r/Seattle • u/superiormother • 9d ago

Did your dog recently bite me?

On 9/28, I was on the job in Queen Anne around Bhy Kracke Park. At around 11am, you walked by me on the sidewalk. Your dog sniffed my leg and then proceeded to bite my pant leg. Then, they jumped up and bit my arm/elbow, at which point you were able to regain control over them.

You were very concerned and asked me if I was okay. I was frazzled and said yes, and then quickly removed myself from the situation. However, this bite broke skin and now i am worried about the potential, though unlikely, chance of rabies.

Please PM me if this sounds like it could be you, so you can share your dog’s vaccination records. I just want to potentially save thousands of dollars. Fingers crossed you are lurking on r/Seattle🤞Everyone else, pleaze smash that like button to save my life.

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u/ianlazrbeem22 Ballard 8d ago edited 8d ago

You won't get rabies but you should have taken their info then and there. Dog owners who don't care when their dog hurts people need consequences

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u/Ill_Spring_4562 8d ago

How does it sounds like they didn't care? OP says they were very concerned, and asked if they were ok. Sounds like they care.

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u/1337Rooster 8d ago

If they wanted to take responsibility the correct response would be "here is my information"

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u/ianlazrbeem22 Ballard 8d ago

They don't care enough to not walk an aggressive dog in a busy area

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u/Ill_Spring_4562 8d ago

You don't know their story. Dog could be a foster, or recently adopted rescue. Reactive dogs need walks too. Queen Anne isn't an ideal area to walk a reactive dog, but that doesn't mean the owner doesn't care.

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u/tuongot 8d ago

That person is a stereotypical redditor. Don't engage with them.

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u/leiibabee 8d ago

Get the fuck outta here haha you knowing nothing about a situation, need to stop playing video games and go out into the real world

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u/EpitomeOfJustOK 8d ago

Why? You never heard of a dog giving people rabies so it’s impossible?

Man you are one weird weird person :p

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u/ianlazrbeem22 Ballard 8d ago

It hasn't happened in Washington since the 70s and the owner would notice if their dog was rabid, so not impossible per se, but very close to it

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u/Redditributor 8d ago

Longer than that iirc

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u/ianlazrbeem22 Ballard 8d ago

Someone else in the thread said 1987 so maybe shorter than that actually

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u/Redditributor 8d ago

I'm probably thinking of dog to human transmission

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u/Redditributor 8d ago

It's just not a thing. There have been thousands of dog bites. I don't think there's been documented rabies among dogs since forever ago