I spent all my waking hours with him. This afternoon I had to put my beloved Zephyr to sleep. My teenager and husband gets it too. In fact, you have tried very, very hard to give him a good home. Finally we was all sitting on the couch watching TV and we all started to laugh at the show and my dog went nuts jumping at ya and bit my mom and dad and almost got me in the face. I believe that in a house with adults only that are good with handling and training dogs. Thank you so much for this article. She evaluated C with a fair prognosis and added a daily tranquilizer. He has only ever bit myself and my husband. Time and time again we have tried to curb his aggression . I have adopted a senior Boston Terrier who is costing me a small fortune in vet bills which I see as my penance. I did my best to ensure he was well socialised with a wide a range of people and children as possible, I altered my shifts so that he rarely spent any length of time on his own, hired a dog walker to take him out with other dogs which he loved several times each week. This is a long post, but if you're struggling with this, I hope I can help, because I am in struggle city right now myself. The vets have been so helpful. We then took him to a dog behavioral specialist that told us yoshi is just a nervous dog that is terrified of others. But after I put her outside I cried my eyes out. I am feeling so guilty for this even though I know deep down I had no choice. We had our rescue, a beagle cockerspaniel mix, put down for aggression right before thanksgiving. One of the dogs I walk and spend time with 5 days a week is a repeat biter. When we gave her a higher dose she was more aggressive so we went back to the old dosage. I just don't know what to do. He has never been aggressive and this was his first bite, but my wife is confident that he cannot be changed now and she is unwilling to look at alternatives.. We haven't taken her to a behaviourist or anything yet but I'm so scared there's nothing we can do it makes me cry a lot. . I understand much better, what a dog is and what a dog needs. The question was no longer if there would be a bite, it was when. Gave him love and affection, gained his trust, bonded with him, nursed him back to good health, gave him exercise and good food, all the things that we know make for a good quality of life. I (stupidly) was trying to separate them. That was very risky. She had never showed aggression toward my youngest 2 children until Sunday when she bit my daughter in the arm without warning. So why would we have this option to euthanize him even on the table? Hello, My name is Ericka Howell. And as she got larger started snapping at her more. Thank you Mary Lou, Thank you for your article and all the posted comments. Except, unlike humans. So when she did this I was heart broken. This is extremely stressful, I have to keep him couped up when people are over, I feel isolated and helpless. We are at wits' end. Thanks so much for sharing this! One minute taking food so gently out of your hand he barely touches you, to viciously attacking and causing severe injuries. I can't bare the pain of losing her and trying to cope 3 days now but she is resting now and doesn't have to live with her fears. She violently attacked our 14 year old collie mix on several occasions. I don't see him going into middle age peacefully. We should of gotten rid of him then, but we couldn't pass the risk onto someone else. Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers over the next few days. I heard my neighbor kind of screaming and I ran out to get my dog. His only true comfort is when he can be around both of us and our other, smaller, jack russell terrier in a completely quiet space. Kelly A few month later was the first instance, she snap at my friends hand trying to fix her bowl for her. Reading all the stories here is helping. I would give anything to go back in time, to just those few moments before my Chance brutally bit a loved one. I feel that we just don't have the time to try behavior adjustments safely. Realization that you can't fix something you love and have faught for, for 7 years. Since then, we have not been able to leash him, but he is otherwise perfect. 4. No one should live with a dog they're afraid of - I refused to after a while - and a dog the size of a Great Pyr can do serious damage to you or other people and animals. We now have the windows blocked so he cant see things blowing around, music playing, a podcast playing, a fan on, etc to block the sounds of wind and rain. At first we knew he had some resource guarding issues, but I have worked with many dogs and felt comfortable dealing with this. They didn't even want to do that. I still don't want to believe it nor canI except it. We have a very aggressive dog & nothing we have done for 6 months has helped, it is only getting worse. He has never been abused with us. I keep other people safe from him, but I'm not, and my wife is terrified of him to the point that we sleep in separate rooms. I am sad Not all dogs can or should be saved. Thank you so much for writing this. Even if you were able to work consistently with him, it sounds as though he is challenging, and with your possible move