have you ever been bitten by a dog?

I was bit by a dog as a small child. My dog & a friend's dog were fighting, and I foolishly tried to break them up. In general some rules to keep in mind. Leave dogs who are fighting alone. Leave dogs who are eating alone. If a dog is barking, just walk away. As someone has said already, barking is usually not a sign of aggression.

This is why terrible dog ownership upsets me. I have never been bitten by a dog, nor has any of my dogs ever bit anyone. My dogs are trained, from a young age or as soon as I aquire them, that people are in charge. If I want to touch your food, I will touch it. If I want to take away your toys, I will. You treat people with respect and allow them to pet you or tug on your ears. My dog is my best friend because he is properly trained as sociallized. I have confidence in his ability to not bite and to act appropriatly in most situations. I recommend avoiding stray dogs and dogs that are lose to avoid being bit. Always ask the owner of dogs if you can pet the dog before making your move. NEVER make eye contact with a dog unless you're looking for trouble, unless you know the dog very well.

Speak to the dog. Just say him to Shut up with rough voice, without getting scared or making me scare by throwing available object at him.

You need to be calm. As far as I know GRs' are not aggressive, he might just be protecting his territory. Trick with house dogs (not stray ones) is not to run and walk slowly away. Running away only gives a dog more reason to run after you. Though you should always keep in mind that dogs are still dogs. Better always becareful

I was bitten between the eyes and needed 13 stitches. I've got a few little scars now. but it was my own fault. I startled a sleeping dog by accident, and he jumped up snapping, and my face was in the way. it wasn't a deliberate attack. I still love the dog, I'm just more careful now I know he's a jumpy sleeper.

I was bitten as a child on the face. A rotten little purebred. I was leaning over telling it what a good dog it was and it lunged up and bit me on my mouth. That's some irony for you!

I have been bitten twice and attacked 3 times and all big dogs and one was illegal in Canada for it is a trained attack dog and even if it seems friendly it will attack strangers even if the stranger is not in defence mode.

I've been attacked by dogs a couple of times too. One of the attacks was serious though as I saw that the dog was trying bite my neck/face. It was a bull terrier and as he came full speed towards my face I put my hand into his mouth right to where the tongue starts and I just grabbed it and pulled. The dog then, instead of trying to bite me focussed his energy on getting himself free and he couldn't bite my hand. After a while I let the tongue go and he ran away. I don't recommend anyone to do this unless you're sure you'll be able to do it. Another thing that i do if I see that the dog is not going to back off and I have no choice but defend myself is I let the dog bite my forearm. While he's busy yanking at it, I stick my thumb deep into the dog's eye. This is enough to render enough pain to the dog that it will let go and run off. Of course I have big arms, so only do this if you know there's a bit of muscle to keep the dog busy. If you don't think you can handle a confrontation, the best thing you can do is stay calm and slowly walk away with your hands to your sides to let the dog know you aren't a threat to it. Whatever you do, try to keep one eye on the dog, because you don't know if & when the dog's going to attack or not.

Wow golden retrievers usually are very friendly. But in the future the old adtage that barking dogs won't bite is rather true. Watch for warning signals such as hair standing on end, teeth bared, or growling. These signs can lead to attacks and your best defense is to walk away as calmly as you can, crossing a streat if possible. Putting distance between you and the animal is the best way to show them you are not a threat. Avoid places where dogs are unleashed. Most dog owners are good about keeping their animals safe and do not want them to harm you anymore than you want to be harmed. Unfortunatley you will run accross people that do not have enough sense for this. The dog barking at you was probably only trying to warn his owners that you were near by. Dogs protect their owners and this sounds like the case to me because if the dog was actually wanting to attack you pretending to throw your phone at him would have probably just provoked him. Best wishes

thank god that i have never bitten by dog or any animal.

ignore them

Its quite surprising that a golden retriever would attack anyone.They are suppose to be quite quite and harmless unless provoked.I had a golden ret and a lab retriever and they used to get along very fine.But Yes, have been bitten by a dog,not once but several times,as after the two dogs above, i had two more dogs who after sometime did not get along with each other and when ever they came close to each other i had to physically take them apart from each other.It was quite a picture.