My dog might be put down by the law

[Beekissed]

What if the next person to enter your home and bend down to take off their shoes is a child? That doesn't sound like threatening or provoking behavior to me, nor should a dog see it as such if this person was entering the home while you were present and in the room.

You are lucky the person just wants the dog put down and is not bringing a law suit against your homeowner's insurance for pain and suffering. If it were my dog, no matter how sweet to me or my family, it would be time to voluntarily put it down. Next time it could be more serious and maybe even fatal, depending on the area of the bite and the ferocity of the attack.

 

[chickened]

I am sorry for you and the dog. I gotta ask this though of all the breeds of dogs out there what is the appealing factor of a pitbull prior to the attachment? These dogs were bred for one purpose and are very good at what they do. Before someone says you never had one my in-laws raised them for 30 years and you could count on 1 hand how many you could actually trust. Again I am sure this tears you apart and hopefuuly the pooch will get a second chance.

 

[PuppyBantamCochin]

I was in a similar situation last June...my 2yo neutered chow/lab mix chased and bit a guy who came on our property. No charges were pressed, the guy (and the company he worked for) were nice enough not to report it. Well, a month later, we had a student staying at our house.I thought she was gone for the day, and the dog was in our kitchen (with a gate), but she unexpectedly returned and was bitten twice by our dog--on the hand and hip. She, too, was nice enough not to get to riled up (but she was really shaken by that experience). Anyhow, we were gonna get rid of the dog--but I realized it was our responsiblity to put the dog down. After all, next time might the victim could've been a child.

If you're able to keep your dog, remember to be careful with people who come over---our dog bit because he was extremely territorial.

I hope everything works out for the best.

 

[Lifesong Farm]

I have rehabbed many dogs and I am sorry if you are not experienced or have someone who is an experienced behaviorist working with you the dog should be put down. (I mean BEHAVIORIST not trainer)

I have NEVER kept a dog that has broken skin. My last rescue was severly abused. She had been abused so bad that she had neurological damage. She had also been starved. Her issues were; fear agression, man agression, food agression, dog agression, uniform agression and possesion guarding (we were considered something that needed guarding). If you would grab her collar she would alligator roll and mouth your hand so har it would leave it swollen and bruised. It took 6 months of constant work from me and a behavioral expert to rehab her. 1 yr later her neurological issues progressed and she attacked my friend. She was immediately put down. I bawled so hard that we had to leave the room during the euthanasia. I felt like I had failed her. my friend offered to let me bury her by her roses. So now when I vist I get to see Zoeys roses.

I wanted to tell you this just so you don't think I am being unreasonable. However you should stop thinking of your dog as a sweet lovable family member and look at it as the killing machine that canids are. You really should have him euthanized. to be honest the abuse makes him even more unpredictable and another reason to do it. He is not mentally healthy. Next time it very well could be your child, you or any other family member betten and severly injured.

 

[taprock]

Our dog is great with family and people he has grown up with, however we do not trust him with others until he has met them and been supervised for quite some time. He has growled at some friends he is not familiar with.. he is very scared of anything new. Our solution has been if someone new or unfamiliar is in our home he goes in the crate or on leash. He is also not allowed outside with out being on leash or in the fence. My husband says we should trust him but this way we am not risking some one else but we still keep our pet.

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

I will be biased on this as I have been bitten by several dogs both as a child and adult. Any dog that shows aggression (true not just barking) is put down. No it's ands or butts. There are millions of good, non-aggressive dogs out there to waste my time on one that I will have to constantly worry about being bitten or sued because it has bitten someone else.

 

[EweSheep]

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[Sir Birdaholic]

I have 4 outside, large dogs. If someone enters my gate uninvited, they WILL get bit, & that's the way I want it. If they want to put MY dogs down for doing their job, They have to go through me!

 

[percyj]

They aren't pressing charges
Hes considered a dangerous dog
Thanks for all your help, but my dog means the world to me
He will never hurt me or my family,
And he is my best friend.
I will never put him down, because if he goes.
I go.
Thanks again

 

[Chickerdoodle13]

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Yeah, we have a dog that is the same. He's never bitten anybody, but he doesn't much like strangers or children. He'll growl at people before doing anything else, but we are exptremely careful with visitors and we never let him around children. He stays in the garage if we are expecting company. He does show aggression, but he is a working dog and does his job very well. It is well worth it to be constantly watchful than to put him down (not to mention he is our pet as well!).

I'm sorry for your situation. In our old neighborhood, there was a dog across the street who had always been sweet to all us kids on the block. There were three dogs on the street and everyone was always in everyone else's yard. We never had an issue with any of the dogs. As soon as we moved out, a family with a couple of bratty kids moved into our house. The young girl went over to the dog across the road and got bit while teasing it. Of course the fact that she provoked the bite didn't matter. Our neighbor had to put the dog down. We were all so sad to hear this because we all loved that dog!

If you get to keep your dog, you could always just put him in a crate or another room when you are expecting company. That will solve a great deal of any anxiety about the dog biting someone else.