and return to work, things are even more complex. Time will heal this hole I have in my heart. just waiting for tomorrow knowing my best friend will no longer be by my side. Just wanted them to know my decision and they whole heartedly agreed that he had a crossed wire somewhere. I was going to make it work. Yesterday we euthanized our 18 month old pit bull Bill, after months of specialist training, four months of Prozac, and two vets (one a behavioural specialist) recommending that we euthanize. The vets have told us there's nothing wrong with him physically, but he pees inside way too often. I had to stop this year going on long hikes we once did because physically he was up for it. One he jumped on cyclist who rode by us on sidewalk and ripped his shirt. We never let him back out without his collar after that but again another year after he got out of the yard and hurt another dog this time it was 3,500$ so I put up another fence and everything he been better. She aid they could medicate him get a dog behaviorist but there was no guarantee he wouldn't bite someone. Those such people are ignorant to the reasons why animals have aggression. I have seen it allowed in puppies, with people thinking it cute. In a final effort to help him, I hired a trainer, whom he promptly attacked. Heres the situation Im in and please comment on how to move on with life once euthanizing a dog. So we hope he will do better in a new environment and he has already proved so with our trainer. He would lay on my lap and he would growl if I tried to move him. It was just weird that he would turn on him just like that. She did nip hard enough to leave a bruise when a delivery guy surprised us on the porch and hurriedly left- looking like running away (he was acting weird, but nice enough luckily about the dog). So that night im in my room and i hear my son cry and i go in and my dog has him backed in to the headboard of his bed. That was always manageable and we continued on with trainings at the SPCA. Dogs are very good at going to sleep :) and that's all that happens for them. My husband also worries that he could get off the property and endanger a child. My entire world is centered around him, resulting in my other dogs being neglected. However, Im afraid I dont know how to be this type of dog owner as all the dogs I have ever had Ive treated like royalty. As Dr. Gaspar says, escalating behavior is not good in any species. She seemed fine with that. It was horrible, and I knew she would have killed him if she could have. November 9, 2019 Shari Eventually, he began to mind me and would sit rather than try to pull away from me to attack another animal or a person. Please remember it is not your Golden Shepherd's fault; he can't help it. My daughter had other ideas and for Mother's day 3 years later gave me a surprise, 8 week old Ollie, I was in love. I understand the emotional pull of wanting to help this poor dog. NOTHING is taken from him. I felt so lost an alone in this, but reading everyone elses comments I know j am not. My mom and her boyfriend were the owners of his parents so of course after seeing this adorable puppy I had to have him. July 16, 2020 On that visit, he bit the vet, out of nowhere and extremely unpredictably. We will love you forever. In 2 weeks I will reluctantly take my best buddy for his last drive. It doesn't make it easier though. Then my husband tried to move the dog away from the door of a room I was in and was bitten twice. We had family staying with for about 10 days and in that time the dog bit my mother in laws ankles. She wants to go on a walk or car ride but in doing so provokes these horrific panic attacks when seeing "the outside enemy" causing heightened fear seeing the next "enemy" and the next until she is home and can pass out with an exhaustive sigh. I thought, even if he was guarding me in that situation, it was because she smelled like dogs, cats, anal gland, and god knows what else. I'd like to think that Miles had some kind of early-onset dementia. He loved to go in our bedroom and look up the hill to see if his friends were up there playing. I went with great anticipation to meet my first grandchild a beautiful, amazing one week old when I arrived. December 14, 2015 This was so awful to witness, I brought him back home. If you go tomorrow, I hope the vet has given you sedatives for you to give her an hour before you leave. What if we werent home? We feel like we have two options: rehome her or have her put to sleep. The attack was severe, I should have gone to the ER but refused. April 10, 2016 Janine, That is really good advice, as I wonder what she thought. The important thing is that you did try, and you risked everything to do so. I went to the humane society yesterday to have him put down, i was told they don't just put dogs down they need reasoning and reports. He's getting more aggressive with family members and we have a teen as well as two other dogs. Frequently, dogs who are aggressive are fearful. When we picked him up his foster Mom told me he had a slight food aggression. I didnt realize how aggressive he was toward me, nor did I realize how lucky I was to be alive. I put a muzzle on him 24/7. I also think we carry guilt