My dog might be put down by the law

[clairabean]

I am sorry about this sad situation.

I have had to put our lab/shepherdX down due to a biting incident. She bit a visiting pastor in our yard, on our property, durign the day when I was out. The guy was a jerk, but she still bit him, it was reported at the ER, and we were given a very lenient choice. Since we had small chidren we could not take that chance.

You often hear stories of children being bitten/attacked and it comes to light that the dog had bitten before. Sorry, but past abuse doesn't cut it for me. And I would never take the chance of a dog biting my kids.

It sucks, but....

 

[percyj]

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Oh no, my dog is wonderful around our family. He's very protective of my 6 year old brother, and is a trusting angel around us. He's our best friend.

 

[clairabean]

Uh huh.

I am so sorry for your dog situation.

 

[Ema]

It is an unfortunate situation to be in that is for sure, your dog has shown unpredictable behaviour, and has lunged at that lady once before, this time however he managed to actually bite her.

Most of my dogs have been rescued from abusive situations and have never in the past bitten anyone.

If they decide not to put him down I would suggest you take corrective measures immediately. If you find yourself not being able to socialize him appropriately you need to find a training school and take it from there. You love your dog right? the best thing you can do for him is give him a fighting chance at being a good dog around other people.

Since your dog has shown aggression and has bitten someone, and though you said he is an angel around your children, I will strongly suggest you do not take that for granted, that dog needs to be supervised. It doesn't take much for a little person to aggravate an animal even when they are not trying to. and at this point you really don't know what could make him snap. Don't place your family in a situation where it can end bad.

I am not saying put him down or re-home him, absolutely worse thing you can do to be honest if they decide to let you keep him, retrain him, socialize him. If they do decide you should put him down fight it if its his first offence and show that you are willing to have him trained etc, to prevent this from happening and they might show leniency. If its not his first offense, you are ultimately putting your family at risk of serious injury.

If you choose to do nothing and they let you keep the dog, remember it will eventually happen again. As for that lady, maybe she should knock before entering the home to give you a chance to put him in a different room. Also get a muzzle before you take him for walks. the more you wlak him around different surroundings the better for him.

Ema

 

[Sir Birdaholic]

If your dog doesn't have a previous bite record it is very unlikely they'll put him down for biting someone who's on YOUR property. If it's even mentioned they were going to do that to MY dog, I'd have EVERY animal rights group I could fire up joining me in the courtroom!

 

[wood&feathers]

Wow, I am sorry you are facing such a quandary, but I for one would err on the side of safety. Without diligent, firm and expensive training an aggressive or unpredictable dog is just too much of a risk, for me. What if you have friends over? What if your family gets in an argument and the dog "takes sides" and goes off? Got kids? what if they have a friend over and the dog defends his family against this stranger?

Way too many "what ifs?" for me.

sorry

 

[percyj]

Thanks everyone for your comments.

 

[happyhens44]

Our male dog got in a fight, and my sister heather (not thinking) ran in there to break them up, Well Mark (our chow, wolf, lab mix) bite her on acident, and she had to get stiches. The police came and asked about the dog but dident have him put down, they put him on the dangerous dogs list or something like that, and if he bite again the would have him put down... but in the long run we have him to someone who doesnt have neighbors with other male dogs running around.

 

[geebs]

I think that is all one can do.... and

hang in there... Keep us posted... We all are separated by death at sometime... It is an inevitable fact of life... Just pray for comfort...It will come and EVERYTHING WILL BE OKAY... no matter what... more

 

[Raven81]

my sisters dog was always great with the kids (he would lie down & they would throw a stick & would ride him to see who could hang on the longest when he jumped up to chase the stick ) but he had issues with males that wore a beanie.
it was due to how he was brought up from day 1 before my sis got him.
everyone we knew knew not to wear there beanie coming up the drive coz the dog wouldnt let them past.
well this one day my sis had a visit from the dog man saying he had been out on the street & bit someone & the week b4 had chased someone down the road. so she had him put down,
6 months later the same dog man came back & said her dog had done it again & he was going to put the dog on the dangerous list. he was very confused when he was told it couldnt have been her dog coz it was put down 6 months earlier.
turns out it wasnt even her dog the first time.
yes the dog had issues with men wearing beanies but once we knew that & knew it was a trigger for aggression we could prevent it.