How hard is it to look up your dogs instead of letting them roam the street free as a bird. Occupational hazard working in the community and homevisiting but I have had enough of DOGS to last me a life time

Monday must have been a full moon for dogs.

First I was CHASED around my car but some savage pitball, of course it was going to catch me so I spun around and wacked it as hard as I could in the side of the head with my scales bag, it yelped and took off. SO after finally actually making it to the house that i WAS visiting their dog (unbeknown to me) comes running around to the fence to the back yard and what do you know it can jump it So here I am standing at the front door screaming my head off at this point waiting for owner to come and rescue me, the dogs is barking up a storm and lunging at me. Of course it cant reach me with my trusty scales in front of me. SO after 5mins the dog gets sick of barking at me and takes off down the road. I sprint to my car and make a note never to visit the house again or the street.

JUST WHEN I THINK MY ORDEAL IS OVER

I go to the second house, no dog signs etc. Knock on the door and I hear what sounds like an army of elephants racing to the door barking. Instantly shaking I want to take off but cant as the lady is expecting me. Someone yells out put them in the bathroom while she comes in. I go in to where the lady is in the bedroom. Im freaking out cos I can hear the dogs in the bathroom. SOmeone comes and closes the bedroom door and lets them out Next thing I know they are growling, screaming and bashing at the door, I swear I tho they were going to come thru the day that is how hard they were bashing themselves at it. These dogs (they were staffies/pitbal cross the owner was quite excited to tell me) are clearly vicious and a hazard to any stranger who goes on the property. I tell the young girl I am afraid and she laughs SO for an hour (yep I dragged out the visit hoping the dogs would stop wanting my blood) I sit and think of ways I am going to escape HELL and that is exactly what it was HELL...

I know it is not the dogs fault just the upbring but Arrgghh I am SOOO scared of dogs now and never have been in my life

Poor Kels, what a day!!! next you'll be having nightmares about dogs, I'm not such a fan of unknown dogs, my mum is absolutly terrified of them & its sort of rubbed off.  I like dogs but they don't seem to like being friends with me

I hope tomorrow is better for you, can you put in a complaint or request not to go there again?

Stupid woman for laughing at you, just because they are fine with her, it is "their job" to protect their owner & they will do it till death!!

This all happened on monday and I at first I thought  of going back for the next visit with our karitane nurse (safety in numbers and all) but after thinking about it Monday night I thought to myself "no way they would eat us both". i went and told me clinical leader today I am not going back there and that I am going to invite the lady to bring her baby into clinic day as it is within walking distance (a good 15min walk) and I can see baby there and if she refuses then I guess she misses out because I wouldnt back there for all the money in the world! VEry scary the amount of babies in the house around those savage dogs.

We do have a policy at work that if we feel we are unsafe then we arent required to go back or even enter a property  if it looks dangeous!

I always ask about dogs on properties but as I cant get hold of a lot of the families due to no phones etc I have to cold call which I am really scared about doing now.

Yummymummy I would love a taser gun. The scales arent really designed to attack dogs with

hooper I did call the dog ranger about the dogs wandering the street in the first street but I havent for the second house. My clinical leader is going to sort that out!

aimeejoy wrote: Another one I refused to go see again was a woman on home oxygen, still smoking - while she had her nasal prongs in with oxygen running!

WTF