Lori Hall Webboard User Reg: 06-12-2007
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If the dog would have bit my son he would have been put to sleep there are to many good dogs looking for a home to deal with trouble. you can't save them all
I believe this dog deserves a chance to be a terrific pet for a home with adults. He is eager to please and learned many great behaviors in just a few short weeks. I don't think he should be disposed of because he was abused himself and reactions badly to being harassed.
Not all dogs have a tolerance for children. Not all humans do, either.
In this case, none of us were there, but from Lori's description, it sounds like the dog may have been poked and prodded by the child. The dog is also still a puppy (8 months) and apparently has been previously abused.
I think the dog deserves another chance and I hope he can be placed in a nice home with no children.
I don't let kids pet her unless i'm there
a rescue dog is different you don't the dog's past history. this problem will probably only get worse
why start with problems?get the kids a beagle or lab pup with a good temperament let them grow up together
tune to be raised by by responsible owners or it could be genitics
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Quote: john axe
I don't let kids pet her unless i'm there
There you go
So your pup wouldn't have a "faulty temperament" and won't be PTS if by some accident a strange kid somehow gets to poke her in the eye and she bites him?
A kid that wants to see what's inside of eyes and ears doesn't seem like a good mate for a Beagle or a Lab pup either.
Poor genetics is a good excuse, can't repeat the experiment with the same gene set
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From the description, it doesn't sound to me like the dog is safe in that home. I wouldn't let that kid near either of my dogs. Its possible that family should not be adopting a dog right now, until their child is old enough to know how to treat any pet with respect, and not be provoking it.
was there a temperament test done before the adoption? over reaction on my part, but kid's don't deserve to be bit. one the dumbest things i did. i bought a year old Rott (25+ years ago before they were screwed up) i tested him,at six months then at a year, he loved kids, my sons went with me to pick him up. next morning they were playing with him. they're mother walked in the room he chased her into the bathroom and was serious.lucky she wasn't bit. She was ready to put me to sleep. you just never know
I was almost killed by a lab when I was five. We had him from 8 weeks. Doesn't matter the breed, you can't let kids around dogs if they are going to pester and pick at them...major offense in my house even though my dogs are great with kids. It is not tolerated. Period.
My older son was very impulsive at this age. He was a good kid, but I bet he would have been one to pester a dog. It was my choice to wait until they were all older. Now, my youngest was six, but he was more mature at that age and less impulsive.
I hope they find a home for this pup and he gets the chance it sounds like he deserves. It's no one's fault when it's just a case of poor fit. Maybe an older dog with a known history of being tolerant of children?
I will be calling them this afternoon and encouraging them to find a more suitable situation for Jedi.
Hoping this conversation was successful. It can be really hard to get through to someone that rehoming is better for all, at least that has been my experience. If you need to vent, vent away.
it'not always the kids fault in training most of the time they say it's a handler mistake. sometimes it's the dog. there are bad dogs the same as there is bad people.
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