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I desperately need your opinion on my recent pip assesement

Hello I'm new here and this is my first post.
Yesterday I had a home assesment for pip renewal. It didn't go well. The assessor turned up nearly an hour early at 8.05am. The knocking woke me up and I let her in before I realised how early she was.
I looked at my phone to see where my OT was and saw the time. I told the assesor she would have to leave and come back as I wasn't willing to go ahead without my OT. She told me the appt time is not set in stone and can fluctuate. I said I didn't care and I wouldn't go ahead without my OT who wasn't due for an hour.
The assesor didn't seem happy but said she would do as I wanted and she left.
I was quite upset and stresseD as the this wasn't a good start.
She came back at the appointment time and my OT had arrived. In the meantime I had got my appointment letter and checked where it said the appt time may'fluctuate'. The letter said no such thing.
So by the time she came back I was upset and angry and waving the letter around and accusing her of trying to force me into an assessment without my OT present.
She denied this but I was so upset that my dog got stresseD and had managed to open the kitchen door where I'd put her. She bounded into the the room and I went to grab her before she jumped over everyone, but the assessor tried to pet her despite the fact my dog was clearly growling. The upshot is my dog bit the assessor!
There was no broken skin and my dog is small and th assessor said she was fine and she carried on wih the assessment.
But now today I'm stressing myself out wondering how I have any chance of getting the pip renewed when I chucked the assessor out of my home and my dog bit her.
My OT says not to worry about it but I can't help it. I have a 4 - 6 week wait and I will worry about this the entire time.
Yesterday I had a home assesment for pip renewal. It didn't go well. The assessor turned up nearly an hour early at 8.05am. The knocking woke me up and I let her in before I realised how early she was.
I looked at my phone to see where my OT was and saw the time. I told the assesor she would have to leave and come back as I wasn't willing to go ahead without my OT. She told me the appt time is not set in stone and can fluctuate. I said I didn't care and I wouldn't go ahead without my OT who wasn't due for an hour.
The assesor didn't seem happy but said she would do as I wanted and she left.
I was quite upset and stresseD as the this wasn't a good start.
She came back at the appointment time and my OT had arrived. In the meantime I had got my appointment letter and checked where it said the appt time may'fluctuate'. The letter said no such thing.
So by the time she came back I was upset and angry and waving the letter around and accusing her of trying to force me into an assessment without my OT present.
She denied this but I was so upset that my dog got stresseD and had managed to open the kitchen door where I'd put her. She bounded into the the room and I went to grab her before she jumped over everyone, but the assessor tried to pet her despite the fact my dog was clearly growling. The upshot is my dog bit the assessor!
There was no broken skin and my dog is small and th assessor said she was fine and she carried on wih the assessment.
But now today I'm stressing myself out wondering how I have any chance of getting the pip renewed when I chucked the assessor out of my home and my dog bit her.
My OT says not to worry about it but I can't help it. I have a 4 - 6 week wait and I will worry about this the entire time.
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I am not awake just like that and you can argue that her doing so contributed to the dog getting out.
I hope your dog is ok
CR
My dog is the cutest, sweetest little dog. I was so shocked she did that. She is a yapper and tries to be a guard dog but anyone I let in my home she is friendly to. The fact I let them in usually assures her they are not a threat.
Not this time though!
She was stupid to pat a growling dog so it was her own fault she got bit and just deserts for lying and stressing you out. It will be interesting to see what she puts in the report about time of arrival/leaving and if she mentions the dog incident. At least you have your OT as a witness.
Even if all had gone smoothly, like most of us you would still be stressed and worried about the decision, hope all goes well hugs Rosie
Any opinions?
I got my assessment two weeks after I sent the forms. I didn't think that gave them long enough to read.
This assessor is well within her rights to complain and try for compensation.
My dog is a golden retriever, so quite big. A very soft temperament so has never bitten, in fact never growled either.
However because she is so big she does like to make friends and gets excited and can easily knock you off your feet.
my son took her out whilst I had the assessment and neither she or the 16 yr old cat that I have was never mentioned.
i read that having pets will also go against you as it is said that you are capable of cleaning up after them, walking them etc.
Ours is a family dog and other members of my family walk her etc.
she enjoys snuggling down on the sofa with me and eating my toast.
I personally wouldn’t ring to see how the assessor was but I would definately contact insurance company.
small dogs are usually the worst for their nastiness, although I’m not in anyway saying yours is.
Have you asked for a copy of the report ?
CR
They don't know who else helps you. The pet probably doesn't need its food cooking, it doesn't need to use the bathroom.
A pet actually enables rather than disables- thinking of communication getting someone out of the house.
I don't have pets, I borrow pets. They are not actually mine.
however like everything else assessors and the DWP do make assumptions and they are quick to jump at it
But if you can't do something that's not in them, it's outside the scope of the support.
Interesting.
I could be a weird person ( non diagnosed
In a strange way its a positive that things are not that bad yet? Not the right words, but I know what's coming round the corner and I am not looking.
CR
My dog and cat are my family. Sometimes iv been so unwell all I can do is empty sachets of food for them. But the main thing is they are fed.
If I lose points for having them then so be it. I think it's disgraceful how the dwp potentially use pets against people.
Anyhow getting back to dwp stance, what do they expect people to do who have had pets for years and through no fault of there own are struck down with illness/disability. Just get rid of them, kick them out on the street or have them put to sleep? What about people who have young children to look after would they expect the same??
@sandyp196 hopefully it wont come to it but if you have to do an MR or tribunal because the assessor used your dog as a means of deducting points from you I would think you have a very good case. Woof Woof Rosie