Veterinary Medicine and the Law: Dog bites veterinarian: the legal issues

摘要

Consider the following scenario: Mrs. A brings her 2-year-old sexually intaet male Rottweiler 10 her local veterinarian, Dr. B, for neutering. She secretly hopes the procedure will reduce the dogs tendency to lunge at every other dog and, for that matter, most people it sees. Mrs. A honestly states on the intake form that the dog has never bitten anyone. When Dr. B walks into the examination room, the dog lunges at him with its teeth bared. Mrs. A yanks the dog back by the prong collar, laughs, and says. "He's really my husbands dog and just doesn't like veterinarians. He is actually very sweet and wouldn't hurt a soul."