My misses owns a school dog

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chris_h

chris_h

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Hi all

So my misses who is a teacher has a dog, which is a 'school dog' - basically he goes to school everyday and the classes take it in turns to have the dog in their classroom.

This dog then comes home and is with us, until the next day where it is circulated to another 30 or so children.

this school has introduced rules regarding the current situation as you might understand, but now school has returned, this dog is STILL being passed around which I am so confused about.

The school doesn't see this as an issue but freaks out when children walk through the same door way when they are not a part of the same 'bubble' - yet you can scratch your nose and stroke the dog.

I genuinely think this is bonkers. I have no fear personally regarding this virus, but I am more concerned about the schools approach to the dog, they said 'the children wash their hands frequently' so its ok. Which in my opinion means the whole bubble experiment is a farce.

What do you think? I have told the misses to leave him at home and sod the school (political situation...) and forget what the school says, health before a cute dog...
 
Yeah, even though it's low risk she should leave him at home on the basis that you don't think it's safe to be in the house with him. Either that or a quick pressure wash and disinfect between classes. Pretty sure the school can't force the dog to attend.
 
chris_h said:
Hi all
So my misses who is a teacher has a dog, which is a 'school dog' - basically he goes to school everyday and the classes take it in turns to have the dog in their classroom.
This dog then comes home and is with us, until the next day where it is circulated to another 30 or so children.
this school has introduced rules regarding the current situation as you might understand, but now school has returned, this dog is STILL being passed around which I am so confused about.
The school doesn't see this as an issue but freaks out when children walk through the same door way when they are not a part of the same 'bubble' - yet you can scratch your nose and stroke the dog.
I genuinely think this is bonkers. I have no fear personally regarding this virus, but I am more concerned about the schools approach to the dog, they said 'the children wash their hands frequently' so its ok. Which in my opinion means the whole bubble experiment is a farce.
What do you think? I have told the misses to leave him at home and sod the school (political situation...) and forget what the school says, health before a cute dog...
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You are correct in the dog being a common point of contact would not be very wise based on current thinking/guidance and I'd go as agreeing it's bonkers..
 
Virus probs doesn't last too long on the dog (or human skin) compared with surfaces and the main issue is airborne transmission... like early on there was more emphasis on washing hands (and clearly still a good idea in general) but I'm not sure the dog is going to trigger a super spreader event, doesn't seem likely it will pass anything on if they wash hands etc..

Granted it's not exactly ideal but meh...
 
dowie said:
Virus probs doesn't last too long on the dog (or human skin) compared with surfaces and the main issue is airborne transmission... like early on there was more emphasis on washing hands (and clearly still a good idea in general) but I'm not sure the dog is going to trigger a super spreader event, doesn't seem likely it will pass anything on if they wash hands etc..

Granted it's not exactly ideal but meh...
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Thing is though - it isn't a particularly important thing in the grand scheme of things versus trying to do everything we can to manage the virus situation so as to get things as much as possible back to normal. I don't know why it take a genius to think about and just not do these things until we are in a better place.

I'm banging my head against a wall on so many of these kind of things. Couple of days ago I saw a group of 10-11 year olds or so all masked up, all taking distancing very seriously in talking to each other and one of them thought to open the door using a tissue and hold it for the rest then dispose of the tissue (albeit we don't bother with that at work and it is probably overkill in this situation but still) - if they can work it out why do so many adults have so much trouble!
 
I was sure this was the beginning of a good old cockney style limerick.


My misses owns a school dog,

It wears a dunce's hat,

She wears cor blimey trousers,

But I don't care 'bout that.


(Edited from a much ruder version out of respect)
 
I think I'd let my other half take the lead on this one, everyone's had it rough recently. The last thing you want to do is put the heat on her too much, if you don't sugar coat it she's likely to bite, with you ending up having a domestic and she might walk. I think a more pragmatic/less dogmatic approach would be my plan; I'd give her some pointers, encouraging her to try to collar one of the management there and get them to roll over without having to whine too much. If they don't pack it in after this, I'd stick it up for sale somwhere like facebook marketplace as he'll likely fetch a decent price at the moment.
 
Dogs have rights too and if it wants the learn and expand its knowledge it can!

Unless its one of those goggle eyed, hand bag pampered pooches, they can f off
 
chris_h said:
Hi all

So my misses who is a teacher has a dog, which is a 'school dog' - basically he goes to school everyday and the classes take it in turns to have the dog in their classroom.

This dog then comes home and is with us, until the next day where it is circulated to another 30 or so children.

this school has introduced rules regarding the current situation as you might understand, but now school has returned, this dog is STILL being passed around which I am so confused about.

The school doesn't see this as an issue but freaks out when children walk through the same door way when they are not a part of the same 'bubble' - yet you can scratch your nose and stroke the dog.

I genuinely think this is bonkers. I have no fear personally regarding this virus, but I am more concerned about the schools approach to the dog, they said 'the children wash their hands frequently' so its ok. Which in my opinion means the whole bubble experiment is a farce.

What do you think? I have told the misses to leave him at home and sod the school (political situation...) and forget what the school says, health before a cute dog...
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What's also bonkers is the opening of pubs and other close proximity public venues where no masks are required yet to pp to a local shop where you are unlikely to even whiff past someone or touch something that you don't intend to by is very small mandates a mask requirement and ideally use of sanitiser at the door? Just how many sanitise when going to a pub anyway?

The science is clearly different depending on what establishment you are stepping into.

Also woof.
 
Rroff said:
Thing is though - it isn't a particularly important thing in the grand scheme of things versus trying to do everything we can to manage the virus situation so as to get things as much as possible back to normal. I don't know why it take a genius to think about and just not do these things until we are in a better place.

I'm banging my head against a wall on so many of these kind of things. Couple of days ago I saw a group of 10-11 year olds or so all masked up, all taking distancing very seriously in talking to each other and one of them thought to open the door using a tissue and hold it for the rest then dispose of the tissue (albeit we don't bother with that at work and it is probably overkill in this situation but still) - if they can work it out why do so many adults have so much trouble!
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Yeah, tell me about it - local pharmacy has a small screen up - but just covers part of the counter, and makes everyone sign for prescriptions, write their name with the same pen! No handwash etc..
 
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