Originally posted by luckies4me

I do have to say though that I don't agree that you should get a dog "before" Chewy gets put down if he does.
She's said in a previous post that she would definately not get it before Chewy was put to sleep. I think she's just looking around now but would not adopt until after Chewy was gone.

I am in agreement with Twisterdog on this pretty much. We all know how much Ash loves her baby. She knows the problems a lot more than we do. She's calling aggression specialists. I think that if someone specializing in aggression tells her she does need to put him to sleep, then that is what she needs to do. If she says he will be miserable with 20 other dogs, she's probably right. I know one of my own dogs would never ever go for that because of her traumatizing past. Ash and Amy are not saying they wouldn't want their dogs to live with mugsy in particular .. just anyone with a large number of dogs. I have no doubt in my mind your dogs are well loved and cared for Molly. I just know that my girl gets extremely uncomfortable around more than a couple dogs and/or bigger dogs. Thats all I'm saying but thats not even on topic I guess.

I think the people on this board who are involved in rescue one way or another understand a little better that not every one can be saved. If he is aggressive because of his genes, he probably cannot be fixed. I know that a VAST majority of behavioral problems CAN be fixed, but there is a handful that can't. Unfortunately it looks like Chewy fits into this category If indeed his aggression in not fixable, keeping him alive could be a very cruel thing to do. Living a life locked up and muzzled with no human or even dog interaction is worse than being put to sleep

Also, most shelters would probably put him to sleep before even moving him into the adoption area