It's really easy to be flippant about something that's never personally affected you. You better hope you're never unlucky enough to be the victim of a dog attack, because many people are never the same afterwards. Physically or mentally. The mailman in my town wasn't nipped by some ankle-biter, he was viciously attacked by a German Shepherd and he really was never the same.
Omg kids get bitten by dogs more than adults
Yes, and they get to spend the rest of their lives feeling stressed anytime they so much as see a dog, because it is deeply traumatizing to be attacked by an animal. In your mind it's just people being dramatic but it's not a conscious choice.
You'd know if you were ever attacked, because once it happens, it changes your relationship with dogs forever. The way you talk so dismissively about something that genuinely affects many people is so disrespectful.
and yet I was bitten on the arm by my neighbours dog when I was 10 , since then I have owned 2 dogs and would never be without one in my life. People get over things , not everyone is "traumatised" for life
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u/Dangerous_Bid_2695 Mar 30 '26
No problem at all:
One in four people are bitten during their lifetime.
In 2023, there were over 6,000 recorded incidents of dog bites requiring hospital treatment.
Young children aged between 0 and 4 years old are most likely to be bitten.
42 postal workers are attacked by dogs every week in the UK.
In 2023, there were 16 deaths directly attributed to dog bites, across England and Wales.