Thank you. I'm still feeling so guilty yet I know that there was nothing more that I could do.

Part of the assessment reads:

"He not only snarls and lunges at any person/dog close but he goes after them in a vicious, dominant aggressive fashion. He does not stop! (even with the person/dog retreating) He attacks and continues to attack until you can get him in a kennel. There is no fear."

and

"He became quite aggressive with me during the visit. It was centered around one of his toys and his space. I was near his toy with no intentions of reaching for it and he went off. This was not fear aggression. His attack was every bit of the vicious display that had been verbally described. He attacked with bites and a relentlessness of attack that indicated he would not stop on his own accord and was kenneled immediately."

The final protocol was:

"The management and training for this dog would be a daunting task. You cannot be "normal" with him. Every interaction must include strict obedience and intense management. Rehoming Bear is a high risk option and not one I would recommend. His bites are level 1-3 and it is only a matter of time that he escalate to those final levels. The dog is definitely a liability. He is extremely dysfunctional and/or a neurological malfunction. One cannot guarantee that extending his timeline to work on issues will produce appropriate improvement."


I knew that I could not keep him here - my dogs were terrified of him and I was so afraid that if I rehomed him, he would bite a child. I could not live with the thought of him harming a child emotionally and physically.

RIP Bear