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Originally Posted by Juliealfies mum  It sounds as if his eyesight could be failing and he got spooked when your brother got up close to him, the fact that he is not normally a biter makes this seem the likely cause.
He may ned a checkup at the vet just to see if anything could be done for his eyes.
Hope that your brother is OK. |
Sounds like a good guess for why the bite and great advice on time to see the vet! There are specific tests they normally do on older dogs. Need to get some blood work done, eyes checked out and probably stool & urine samples.
If it was not usual for your brother to do this, it would doubly take a dog off guard when his eyesight is already failing. They get startled like we do -- their natural reaction is to defend with a bite. Remember he could have done a lot worse damage. I know it is probably painful because of being on the lip. But it sounds more like a warning nip than a full fledge attack.