JiM
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Originally posted by kayapellijed390
You wouldn't feel that way if you got bit by a dog at the tree like I did. I see your point about the rule being abused and would like it to require some sort of evidence like more than one person saw it or teeth marks or something like that. But in my case I drew a pretty well known stud that kept running everything off the tree and was a light broke angel when we would get in. Well my dog comes back in once 'ol gator got tied back and starts treeing and I had to walk between him and the tree to handle my dog. Well that great big 110 lb. Dog lunged out and bit me on my hand as I walked by. Definately pissed me off that he could get off free with that one and go on and get qualified for the world hunt. In my opinion he should have got his butt shoved back in the box and on his way back to where he came from. Agression towards people should have worse consequences than fighting with dogs in my opinion. When a dog fight breaks out, in most cases it is impossible to tell who started it but both of them are dang sure finishing it. When a dog shows agressive behavior towards or actually bites a person it will be highly likely that the only party at fault is the dog. JMO hunting agressive dogs like that and not having rules in place punishing and trying to prevent it could leave individuals, clubs, or UKC wide open to lawsuits, in the case someone gets seriously injured by a dog. Like you said yourself, Indiana has strict laws regarding dog bites and quarantines them.
If you had called the Sheriffs Dept and reported that dog for biting you, what would have followed for the owner would have made getting scratched seem like nothing at all. And that is my point, biting dogs are not something that should be handled with a new UKC rule. This has nothing to do with UKC or the hunt rules. It has only to do with you, the owner and the law.
Your solution, a rule that scratches the dog says nothing more than "my hand will be just fine if I can get rid of that dog and win this cast".
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