Buddy has an increasingly aggressive dog......

[Sigo]

I had a dog I rescued from an abusi ve owner. Things went well, but the dog became aggressive toward me. I was fine since the previous owner was male, so I changed behavior to not trigger the dog. It soon became aggressive toward my wife, and then my daughter. I could not take the chance. I had to put it down. Broke my heart, but I would not take the chance.

 

[Lockout]

most important would by wife and kids , simple

put that dog down and let it go

It's much easier letting it go and be put down then to deal with my child hurt or worse , or wife you know ?

 

[Bear44]

I had a dog I rescued from an abusi ve owner. Things went well, but the dog became aggressive toward me. I was fine since the previous owner was male, so I changed behavior to not trigger the dog. It soon became aggressive toward my wife, and then my daughter. I could not take the chance. I had to put it down. Broke my heart, but I would not take the chance.

Just for future reference, there is a very good chance it was dominant aggressive and felt it was it's prerogative to correct subordinate pack members. If, through proper training, you change the dogs status in the pack, it no longer feels aggressive behavior is proper. If that is reinforced by those that are now it's superior pack members, the aggressive behavior stops with a high level of reliability. Dominant aggressive behavior is one of the easiest forms aggression to reliably stop.

 

[Deleted member 39693]

Man. This is a hard thread to read. Never want to see a animal put down but they need to change this behavior before something life altering happens


Walle the pit mix that found me has the best temperament of any dog I've ever came into contact with and god only knows what all that animal has been through

Good luck to your buddy and his family

 

[karlvv30]

Man. This is a hard thread to read. Never want to see a animal put down but they need to change this behavior before something life altering happens


Walle the pit mix that found me has the best temperament of any dog I've ever came into contact with and god only knows what all that animal has been through

Good luck to your buddy and his family

It's an easy solution. Try once with a pro like bear. There are no second chances after that. If he cant afford it I'm sure a few of us could kick some in. I will. I've seen enough to know death is inevitable but it shouldn't be the 1st choice.

 

[Bear44]

Man. This is a hard thread to read. Never want to see a animal put down but they need to change this behavior before something life altering happens


Walle the pit mix that found me has the best temperament of any dog I've ever came into contact with and god only knows what all that animal has been through

Good luck to your buddy and his family

Or determine that the behavior cannot be reliably changed. It's a tough call to make, but if you have exhausted the realistic possibilities and there's nothing left to do, at least you make the decision with as clear a conscious as is possible.

 

[Bear44]

It's an easy solution. Try once with a pro like bear. There are no second chances after that. If he cant afford it I'm sure a few of us could kick some in. I will. I've seen enough to know death is inevitable but it shouldn't be the 1st choice.

Lets just start with an evaluation. We may discover it's a relatively easy (and inexpensive) fix or it's a non starter.

 

[Deleted member 39693]

In Ohio a lot of the counties there have outlawed pit bulls or make you have a high dollar umbrella insurance if you own one


Our basset hound will be 2 in June and he will bite completely unprovoked

I never thought I'd own a pit due to the stigma of their breed. Wouldn't trade Walle for the world!

 

[cdb400]

It's the wife's fault the dog has become unpredictably aggressive?

Sorry, I replied too quickly, just like so many before me replied too quickly with "get a shovel" and "put that thing down" etc.... I was trying to say that it was the wives fault for making an emotional decision to bring another dog into the fold without proper vetting. And to all the others who were obviously triggered by the OP's use of the word "aggression". As Bear states, aggression can be caused by lots of things. Lets try to figure that out before we just kill the dog like its nothing. If you can't handle the assessment and/or training needs, find someone who CAN. Don't just throw the dog out because it has what you perceive as aggression. Would you do that with your child? If you thought they were getting more and more aggressive, would you take them out back and shoot them and start over? Or would you try to figure out what the root issue is and try to help them? They brought that dog into the home, THEY are responsible for its well being going forward. So if they choose to kill it, I would certainly hope they take pause and reflect on the decision that ended the dogs life.

 

[karlvv30]

Lets just start with an evaluation. We may discover it's a relatively easy (and inexpensive) fix or it's a non starter.

I have no doubt that you could figure it out quickly. Most good dogs dont break bad. Life should never be wasted.