BYC Café

[sourland]

I will be off site for a couple of days - no worries.

 

[LaFleche]

I will be off site for a couple of days - no worries.

Have a coffee to go then and be back soon

 

[aart]

And rightly so. You can never be too careful about what you bring into your home and your life.

What kind of dog was it that bit you?

A big one! Not sure of breed it was mutt about 24" at the shoulder and 80lbs.
He came at me and had me on my back with my arm in his mouth, tore the skin thru a heavy flannel shirt. Luckily he backed off when I stopped screaming, once I realized what the high pitched sound was-me-and used the deep voice instead, and went and hid in the basement....and also lucky my other dog was outside at the time. The woman I adopted him from came and got him the next morning. I had 4-5 punctures/tears on my forearm, only one big enough for a couple stitches, still have the scars tho.

Hindsight(I was fairly new to dogs at the time) and benefit of the doubt:
He had been injured, probably hit by car, had a wonky jaw and a rotten tooth, had an appointment to have the tooth removed. I was scolding him with a shaking finger when he growled and attacked, after trying to pull him by the collar to get him outside for night potty(this had not been a problem prior). Also when I picked him up we walked/ran him and he went after a donkey big time.

The attack happened a couple weeks after I brought him home, he was cool before that.
How I learned it takes a few weeks, or more, for a dog to relax and acclimate before it shows it's true demeanor.

 

[LaFleche]

You were lucky he didn't kill you. Happens all the time, sadly.

And with all the health issues he had going on he might even have gotten worse, thinking epileptic seizures etc.

Best would be a smaller dog you already know for some time, for instance in case a friend or relative has to give it up and you know exactly what you get.

 

[sourland]

The attack happened a couple weeks after I brought him home, he was cool before that.
How I learned it takes a few weeks, or more, for a dog to relax and acclimate before it shows it's true demeanor.

Absolute fact. I never pass judgement on a dog until it has been here a minimum of a month. Their true nature will eventually be shown. I will, however, not keep a human aggressive dog.

 

[aart]

Best would be a smaller dog you already know for some time, for instance in case a friend or relative has to give it up and you know exactly what you get.

Yes, that would be perfect!
That's how I got my first two dogs.

Absolute fact. I never pass judgement on a dog until it has been here a minimum of a month. Their true nature will eventually be shown. I will, however, not keep a human aggressive dog.

Yeppers. The other adoption I tried, just a few years ago, was a forced surrender that a friend conducted in conjunction with a local rescue org. Tiny dog kept chained outside in frigid temps with minimal shelter. I told them I would foster the dog and may adopt him after a couple months, the rescue kept pressuring me to adopt him after just a few days...."if you don't love him now... whineblatherwhine".
He as a pretty cool little dog but would not housebreak, ended up being way too dominant to Rascal, and wanted to be on my lap all the time. Took 6-8 weeks to get to the point where it was obvious the dog was in the wrong home. Was kind of interesting to watch the progression of this dogs demeanor. They made me advertise him for adoption and conduct the meets, luckily it only took one, and I think I am now on their black list as a disdainful, dispassionate person who should never have a dog.
The 'rescue' world has some dark and twisted sides to(and people in) it.

 

[LaFleche]

The 'rescue' world has some dark and twisted sides to(and people in) it.

Yes, and sadly getting worse all the time.

It often feels more like an industry with very strange ways of fundraising etc.

 

[sourland]

Yes, and sadly getting worse all the time.

Amen.

 

[CapricornFarm]

I learned a long time ago that a bunny customer in the yard is worth 4 or 5 on the phone. I also learned to be hardnosed about people asking me if I could hold onto one for them -
"if you pay for it up front, I won't sell it, but I've been stuck with rabbits that I could have sold several times over too many

Hope you find a new solution for those guys soon!

So true.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Morning Cafe says the one adopting a rescue
Going this morning need roof panels for the growing little coop