Role reversal!

[Spindoktor]

Man bites dog

[echo]

If I was that dog, I would have walked that dude right in front of a bus!

I am left to wonder though...wouldn't the kick have been sufficient? Was the bite entirely necessary? How mad does one have to be to bite a furry animal?

[LostInSpace]

Maybe this guy was bitten once by his dog and drank heavily the night before this incident and believed too literally the old hangover cure "Take a Hair of the Dog that Bit You"

[Charles Lindsey]

Oh echo. I'm slightly dissappointed. The kick came second and even that would have been inappropriate I feel.

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A blind man has been arrested in Scotland after witnesses reported he sank his teeth into his guide dogÔÇÖs head and then kicked the Labrador-retriever mix after it apparently wouldnÔÇÖt help him across a busy street.

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This was a service animal doing what it was trained to do. That man deserves to have this animal removed from serving him as the article states is possible.

I read another story once about a similiar situation. That owner also insisted on crossing a busy street. The animal laid down on his feet seconds before a city bus whizzed by.

I'm tempted to take the liberty of editing the subject line. This is no ordinary man bites dog story.

[jamotto]

The yahoo version is different.

Unbelievable...

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LONDON (Reuters) - A blind man has been arrested in Scotland after witnesses reported he sank his teeth into his guide dog and kicked her across the road, police said on Thursday.

The incident allegedly occurred outside a busy shopping center in the Scottish capital Edinburgh.

David Todd, 34, is expected to face charges of cruelty to animals and breach of the peace.

A police spokeswoman said the 8-year old dog had been handed over to a charity dedicated to guide dogs.

"When we took her into custody, she had no apparent injuries," she added.

Todd is due to appear in court at a later date.

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this line bothers me.

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"When we took her into custody, she had no apparent injuries," she added.

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wouldn't biting the dog leave some very apparent injuries?

[Charles Lindsey]

Lab mix, long hair. You try biting through hair. Our canines are stunted compared to dogs so they don't puncture.

[jamotto]

true, guess he would then have a bunch of hair in his mouth, nasty!

[echo]

Oh my....I didn't mean I would kick the dog.. I find this extrememly disturbing. I watch a blind woman walk down a busy street everyday. I watch her climb into snowbanks everytime she hears a car. I have wanted 100 times to stop and offer her a ride, but am afraid she would be scared or worse..offended. She should have a dog.

My comment was more form the mind set of what possesss someone to bite a dog. What could be soo important to get to, that you can't wait for the traffic to stop. I am definatley on the side of the dog or monkey or any other animal that assists a handicap and even those that don't.

Also just becasue they do not see an actual bite mark doesn't mean he didn't do it. It sounds like there were plenty of witnesses. My nephew bit my niece the other day and the red spot only lasted about 15 minutes.