Dogs and Biting.

I don't like the idea of putting him down, but as things have gone since hearing this and emailing I have heard that there's more safety issues and feel it is time to let him as I believe it could be age, personality and stuff like that. I don't want to but I am doing for the safety of My NEICE. Both Her Mum and My Mum have not been able to get him out for anything like food or anything like that but they have sent my NEICE in and they have got him. I am really pissed with hearing this and feel like they should know better and should let her feel safe by not sending her in the Kennel to do the things they can't get him to do basically for them.

I forgot to add at the Beginning Thanks for your response.

Thanks for the help. I am so grateful that I can still change my mind and am glad that I can do all I can do to love him like I have always loved him. Thanks for your help.

Thanks for your Response. It's not a once off I don't think, I can't remember though as I have a bad memory, owing to Accident after Accident. I am choosing the way I have chosen cos of lack of responsibility on other people's part since I am not actually with the poor DOG to try to get him to listen and to try avoiding this. He seems to have lost it since he has been himself bitten. He's coming up 77 in Human Years and 11 in Dog Years, so if he's loosing his sight, hearing, both or got something else like that then it is not a big wonder anyway.

What breed is it pretty? Some breeds are not good with children at all is why I ask. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~

My dad is 80 years old. I'm really glad someone like you is not in charge of his care, since your dogs age seems to be such a huge factor in your reasoning to kill him instead of at least trying to get a shelter or rescue group to take him. I get that your family is being really irrisponsible about letting your neice around the dog while you are gone, but what about when you come home? I'm assuming you have a little control of the dog then, right? Put a lock on the kennel so the kid can't get in and feed the dog yourself. Anyway, it sounds like you've made your descision and I doubt anything I type at this point is really going to change your mind, but I felt I had to at least try on your dog's behalf. I hope you at least refrain from getting any other pets in the future unless you are able to provide a stable life-long (natural life, that is) home for the animal.

Thanks for your response. I would love to keep him but I have felt the need to put him down. He's getting rather old, he's been in more than the one house, he's just fed up I think more than anything so I think that it's a good idea despite how Lonely I am going to feel with NO DOG for the amount of time it takes to find a young reasonably NEW not Puppy though Dog. The poor child at the recieving end of the near bite has been put in the situation by others where she's been asked to get my dog cos no-one has been able to get him. This sounds like they care more than the Dog than the Kid. My Dog and My Niece. This is one big thing to really get my Goat.

I couldn't do this after all that. I am glad i have had this much time to really think and think hard about what I want to do. I know that I can not do a lot about the things I did before I got really close to actually losing him and finding things very hard to deal with. Thank you all for your help

Thanks for your response. I did not get him put down but that was cos My Mother was going to pay for My Dog (Tobi) being put down. She found out the price though and then said no way like I did hope would happen in my own reasons. I really did not want it to happen. The down side for that is that after she tried to re-home him on me before even contacting me about what to do they did their own choice of thing anyway. My Mum and Sister drove him down to an Old Stomping Ground so to speak but just let him jump out of the car and then they failed to bother to even go after him to catch him and they then told me after they had done the stupid thing. I was and still am VERY UPSET/ANGRY ABOUT BEING NON-INFORMED OF THE EVENTS THAT FOLLOWED till they'd already happened within about 10 Hours of them happening. Infact since I didn't know that he was safe last Night I really did not sleep well at all. By the my Neice is there at the home nearly every day that there is of the year, other than her there's not a single child there. The thing that got my goat was that I told Mum of my Neice and my Mum that they needed to keep both of them away from each other, not what happened, they turned around and just let her go and get the Dog from the Kennel and piss him off even more than already if he was of course. I AM VERY TIRED FROM LACK OF SLEEP COS OF THIS HAPPENING AND WORRYING THAT THERE CAN STILL BE SOMETHING THAT MIGHT HAPPEN THAT MAY WELL KILL HIM VERY SLOWLY SO HE HAS TO BE PUT DOWN. THIS REALLY HAS MADE ME REALLLLLLLY REALLLLLLLY MADDDDDDDDD. He was there to be LOOKED AFTER NOT JUST DUMPED ON THE STREET FOR SOMEONE TO TRY AND KILL ANY OLD HOW. THIS IS REALLLLLY REALLLY ONE THING TO MAKE ME VERY, VERY SUPPPPPPEEEERRRR ANGRY. I am not going to be able to FORGIVE MYSELF FOR EVEN THINKING ABOUT PUTTING DOWN THE BOY.

Wait! Whoa. Your mom took your dog and just let him run off somewhere! That is terrible! I would be really upset too! He's in a shelter now? Can't you get him back? Since your niece is over everyday I would say keep the dog outside and pinned in other areas of the house while she is there. You can get little gates to put up that the dog can't cross. I'm sorry all this is happening to you! :( I hope everything works out.

I can't get the Dog back cos I don't even know where he is anyway. She actually let him out and took off the collar he had and then after that he ran for his life and although my Sister was the driver of the car I can thank her for at least going for a look but it was it. I wish I could stop this Comment now cos I am getting myself upset by trying to answer people who are like saying that I am the STUPIDEST OWNER and stuff for dumping him when I am away on HOLIDAY and was before then too. I trusted my MUM WITH THAT POOR DOG WHO MIGHT BE OUT THERE SUFFERING OR ANYTHING.

