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Both dangerous and illegal, dog bites also a national drain on insurance payouts
Hopefully you've all made it through National Dog Bite Prevention Week unscathed. Dog bites are a sensitive subject for my husband. I held one familiar dog like a baby for years before it suddenly bit my husband's leg chasing a football, leaving a small scar — but, for him, a jaded distrust to the animal. And long before that, when I was very young, my parents' timber wolf hybrid mauled my best friend Chris when the little boy let himself into her pen. He would wear a large scar by his left eye until middle school, when he would endure surgery to remove it. Dog-biting behavior is unjustified, save rare situations, and so is all the money wasted toward making amends. I didn't realize this until Saturday, but standard homeowner's and renter'…
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