Quote Originally Posted by Callie
I think, in your empathizing with both the humans and pets suffering in this thread, everyone has overlooked one fundamental issue. That issue is the FACT that the animal in question is not obedience trained to 'release!' or 'let go!' or "drop it!' on command. No one would've been bitten, except the first attacked dog, if the dog had been obedience trained properly.

To give such an aggressive animal to a 'one dog home' does a disservice to both the new owner and the dog. Get him obedience trained...NOW! If he cannot be trained and remains hostile and aggressive, then for gosh sakes, don't foist this pitiful creature off on someone else. Put him out of his misery...suffer once for having to do the deed, and be done with it.

If you think an overly aggressive animal is happy, think again...they're living in fear and hatred. Even if they've never been human aggressive (yet), a child seeing animals fighting, and perhaps killing, one another can traumatize the child for life. Get real, folks.

We all know that animals escape even the best of confines if they're determined enough. To keep a potentially dangerous animal without doing all possible to disarm the dangers, is irresponsible. No, giving him to someone else, even one with no other dogs, doesn't cut it.

Sorry, folks, I just couldn't let this go on. I love all animals and I believe in giving the best possible care but, when it comes to danger to others (even other people's pets) I don't believe it's love of the animal to allow it to live and possibly breed and pass on those characteristics. One down and how many others to live joyously and unafraid as the decent companions they should be and usually are?

With much sympathy for your plight and prayers that it will not continue and even escalate, as is often the case.

Callie

Wow .....................have you read this thread? and sorry but if I went by that creed , then my own Rusty would be dead now. he is child agressive, dominant and untrainable...........................

I may want to tell the 10 yr old he sleeps with, and the agility class he goes too, and I should mention it to the people he licks to death that visit.

He was found to be Hypothyroid and also a secondary infection to a tooth issue at 9 months when he came here as PTS. Along with the fact that he is Von Willebrands +

not all aggressive animals are truly aggressive, Rusty still won't and will probaly never handle another male neutered or not. He is amazing with "sisters" and cats and guinea Pigs and birds and rats and anything else I show him. He however has issues with other males.

And he will never deal with any male being friends with Mom. Although he will drop on command and release also. He has achieved his CC . So no I cannot and won't accept that it is an issue. All animals are worth redemption. Even those that seem beyond it, it just takes a few more humans to make it right.

Just my thoughts

kym