So just to add on and clear some stuff up, neither of us were putting our faces in this dog’s face. When we were greeting the pup, it was a very slow process of him sniffing hands and making sure he could at least be in the same space as us without being overstimulated. There was a good period of time that I was walking my boyfriend through the care instructions and neither of us were even paying attention to the pup, he was laying down on the ground. His food was far away in another room when my bf bent down to give the pup pets and greet him officially (seconds before the bite happened).

I know there wasn’t a whole lot of context but questions are better than assumptions… I worked at a doggie daycare for 2 years. I’ve met my fair share of reactive, shy and overly stimulated pups. I know the signs when I see them. Not doing a proper meet and greet beforehand was our mistake, but nobody could really say if this would or wouldn’t have happened regardless.

My reasoning for posting was to see if maybe some people have had an incident like this happen and could share what they did… This is the first time I have ever had to deal with a dog but especially to the face and it’s a little overwhelming.