[royalarrival]

I can relate to this.

I rescued a lab from a irresponsible owner. The lab had major hair loss w/ear infection so bad. Puss, bleeding and inflamed consumed this dog. The owners have a history of multiple dogs (pups mostly). Breeds were different and discarded for different reasons. It was always the dogs fault. I helped in the past to place some of their dogs. They wanted a calm dog. They bought a lab w/papers from a PO. PO stated the history that the lab was distructive and had a chronic ear problem requiring daily meds to control. The PO bought the dog from another PO that recently moved into the state and realized he couldn't keep the dog. That PO purchase the dog from a pet store. Jump to when I came involved. THe current PO stated they took the dog to vet but they could not get the meds in and were trying over the counter meds. They asked my opinion on what to do. The physical state of the dog was screaming "needs vet care". I told them the dog needs vet care. About a month later my husband went over there and came home upset. The dog was in worse condition and the PO stated they were going to drop it off somewhere. They couldn't handle the bloody mess. The PO stated to me on phone he thought of shooting it. In end I gain access to the dog, got it vet care and contacted the humane officer. The PO was charge with abuse. The dog had mange on top of chronic ear infections. He recovered and looked healthy w/daily meds and proper diet. I didn't have a problem w/destruction. He counter surfed, but nothing major. We contacted a rescue to help me place him in a loving home. He went on a 3 week trial. The dog had major behavior issues that I (first hand) didn't experience in the home. Extremely distructive! Seperation anxiety disorder to the extreme. He came back to me and nothing. Then we moved! All hell broke loose. He first started showing dog aggression w/my Rottie. Then he started showing human aggression w/ my husband and I. He would pee on the children's bed while sleeping. We took him to the vet to find medical reason. He was physically fine. We started modification training. His temperment became unpredictable. He was definitely not adoptable! Working with my vet, we felt the kindness thing to do was to euthanize. The vet said "he is not wired right and is mentally suffering". It was a hard decision! I definitely learned from this experience. This dog should have never been born. It was poor breeding from a puppy mill. Why was he fine at my original home? I don't know. I do know that I could not morally adopt this dog out. He would have continued that vicious cycle of multiple homes and end up in shelters. The risk of him biting someone was high. It wasn't his fault. He was the product of our greedy world.