Bite Prevention Week says, "There are 70 million good dogs, but ANY DOG CAN BITE ." And whom do dogs most often bite? Toddlers. Next, the elderly; and coming in third--you guessed it--postal carriers. "Dog bites are the ninth leading cause of unintentional nonfatal injury to children ages 5-9," Kathy Voigt, president of Prevent The Bite , tells ABC News.
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Beware of the dog: County reports rise in canine bites

But as the New York Times noted , once a dog bite takes place at your home, the insurer could raise the premium or even exclude dog-related injuries from coverage. Some animal cruelty prevention societies report that homeowners have been denied insurance because they own certain high-risk breeds of dogs, including Pit Bulls and Rottweilers. A couple of states outlaw breed profiling, but most states allow insurance companies to deny or cancel coverage if a certain breed of dog is living at the home. Earlier this year, for instance, a Colorado womans homeowners policy was canceled after an insurance agent had stopped by the house to check on a plumbing claim and discovered that a Pit Bull was in residence. The dog wasnt involved in the claim at all, and had never bitten anyone, the owner said. (MORE: Overindulge Much? Top 10 Conspicuously Expensive Purchases ) Besides the insurance association, another organization heralding last weeks Dog Bite Prevention was the U.S. Postal Service , which highlighted the fact that the most likely groups to be bitten are small children, the elderly, and postal service carriers.
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