08-03-2009, 01:13 PM
Aloha to all, this morning, my son (5) was bit by a dog and left two puncture wounds in the calf of his leg, along with some superficial wounds. This dog was in his yard, territory, and was just protecting his family, just a mere accident.
I brought this up because we are experiencing more issues in subdivisions and in public, where dogs are not on leashes. Why is this?
So my son was bit, I went to Urgent Care in Keaau (Excellent Care), I went across the street and went to fill the prescriptions at Longs in Keaau.
I was waiting outside, and my 10 minutes was up and went inside with my son in my arms since he can not walk because of the pain, and sat down. Looked towards the counter and there was a man with a dog in the pharmacy with no leash.
I loudly said "Isn't there a leash law in the state". The man never looked my way and said "There could be one", He then stated "My dog wouldn't harm anyone" This made me even more irate as I am sitting there with my son. I told him "That the one that bit my son had not harmed anyone before either, and that there should not be dogs in public places without a leash". He then stated "What about seeing eye dogs", I said "Are you blind, even then they are harnassed". This conversation went on for about 10 minutes.
The man left the pharmacy with his dog in his arms, I received my prescriptions and was walking out with my son in my arms, when he returned and was yelling at me as I was heading to my car.
I decided to continue walking (Avoiding the situation) heading towards Hokulanis Restaraunt. Went inside and told the front desk what had just taken place. They were very kind. As I was going to return back outside to head towards my car, the man had pulled his car in to a parking lot space at Hokulanis, and was exiting his car. They placed me and my son in the booth area and he came inside, looking around for me. They asked him if he would like to be seated and he just said "he wanted a beer". He had no idea where I had went, he then got up from the bar and went towards the outside dining area looking for me, the manager asked what he was doing and he said "Checking on his dog" He then sat back at the bar. He was then asked if he had any problems by the staff at Hokulanis, he said "no" and exited the building, not having his beer. So again obviously he wanted to continue an attack on me and my five year old son.
I had been traumatized already by the incident and then a man with no compassion with a dog not on a leash in a public setting is harrassing my son and myself. I needed to post this hoping that others would be more aware of the "Potential Risk" any dog can have. Should I have done something different?
I brought this up because we are experiencing more issues in subdivisions and in public, where dogs are not on leashes. Why is this?
So my son was bit, I went to Urgent Care in Keaau (Excellent Care), I went across the street and went to fill the prescriptions at Longs in Keaau.
I was waiting outside, and my 10 minutes was up and went inside with my son in my arms since he can not walk because of the pain, and sat down. Looked towards the counter and there was a man with a dog in the pharmacy with no leash.
I loudly said "Isn't there a leash law in the state". The man never looked my way and said "There could be one", He then stated "My dog wouldn't harm anyone" This made me even more irate as I am sitting there with my son. I told him "That the one that bit my son had not harmed anyone before either, and that there should not be dogs in public places without a leash". He then stated "What about seeing eye dogs", I said "Are you blind, even then they are harnassed". This conversation went on for about 10 minutes.
The man left the pharmacy with his dog in his arms, I received my prescriptions and was walking out with my son in my arms, when he returned and was yelling at me as I was heading to my car.
I decided to continue walking (Avoiding the situation) heading towards Hokulanis Restaraunt. Went inside and told the front desk what had just taken place. They were very kind. As I was going to return back outside to head towards my car, the man had pulled his car in to a parking lot space at Hokulanis, and was exiting his car. They placed me and my son in the booth area and he came inside, looking around for me. They asked him if he would like to be seated and he just said "he wanted a beer". He had no idea where I had went, he then got up from the bar and went towards the outside dining area looking for me, the manager asked what he was doing and he said "Checking on his dog" He then sat back at the bar. He was then asked if he had any problems by the staff at Hokulanis, he said "no" and exited the building, not having his beer. So again obviously he wanted to continue an attack on me and my five year old son.
I had been traumatized already by the incident and then a man with no compassion with a dog not on a leash in a public setting is harrassing my son and myself. I needed to post this hoping that others would be more aware of the "Potential Risk" any dog can have. Should I have done something different?