I was in the store this past Saturday (Saint Patrick's Day, 17 Mar 2012) and my daughter and I wanted to play with the English Bulldog. One of the workers brought the dog in and we began playing with it. Within a couple of minutes of playing, the dog bit my daughter's leg near her ankle. She began to run away from him, jumping onto the bench. Since this only happened over a period of a few seconds, I did not realize that the dog had bitten her; I merely thought he ""nipped"" (as puppies do) her. I told her just to play with him with one of the toys they had available in the stall. As I offered the play rope to him to play, he latched onto my arm and would not let go. He sunk his teeth into me, causing me to bleed. You can actually see where the shape of his mouth went on my arm. I immediately tried to pry his mouth off of me due to the pain and scooped him up, giving him back to the employee stating, ""We don't want him! He bites!!"" and showed him my arm. The employee responded by saying, ""Yeah, he does bite"". \r
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They let this dog remain in the store, knowing he'd be around other kids?? There was no concern about my arm, the bleeding/bruising/swelling, or what the dog had done. I'm very disappointed in the staff and even more so with the store for keeping a dog that they know is not safe to be around others.
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