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Originally Posted by Ayoka  The issue of rehoming is that, especially where a behaviour issue has been compounded by the owner, the owner is probably the LAST person on earth who would be in a position to determine who does and who does not qualify as "experienced". An owner who fails to acknowledge the issue until it's a safety issue and only makes calls and has phone consultations does not recognise the seriousness of the behaviour and this is not someone I would want making a judgement call that might put a dog into the wrong hands and lead to another horrifying bite statistic.
The dogs that are "turned around", I would think, are few and far between and so are the people who can turn them around. We aren't talking about a dog who is ruining furniture here, we're talking about a dog who is LUNGING at people.
I couldn't agree more with Pooh...and I hope that the OP takes responsability here ans TAKES ACTION. |
I absolutely stand by what I said, dipper, and this is precisely why.
And again, I will repeat; most people who ARE capable of turning a dog like this around already have full plates. The OP has failed this dog thus far, and she either needs to get off her butt and start from scratch IN EARNEST, or she needs to do the responsible thing and PTS this animal. To do anything else is placing OTHERS at risk, as well as taking the "easy" way out.
If this animal had been purchased from an ethical breeder, the situation would likely not have come to this, because 1. the breeder could have helped Ckimba make better choices, or if that failed, 2. taken the dog back before the situation had come to this stage.
It is you and I who will suffer in the long run, because it's circumstances like this that are fodder for BSL fueling.
At this time, this dog is a liability. Only Ckimba can change that.