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  • I would not only get a complete thyroid test done but also an eye exam.

    Jennifer

  • The reality is that there are a lot of nice b's that are having touble finding homes.
    Why, cause there are more dogs than homes for them.
    I am sad for this boy, but have been the one who used to take the biters in, I know how much work it can be.
    I would be interested in what happens to this boy.

  • @MacPack:

    I am posting as a last hope for a local dog I don't own! S (names are changed to protect the innocent) was adopted as an older pup from a shelter and raised with a young couple (going to grad school) who ran with him and thought it was a hoot that he could climb over a 6 ft wood or chain fence in a heartbeat, and climb trees. . . .Woman e-mailed me a couple of months ago about needing to re-home both immediately. Seems S continues to climb fences and escape, no longer fun, and last month killed a cat while out.

    Ann-
    I find this so heartbreakingly sad as it points to owners who did not have the foresight to see that "cute" behaviors in puppies can be problematic in adult dogs. And now the dog is not longer "fun" so they want to dump him. I hope they have learned something and it will be a long, long time before they get another cute puppy. I hope this dog finds a better life - either on this side of the bridge or the other.

  • Sadly I'm afraid it will be on the other side. But, he was pulled from a shelter and has had 3 or 4 good years in a nice home, many dogs don't even have that much of a good life. It is sad but I am philosophical, as others have said, there are lots of really nice dogs needing homes, why risk putting a known biter in a home that could go to a very nice dog.
    His escaping is too much for us to deal with, were it not for that I might be willing to work with the biting, but I won't put my neighborhood cats in peril.

  • Looks like S & E are going to a foster home tomorrow, hooray to our main local rescue person who reached out and found a foster for them, at least temporarily. Gives time to evaluate S in another setting. Thanks for all who were interested. A reprieve, at least for now.

  • @MacPack:

    Looks like S & E are going to a foster home tomorrow, hooray to our main local rescue person who reached out and found a foster for them, at least temporarily. Gives time to evaluate S in another setting. Thanks for all who were interested. A reprieve, at least for now.

    That is great news,…. I hope that they work out OK and the biting problems can be resolved...

  • thanks for the happy update. i hope he can bloom in a more structured environment.

  • Sometimes all that is needed is just another chance. :|

  • Here's hoping he will behave himself and stay in a nice home.

  • WOW, that makes me very happy to hear!

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