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Okay, technically she's not my SIL (she's not the one I wrote a post about a couple months ago about how messed up my niece and nephew are.) She's my other brother's girlfriend and they've been together for about 6-7 years now, so I just call her my SIL for convenience sake.
SIL has a daughter, D (not my brother's.) D is about 9 or 10 years old. SIL is very protective of her. They went through some rough times with her ex-husband being abusive before she was able to get out, so that's understandable.
Note here: My bro was out of town on business when this incident happened so that's why he's not mentioned in this story.
A couple nights ago, SIL and D were outside. SIL was reading and D was riding her bike around the apartment complex they live in. Apparently there was a guy and his two young sons walking by and they asked D if she had seen a dog, as they had been walking their dog and it somehow got away from them. D said she had and pointed them to a neighbor's yard. They all went to investigate and somehow or another, the next thing anyone knew, the dog was biting D on the ankle.
D, of course, started crying and went back to her own yard where SIL was still reading. SIL completely freaked out. The guy who owned the dog went with D when she went home, and tried to give SIL his name/phone#/info, but SIL refused to take it. She was immediately on the phone with 911 and apparently she was acting like a complete lunatic. I say this because apparently the 911 dispatcher told her she was acting like a complete lunatic. She was screaming at the top of her lungs and wouldn't listen to anyone. Finally the guy left, without giving SIL any of his info because she wouldn't take it, because he had to go back to his kids and try to find his dog, which was still running around loose.
The 911 dispatcher told SIL that they would send the police over, but SIL screamed, "The police, what are you sending the police for, I'm not going to be here, I have to take my daughter to the ER!" So the 911 dispatcher asked SIL what she wanted them to do. SIL didn't have an answer. Finally she took D to the ER. The first thing she did when they walked in the door was demand that D be given rabies shots.
The kicker? The dog was a SMALL dog, and the bite didn't even break the skin. There was no blood whatsoever. Some bruising and a bit of dirt. That's it. The ER dr. told SIL she was WAY over-reacting and needed to calm down and that they weren't going to give D any rabies shots. SIL was not happy.
After the ER visit, SIL and D went home and D told SIL that she recognized the kids who were with the guy because she goes to school with them. So SIL and D get out D's yearbook and are able to figure out who the kids are, and then figure out who the father is. So then SIL calls the cops back and they send a squad out to take her statement and look at D's "injuries." I say injuries in quotes because D was fine, she said it didn't even hurt and she wasn't really upset.
When the cops got to their apartment, SIL started ranting again, this time about how she's going to sue the owner of the dog, and how the cops need to go find the dog and put it down because it's a danger to society. She also told the cops that they should charge the owner with animal abuse, because obviously the dog must be abused if it's going around attacking people unprovoked. She ALSO told the cops what a bad person the owner must be because earlier he left to go find his dog instead of staying with D to make sure she was all right. Nevermind the fact that by the time the guy left, he had already taken D back to SIL, AND he had tried to give SIL his info but she wouldn't take it.
The cops said that they would go get the dog and quarantine it for a few days just to watch it, but that probably nothing else would come of it. The dog is up to date on its shots and the bite didn't break the skin anyway.
I think SIL was way over-reacting to most of this...yeah, it's scary to be bitten by any animal not your own (or even if it is your own...) but the bite didn't break the skin and D was fine so I don't really see the issue here.
SIL has a daughter, D (not my brother's.) D is about 9 or 10 years old. SIL is very protective of her. They went through some rough times with her ex-husband being abusive before she was able to get out, so that's understandable.
Note here: My bro was out of town on business when this incident happened so that's why he's not mentioned in this story.
A couple nights ago, SIL and D were outside. SIL was reading and D was riding her bike around the apartment complex they live in. Apparently there was a guy and his two young sons walking by and they asked D if she had seen a dog, as they had been walking their dog and it somehow got away from them. D said she had and pointed them to a neighbor's yard. They all went to investigate and somehow or another, the next thing anyone knew, the dog was biting D on the ankle.
D, of course, started crying and went back to her own yard where SIL was still reading. SIL completely freaked out. The guy who owned the dog went with D when she went home, and tried to give SIL his name/phone#/info, but SIL refused to take it. She was immediately on the phone with 911 and apparently she was acting like a complete lunatic. I say this because apparently the 911 dispatcher told her she was acting like a complete lunatic. She was screaming at the top of her lungs and wouldn't listen to anyone. Finally the guy left, without giving SIL any of his info because she wouldn't take it, because he had to go back to his kids and try to find his dog, which was still running around loose.
The 911 dispatcher told SIL that they would send the police over, but SIL screamed, "The police, what are you sending the police for, I'm not going to be here, I have to take my daughter to the ER!" So the 911 dispatcher asked SIL what she wanted them to do. SIL didn't have an answer. Finally she took D to the ER. The first thing she did when they walked in the door was demand that D be given rabies shots.
The kicker? The dog was a SMALL dog, and the bite didn't even break the skin. There was no blood whatsoever. Some bruising and a bit of dirt. That's it. The ER dr. told SIL she was WAY over-reacting and needed to calm down and that they weren't going to give D any rabies shots. SIL was not happy.
After the ER visit, SIL and D went home and D told SIL that she recognized the kids who were with the guy because she goes to school with them. So SIL and D get out D's yearbook and are able to figure out who the kids are, and then figure out who the father is. So then SIL calls the cops back and they send a squad out to take her statement and look at D's "injuries." I say injuries in quotes because D was fine, she said it didn't even hurt and she wasn't really upset.
When the cops got to their apartment, SIL started ranting again, this time about how she's going to sue the owner of the dog, and how the cops need to go find the dog and put it down because it's a danger to society. She also told the cops that they should charge the owner with animal abuse, because obviously the dog must be abused if it's going around attacking people unprovoked. She ALSO told the cops what a bad person the owner must be because earlier he left to go find his dog instead of staying with D to make sure she was all right. Nevermind the fact that by the time the guy left, he had already taken D back to SIL, AND he had tried to give SIL his info but she wouldn't take it.
The cops said that they would go get the dog and quarantine it for a few days just to watch it, but that probably nothing else would come of it. The dog is up to date on its shots and the bite didn't break the skin anyway.
I think SIL was way over-reacting to most of this...yeah, it's scary to be bitten by any animal not your own (or even if it is your own...) but the bite didn't break the skin and D was fine so I don't really see the issue here.
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