Possibly a bad comparison, but here you go.
Several years ago I had a 4 year old male Rhodesian ridgeback hound mix I raised from a puppy that I adored - he was a large high strung dog that I would do anything for.
Coming back from the grocery store one day another dog chased my truck barking his ass off while my dog is chained in the bed of the truck barking back. The small neighborhood kids were fucking around in the street as I backed into my driveway. As soon as I unchained my dog he took off and attacked one of the kids for seemingly no reason. Picked him up by the thigh and shook him hard - bad bite, surgery required.
Long story short, I did what I could (Muzzle, no freedom etc.) and still had to put him down.
I know he got all cranked up by that other dog & the kids were kinda fighting, pushing each other around but the end of the story is that a dog that bites a human cannot be trusted. My dog could have just as easily grabbed this 6 year old kid by the throat.
I know the pain involved in these decisions, but no trust ? No exceptions.
Several years ago I had a 4 year old male Rhodesian ridgeback hound mix I raised from a puppy that I adored - he was a large high strung dog that I would do anything for.
Coming back from the grocery store one day another dog chased my truck barking his ass off while my dog is chained in the bed of the truck barking back. The small neighborhood kids were fucking around in the street as I backed into my driveway. As soon as I unchained my dog he took off and attacked one of the kids for seemingly no reason. Picked him up by the thigh and shook him hard - bad bite, surgery required.
Long story short, I did what I could (Muzzle, no freedom etc.) and still had to put him down.
I know he got all cranked up by that other dog & the kids were kinda fighting, pushing each other around but the end of the story is that a dog that bites a human cannot be trusted. My dog could have just as easily grabbed this 6 year old kid by the throat.
I know the pain involved in these decisions, but no trust ? No exceptions.