Need advice to save my dog's life

• oujoec Posted : 5/22/2006 9:11:58 PM OK so i think my mom has changed her mind about putting him to sleep and now shes trying to think of someone who can take him. My niece wasnt alone with the dog. They were both following my mom into another room of the house when she yanked his tail. Thanks for all the advice so far. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• Xerxes Posted : 5/22/2006 9:29:49 PM I'm glad that your niece is healing, but I'm worried for this dog.  Dogs and toddlers are not something that should be mixed.  I  know that I do not let any kids approach my dog because kids are unpredictable.  They may move their hands or squeal and that in that instant the dog may react and switch to full on prey drive, or as in the case of your dog: full on defensive drive.    To me it sounds like there were alot of warning signs that were ignored.  Remember dogs don't have the same language as we do, theirs is based upon subtle posture changes, the height and speed of the tail wag, eye contact etc... 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• Elaine Li Posted : 5/22/2006 10:33:48 PM Sorry to be blunt, but I think this situation is your mother's fault.  She NEVER should have left a toddler alone near the dog.  She put the toddler and now the dog in danger.  To put the dog to sleep would be monumentally unfair.  Perhaps you yourself can take it (I'm assuming your living away from home), or give it someone.  Doesn't sound like he's an agressive dog. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• Jo-Ann McLaughlin Posted : 5/22/2006 10:56:36 PM It's great that she's not putting him down! Hopefully she'll find someone who doesn't have very young children who could take him. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• Firestorm Posted : 5/23/2006 9:05:10 AM I would either crate the dog or give him a room to himself when your neice is around.  That way you can keep your dog and keep the child safe.  I used to have a rottie and he didn't have full run of the house...the kitchen was gated off and that was his space....if he wanted to visited with a kid he would come over to the gate and when he had enough he could get away from the kid...Dogs need to have a place where kids cannot bother them.  Also, young children should NEVER be left alone with a dog no matter how good of a dog or child it is...things happen.[] 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login