Before heading out on a call, the secretary at the Heating and A/C contractor will call the homeowner and ask if they have any animals! They are told the animals need to be kenneled or put in another room while the Heating and A/C specialist was on the premises.
The purchaser I was to work with was called, but he didn’t heed the advice… I wasn’t even in the door when his Rottweiler came running up.
I ended up falling off the threshold and landed flat on my back on the porch. I could hear my tail bone crack, and my ankle was twisted. The owner was looking at me adore he thought I should jump up and go to work, although I was afraid to move. The dog was standing on my chest and his nose was less than an inch from mine. I was afraid to talk. The owner reached his hand out to help me up and shooed the dog back inside… When he asked if I was okay, I realized it had knocked the wind out of me. I could barely walk, and he apologized… He called the Heating and A/C contractor and said his dog had jumped on me and knocked me down. He said he was going to call an ambulance, although I said I could drive there if necessary. When I couldn’t put weight on my ankle, he told the Heating and A/C contractor to send another tech to the house, and to bring the service van back. It was his fault the Heating and A/C specialist was damaged, and he was taking me to the hospital.