Thank you all for your comments. They are incredibly helpful. I didn't witness it fully so I don't know what kind of bite it was, if it was aggressive or not. The dogs are definitely not well trained. My son thought it was in play, but do dogs bite that hard in play? I haven't seen it. Again, I'm new to being pro, but I'm not new to dogs. I just think dogs bite sometimes. But aggressive bites I know are much more concerning. It just felt awful to report this dog/owner. But she reported it and I communicated with animal control as well. The dogs are going to be quarantined for 14 days. We're watching the wound, but medical professionals weren't super concerned with it. We're just watching for signs of infection and keeping it clean. I'm sending daily pictures of it to wound specialists I know. I researched the heck out of both the bite and the law when this happened. I just felt like it seemed overkill to report (to the law!) every single bite that happens. I wanted to hear from actual sitters to know what your usual protocol is when things like this happen. Thank you so much for your answers. I'll feel more confident in reporting things in the future.

I have to bring them on many M&G and visits because we homeschool. But they will be waiting outside in the future.

The owner is required to report it. I don't think I would have been breaking any laws. The wound was bad but not bad. It's hard to explain. I consulted multiple med professionals by phone, and urgent care said don't come in. It's being monitored by fam/friends who are med pros.

We homeschool, so the kids will be with me a lot on meet and greets and visits. But they will probably wait outside in future. In this particular case, my husband and I both had to go to the meet and greet because he was going to help me with it. Also the dogs were supposedly ok with kids.

A dog bit my child when we went to meet the owner and her two dogs I am due to begin caring for (at her house) tomorrow. I contacted Ask-a-nurse and Rover. Ask-a-nurse (in addition to advising me on medical treatment of the wound) pushed me towards reporting the bite to the authorities. I don't think it's a serious bite but serious enough to have some concern. It seemed hard to believe that every bite should be reported so I contacted Rover and asked and they had no recommended steps to follow. They were only interested in talking to me about medical costs should any come about. I asked specifically about whether I was supposed to report it, and they said I should look up rules for my state. Our county requires owners to report any abrasions their dogs cause to animal control. I let the owner know because I didn't know what to do. I'm new to doing this professionally. And despite my lifelong exposure to dogs, and casual sitting for friends, I haven't seen any wounds this bad so I didn't know what to do. The owner said she'd call animal control after I sent her the info, and I haven't heard back since. I feel very anxious about all this. I don't want to get people and dogs unnecessarily in trouble. What do you do, if anything, if you or a loved one is bitten by one of your charges?