[marya]

Thank you for your sweet posts. I am still so sick at heart. Today, for the first time I was able to walk through the greenway near our house with my husband -- just the two of us, and it was so said. Dear Poobearsmom. Thank you so much for reading my post. There was so much more there, more good times and unfortunately other bad times. We could not give her rawhide as she was so aggressive with it and so much more. I thought she would be our first and last dog, but it was not to be. How long before the ache and guilt go away? My husband is dealing with it so much better. I think its because she bit him last. Last night I read a lot more of the posts, and she probably was trying to exert her dominance over my husband. She had bitten me once, snapped once but she had bitten him 3 times (puncture wounds on the hands) and some snap warnings. When she was good she was very good. But then she would freeze up. And to Hokisteph, I am so afraid of the next dog, and for now I don't think I can handle another Rottie -- full or mix. I am not a small dog person, but larger dogs carry so much more responsibility. The bites are more, handling not easy, and I am 62 and my husband is 66.