[Janel]

I had an incident with Cosmo 1 yr. ago when he was 3yrs old. He was tied out in my front yard with myself present. He had just finished playing ball with some older kids, they than left. I turned my back for 30 sec. and the neighbors 4 yr old ran into the st. than on to my property- and Cosmo bit her. First I will say she is ok. We took him to an animal behaviorist, who believed it was provoked & that he was protecting me & his property. We than won in court- he was not found to be vicious. We decided we couldn't euthanize him, and to keep him against the advice of some family members. He is basically an obedient dog, who does like people. He has never acted aggressively before that and since than. I blamed myself for sooo long for everything - not socializing him properly to young children, not being aware he was capable of biting etc. I just want to know if you think we did the right thing with not euthanizing him. J