over what feels like a "punishment" for the pet for his behavior. Each time he barks we startle. I don't want to wait til a 100 pound dog latches onto someones face. No blood this time but it is breaking my heart. Im hoping to find a rescue to take him on, but after reading this it has really given me pause. The younger two were becoming increasingly aggressive toward our oldest male. If all the incidents have been within a short, recent timeframe, pain is a likely culprit. Thank you for giving me hope that I might not always hurt this badly. Just want to say thank you once again. She pulled through remarkably well, with no lingering affects other than the hearing loss. I'm so grateful your sister in law was there and prevented your child from getting out of the van, and opened your door for you. I planned to take her to the vet the next day for a complete workup and talk about what needed to be done. She loved him to death and he loved her. Thankfully my husband saw her start to attack and jumped on her. To me Rosie was everything and still is. Why is he doing this baffles me. This boy had been in kennels for a year as nobody else could manage him in foster care, you could tell he had been malnourised and beaten in his past life but he so wanted to please and love you, he just had no boundaries. It was often very confusing. We walk him at least 4 days a week and he is always loose in the apartment when we go to work. He was a AmStaff (pitbull)mix. I'm sorry to hear of your experience and sorrow, but if you are a dog lover - which it sounds like you certainly are - you will most likely change your mind and want another dog. And was a resource guarder with just about anything. My dog was put down 2 days ago. It was a year and half of unprovoked attacks on me and neighbors just walking the street or out in their yards. Jennifer I feel like a failure and I will not adopt again. I refuse to rescue dangerous dogs as I believe that its the owners call to make and if they do not do the hard yards as you did they will make wrong decisions again. Since he has been boarding, he bit two staff members familiar to him unprovoked.I took him to board at the vet to look for any underlying medical problems causing the escalation of aggression. His guarding may have seemed minor in the beginning, and may have disappeared in one respect.. what I didn't understand is that it could manifest again at any moment, in any fashion. We no longer cuddle him or ever put my face anywhere near him. We no longer walk on egg shells. He bite my husband 3 days later. I didn't know why they were saying this, but i was careful. We dont mind it but its odd behaviour. and loved it. We believe this is the right decision for us and for Nala, as much as it breaks my heart. I realize I have stop making excuses even though it is breaking my heart. He would snarl and react if he even opened his door to come out of his room. Follow us so you don't miss a thing! Hi Tammy, 18 is not a trivial number of bites, and being rehomed would only increase his stress. Thank you for the insight and wonderful article on such a difficult subject. Today she jerked the leash and bit our complex's maintenance man - 3 times. She was a poodle-terrier we think and 15 months old only. She evaluated C with a fair prognosis and added a daily tranquilizer. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. My husband and I are still sad, for him it's guilt, for me it's the silence, but we both agree that our home is more peaceful and now that we're a couple days separated it's easier to see the way we worked our lives around Roscoenot have guests over, meeting delivery people in the driveway. My wife is insisting that we put him down and has made an appointment for this afternoon. I tried a trainer but he responded less to her than to me!! Many dogs dislike children, and those dogs without bite inhibition should not live with them. Noises especially, but anything really. Moe is the type of dog only his mother loves and that's me. Its a huge burden of responsibility that you have had to carry. He still has the scar. Rosie was taken by animal control and forced to do a 10 day quarantine and then I got to pick her up. She's extremely cooperative at the vet. We have another 11 year old Malinois, who was actually a rescue pup, so we knew what kind of dog we were getting, but I don't think I should be afraid to move in my own house. Thank you for your story, we are dealing with the same issue with our 128 lb GS only we can't get a leash on him or muzzle to take him to the vet, we have tried ACE but only made him more aggressive. We brought him to an animal behaviorist. July 3, 2016 My heart is with you. I kept her from meeting anyone. She lets me put a harness on her to go walking but later the same night she will snap at me if I get too close to her or try to pet her. Is sad that humans think that dogs should be killed for acts of aggression. I feel like I failed this dog and put him in these situations he should't be in. I took good care of her almost to a fault. Even if Im getting up too fast, is he going to attack or if you yell in your own house Is he going to attack? 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