[R&Gsmom]

This may be incredibly harsh but I'm not sorry to say I would rather fail a dog that has issues that may harm someone if adopted out and therefore sign his death certificate then let the poor thing go kennel crazy, pacing circles in a cage for the rest of his life.

I will NOT contribute to the bad reputation of this breed by believeing that every dog is adoptable.

I only have a certain number of foster homes to work with. And of those there are only a couple that could handle rehabilitating a dog that has food, resource, dog or people aggression issues.

With that in mind the rescue gets 100's of phone calls a week asking for help with unwanted rottweilers. So what do you think we should do?

Does it bother me to have to make those types of decisions? Yes. Do I lose sleep at night? No. Why? because I know I am doing what is right for the breed as a whole. And the ones that I can save, the ones that are wonderful representations of the breed in tempermant, that won't give another insurance company a reason to add Rottweilers to their "do not cover" list, that won't give another town or state a reason to pass that breed banning legislation, that won't cause another politican to back laws saying that I HAVE to muzzle my dog when in public because it is a Rottweiler, that won't give another News Reporter a story about a vicious attack...Those dogs I know I made a difference for.

I'm glad in your country you don't face the problems that we do of overcrowding in the shelters. Maybe someday God willing my rescue won't be needed.