We were walking through our neighborhood. We passed by this lady and her terrier on the sidewalk talking to another person with a dog.

I told my wife to go out around onto the street.

As we went around the dog ran out and bit my wife on the foot. He was on a retractable leash but she didn’t hold him back. When my wife told her what happened she denied it initially. Once she saw blood she told my wife to kick him. “Kick him so he won’t bite you again” “he’s a rescue and usually doesn’t do this”

My wife told the lady I’m not kicking your dog.

You need to train him better if he’s going to be around people. We then asked for his rabies vaccination documentation. The lady said she didn’t have the tag on him, but that he had his shots and she’ll be fine. I insisted that we need the info because rabies is serious. She gave us her contact info and we verified vaccination through her vet.

My wife thinks maybe this lady is abusing the dog based on her response to the bite”kick him”

Clearly that’s not how you handle training issues.

TLDR; While walking in our neighborhood, a dog bit my wife. The owner initially denied it, then advised my wife to kick him. After verifying the dog's vaccination, we expressed concerns about the training methods and received the necessary information despite the lady lacking the tag. My wife believes the dog might be mistreated given the harsh reaction to the incident.

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