Thanks for your response. I did choose but that was not my choice so ya. Catch ya later. JM&M.

I chose what to do like I said but my choice was not done anyway and there has been irresponsibility in the way he was removed. He was removed by going to a NOT so WELL KNOWN place to him anymore, DUMPED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO FEND FOR HIMSELF AND THEN THEY WENT AWAY WITHOUT HIM. OF COURSE I DID NOT WANT TO CHOOSE ANY WAY TO GO BUT I NEEDED TO AND SO THAT WAS AND THEN THIS HAPPENED SO I MAY NEVER SEEM HIM AGAIN.

The dog was dumped on the side of the road???!!!! Not sure where you're from, but that's illegal! That's endangering an animal, neglecting an animal, and can be punishable by fine and/or jail time for the OWNER of the dog not the people that did it because you left the dog in their care. Like I said, I'm not sure where you're from and if you're not in the US your laws may be different. But if you do, someone could easily report you for this and you'd be in a lot of trouble. I'm sorry, we may all love animals very much but some of us should not own a pet. If you actually left your BELOVED dog with people who weren't going do things the right way and just abandon it on the side of the road, you are just as much at fault as them and you shouldn't have had a pet to begin with. I was sympathic before because I had to put my dog down too (she got very sick, very quickly and there wasn't anything that could be done. she was suffering immensely) so I know how hard it is to make the decison, and how sad it is when they're gone. But if this is what you think is ok, then I no longer feel sorry for you. If you really did care about your dog, you should call the SPCA and explain what your family did so they can find the dog and find him a LOVING home. It IS possible to find a home for an older dog.

Such a hard choice to make. I truly wish that you don't have to let go of your dog. And I certainly hope that the parents or whoever is the guardian of your niece would have the common sense to keep her away from any animal since she is still a child.

Cletus Van Damme - Thanks for your response. I am not DUMB. DON'T CALL ME DUMB. I HAVE A SLIGHT INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY BUT THAT DON'T MEAN I AM DUMB. Thanks for your response anyway. I am grown up anyway by the way as much as I can be grown up. Have you ever tried to be Intellectually Disabled?

Thanks for your response. I have decided that since I seem to be having to choose between an 10 coming up 11 year old or a 1 coming up to 2 year old Neice. This choice of course has been MEGA Hard but I am getting rid of the DOG and keeping my NEICE safer by having a new non-agressive dog. I could honestly not live with no DOG cos I feel sooo lonely without a DOG. I feel like there's not a lot if any use in LIFE with no DOG. I feel like they are a lot of things. A. Company for me B. A feeling of safety C. Someone to talk to while I am walking. I am really angry with having to loose my DOG cos of someone else's lack of commen sense. I say that cos I am away up North to where I live. I am staying with Family so I really got angry when I heard that they are not keeping My NEICE away from My DOG. They were told though that they need to keep her safe and away from my Dog.

Dru, why thank ya darling! I do value animals & hold them in high regard, animal cruelty is something I WILL NOT tolerate under ANY circumstances. Babe: Dru is absolutly right in what she said also. Obviously your neice is the problem here, not the dog. The kindest sweetest dog can finally just have a belly full of an annoying brat & snap. I know I would. It's NOT teh dogs fault in ANY WAY. If you're neice is not old enough to understand "NO leave the doggie alone" then she shouldn't be around the dog in the first place!! and if she HAS to be then her parents should keep an eye on her. I take it back, it's really the parents fault, not the childs. Dog's don't know any better & they do what they have to do. And I agree, I'd freak out if my family ever did anything like that with any of my pets (although I currently don't have any at the moment, but I wil once I attend school to become a professional dog trainer) and if my family did something like that I would never forgive them. but then again my family KNOWS better than to mess with my animals, they know how dear they are to me & my family RESPECTS that.

Thanks for your response. I am SORRY you obviously think better of a DOG than of a HUMAN FRIEND. There's things that you have to do before you choose a DOGS LIFE OVER A HUMANS LIFE. Thanks again for your response and I am yet again SORRY YOU FEEL THIS WAY ABOUT THIS.

Druscilla and Duvessa. I am sorry. I was just trying to find out what I should do. He as you know was not put down. I am going to see if I can find him cos I know that I DO LOVE HIM ENOUGH TO BE NICE TO HIM AND LOOK FOR HIM AND PROVE THAT LIFE IS WORTH HAVING A DOG AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. I live with my Family because I have got a Slight bit of an Intellectual Disability or sometimes they make me feel like it anyway so this is why I am still there. I could not be so mean to my Niece and Dump her. I would wear it from both of the IRRESPONSIBLE people who were in the car as well if I did.

Thanks for your response. He's older, but my Neice is getting the job of getting him out of the Kennel even though they know the Attack could happen any time. I heard that this morning. I am away and I have said what they need to do with the Dog but they are just basically making a slave out of this poor kid who might get bitten and not keeping her safe from being mauled by the Dog. I am away out of Town.

