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Originally Posted by moondog  I don't disagree with you at all, although I can't think of a bigger sacrifice than to realize you actually have to kill the dog you've come to love in order to keep people safe. That's huge. All the other gazillion sacrifices are tiny compared to that. He DID realize it, however late it may have been, and he followed through. And nobody got bit. |
Moondog. I thank you immensely for your sympathy and support. You have no idea. And everyone else. Don't think for a minute I did this selfishly. It would have been selfish to keep my Rosco and put other peoples lives in hand.
Trust me, when I made the decision, I spent at least 20 minutes in my room with Rosco. I spoke to him, he played with his bone a bit, we lied on my bed, and I thought deep and hard about everything. Everything Bob said, all my choices, options, avenues I could take... Everything. This was not a rash decision whatsoever, so no matter what anyone says, I know my decision was right. I'm sorry to all those who disagree, but you know what, none of you have ever met this dog, or me. It is very difficult to make assumptions and assessments over the phone, or online. That is why I finally took action and took my dog to Bob. I will not even entertain the idea of re-homing my Rosco. There is no way he would let anyone take him away from me with out destroying them. So that idea is just ludacris. I respect the courage, and I respect all those who wanted a try at helping and fixing my animal, but you know what, the fact is, you couldn't have. Only I could have, and again, like I said before, I could have, sure, but he wouldn't ever be trusted, and that's the fact of the matter here. End of topic.
For all those who have given sympathy, I thank you so much. It was the hardest thing I've ever done. I had him heavily sedated, and kissed him before he left. It was horrible.
But, again, for all those who have given sympathy, and condolences - I can promise you, I have learned a deep, valuable lesson. I thank those who are able to understand how hard it was to make that decision, to man up, and make do what was had to be done.