Awkward Situation

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debodun said:
I don't know where some members get the idea that I keep asking the same questions over and over. Do they keep a journal or something? To my knowledge, this is the first time I posted about this situation.
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I think I remember you telling us about the dog and wanting to sell your old house here in the past Deb, but maybe you just don't remember. Good to see you again!

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debodun said:
I don't know where some members get the idea that I keep asking the same questions over and over. Do they keep a journal or something? To my knowledge, this is the first time I posted about this situation.
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Because you do and you may not realize it but his is not the first time you have posted this story!!!
 

I am not a troll and I will not respond to any more of your posts, Deb. I might read for the fun of it but I will not remind you of anything again. I just knew it sounder familiar to me. Repost all you want.
 
debodun said:
I work a volunteer job bringing food to shut-ins (a.k.a. meals-on-wheels). On July 5th, there was a new client on the route. When I finally found the house, there were signs out on the four foot tall chain link fence surrounding the property: "NO TRESPASSING" and "BEWARE OF DOG". There was a bungee-type chain on the gate. Assuming the meal delivery was previously arranged with the client, and it was understood that someone would be bringing food, I removed the bungee holding the gate closed and went to the door and rang the doorbell and knocked, but no one came to the door even after a minute.

If no one comes to the door withing a reasonable time, we are instructed to then try to open the door and check on the client (perform a welfare check). I opened the door about a foot (but didn't actually go inside) and called "HELLO! HELLO!" When I did that, a large dog that looked like a boxer came bounding toward the door and nipped me on the arm near where I was holding the doorknob (not serious - didn't even bleed, it was more like a superficial scrape), but the dog continued to snarl, bark and snap at me and jump all over. It's body was half-way out of the doorway. I had put my foot on its chest and shove to get it back inside so I could close the door. During all this, the client never appeared, replied or made their presence known. I reported the incident to the meal service.

On Monday (July 8th) I received an email from the meal service that I was to go to back to the house. If the gate was open I was to go to the door to deliver the meal. When I arrived, the gate was indeed open, so trustingly I proceeded to the door, but as soon as I knocked, I heard the dog barking and it was jumping against the door inside. Now aware of the dog's less than friendly nature, I made a 180 and got back in the car and proceeded to the next client. Of course, I reported this to the meal service. I don't deliver on Tuesdays, but on Wednesday the client's name was crossed off the delivery route list. It just made me wonder what is going on there.

What would you have done?
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I would be wondering if the person was ok, injured or something. Did anyone call, get an answer? Maybe the dog is protecting the person, but maybe they aren't conscious or very ill? I am sure you have protocols to go through in delivering meals, but what if the person has died or seriously injured ?
 
This is the first time I've heard this story, which I found very interesting. I have no idea whether it was told before or not. But since she did say Monday, July 8, which was just last week, how about cutting her some slack? If she had posted this exact story before, with the same dates, it would have been about 5 years ago!

Getting back to the story, I think any time you hear a vicious-sounding dog warning you away, by barking, growling, etc., it seems to me just common sense to beat a quick retreat out of there. Why go looking for trouble?
 
I believe dog the situation has been be resolved. Today the client met me outside at the gate, so I didn't even have to go inside. He didn't look happy, though.

BTW - Thank you, SeaBreeze, for riding herd on this thread. I hadn't been back 2 days and felt like the bulling started all over again and it was the same mean-spirited people that made me leave before. I have posted before about my house since there are always new members of the board that may not have read previous posts. I was just updating things since I haven't posted in 9 months. But not about the dog situation - how could I when it was a new incident?
 
My mistake Deb, I must have been thinking about the time you walked in on a client who was having seizures and 911 had to be called, it had nothing to do with a dog attack.
 
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