He is not being let go cos I really really really love him so I can't let him go. I really really hope I will learn from this bad experience of losing him by another person losing him. I couldn't do this and now I am glad I am not going to let it happen.

Thanks for your response. I am putting the Dog Down. I am not risking my Neice getting bitten nor anyone else. The rest of the Family seem to be willing to risk this but I feel it is safer. He's had a hard life to live so this would be the best thing to do. He's getting expensive, grumpy, not showing a lot of interest in a lot of things and this is just the topper offer. He's had 3 owners, lots of injuries and he's 10 going on 11 or 70 going on 77. Thanks again for your help. When he's gone I will just get another Dog and train this Dog and it will not be a waste of the Dogs life not that this Dogs life has been wasted.

He was not put down in the end but he was just dumped the others in my family on the side of the road with no collar, lead, tag or anything. This really PISSED ME OFF!! even more than it did before when I had to decide what to do.

Thanks for your response. I have been thinking really hard this week. I know that as long as I can get him home after my Mum deserting the poor Dog while I have been away on Holiday I will love him for ever and ever more. I still love him so I know that I can't do that. Thank you sooooo much for your help.

PS. He's not going to be gone by the end of the week he's back. I miss him and I can't even handle life even now with no him and so I really am glad that they couldn't go through with the thing.

Thanks for your response. I believe this Morning really made the choice semi concrete. I was talking on the phone and I heard "Your NEICE is going to get the DOG OUT of the KENNEL and he's coming for her only." This of course really pissed me right off hearing this, So I was like well this poor DOG has to DIE cos of someone else's lack of responsibility for a KID and a DOG.

He was not destroyed, not re-homed. He landed up dumped by the Family I had looking after him. HE WAS DUMPED I REPEAT. GRRRRRRR GRRRRR. I did not know anything before I was told it happened about 10 Hours before I was told.

Thanks for your response. My Dog is 10 going on 11 or 70 going 77. This to me would really feel old. I am Destroying him cos of the fact that He's just about bitten my NEICE and my Family WILL NOT USE THERE SENSE AND KEEP PUTTING THIS POOR CHILD IN DANGER,EVEN AFTER THIS HAPPENED. I am sorry about the shouting. I really want to keep him but I REALLY want to keep My NEICE Safe at this same time.

The Plans got changed on me with out me knowing it was happening so he went away without me even knowing he was going. HE GOT DUMPED ON ME!!!!

At that age maybe its something you have to do.. my dog lived to be twelve but he was getting pretty growly there towards the end.. I am very sorry for you I am looking at having to put down my lab because she has such bad skin allergies and its a tough decision and a very difficult thing to have to do.. all the best to you I hope its not too hard on you..

Thanks for your response. Would you like my Intellectual Disability and my life? I am DAM SURE YOU WOULDN'T!!! I have been RAPED, RAPED, RAPED most of the whole of my life and to make it worse I have my Intellectual Disability to deal with so I can not recognise everything that an average 18-25 year old would. There is a lot I do recognise, but not everything. I was just putting in the options that the others in my Family had got from the Vet.

Thank you for your response. I am not going to put him down I don't think, not anymore. I am getting possibly getting him home. I am glad he was not put down now. I am still angry that My Mum went and undid his collar and won't apologize for basically dumping him to go for gold and just die out there. I tell you this I have been hurting even just not knowing where he had been before I heard from her (since this afternoon.)

The choice was actually in the end taken out of the hands of my own self. I asked for help. I didn't get it the way I wanted it and the people I asked have recked my life and I stand to have very little to do with them even though they are FAMILY. I was choosing the hard way if they were in agreeance with this, they did so that's what I was going for what they'd agreed with. I get a phone call by one of the Family and they tell me they "GOT INTO THE CAR, WENT FOR A RIDE UP TO THE SPCA, NO JOY COS OF HIS AGE, THEY WENT TO PICK UP MY NEICE, TOOK OFF OUT OF TOWN, WENT FOR GOLD AND JUST DUMPED MY DOG." WHAT THE **** WAS THE POINT IN ASKING WHAT I WAS DOING IF THEY WERE GOING TO JUST GO AND DO THAT ANYWAY. I just hope he is alright or found a new home, instead of a dying from being attacked or run over. Sorry I was yelling. I am soooo sorry. I am just not handling it now cos I have got no Dog and cos he's gone from my life - this way of any way there was to go.

Thanks for your response. I know that I NEED to make a Decision and now I know the way I have got to go. I am away on Holiday myself and I had a call this Morning. Mother of my Neice who near got attacked and Our Mother has not listened and just been sending my Neice to get the DOG to have food and stuff, nothing has happened from that but I am NOT risking that again. LET ME TELL YOU I WAS PISSED WITH THAT CALL,HEARING THAT INFORMATION.

Thanks for your response. I am away from Home and so I am unable to keep my Neice away from my Dog and so that's therefore not possible to be my responsibility when I am on Holiday. I know you are just trying to help and really not trying to get me all up in arms so to speak. Hearing this info was really annoying for me I tell you cos since they have been this I feel it is more safe to go for the Putting Down the Dog Option.