My mom is convinced that Australian Shepards are evil. Apparently my aunt had one, and it kind of went psycho on my uncle and her and bit them badly. BUT, that was before I was born, and I don't know anything about the dog or the situation.

There is a lady around here who rescues australian shepards. She's brought in several to the grooming...we bath/brush them for free. There's 4 that I just loved, total LOVE BUG dogs, just following me everywhere, licking, snuggling.....they were the sweetest dogs in the world! And the other 3 (which also happen to not be as pretty as the sweet ones......not that look has anything to do with it, but they may have not been purebreds) were well....not so nice. They were all really dog aggressive, and very unpredictable.

What is my point? I don't know...I'm just telling you my experiences with Australian Shepards. I still love the breed, and I miss my red Cherokee boy I wanted to adopt.

I also have not heard of thyroid problems causing aggressiveness. I thought mainly that caused weight gain and things like that. Not that I really know....I just had a friend with a really fat dalmatian that had thyroid problems....

I really HOPE that the final result does not end up with Chewy being put to sleep. He's still a young dog, he still has some growing up to do. I wish you all the luck with him, I know that you love him.

Hmm...I wonder if there's a way the Aussie rescue here would take him.....Would a transport ever be possible??