** Urgent ** Patterdale Terrier - Rehoming/Advice

[xoxprincess-zaraxox 1]

Hello

 

I've just joined on here in the vein attempt for someone to be able to help me with my Patterdale Terrier. I have a beautiful terrier called Betty, she is about 8 years old now having had two litters of puppies in her lifetime. Most have gone on to be excellent working dogs with game keepers etc and a few have become household pets.

 

Anyway due to recent events I now have to look for a new home for Betty.

 

Issue no 1. : I have another entire 13yo labrador bitch and she is intent on trying to kill Betty. 90% of the time they get on but more recently they fight all the time, particularly around when they are in season. Now Betty isn't the instigator of this but as you all know terriers often fight till the death and Betty certainly falls into that category. Just two weeks ago they had two massive fights and have ended up in the vets. I now have to keep them seperate all the time as we just can't risk them hurting each ohter any more, as well as it being a very traumatic experience.

 

Issue no 2: Betty is very well trained when in close quarters but if she's left to her own devices or picks up a scent she's off. If Betty isn't tied down or in her kennel she will run off too. Now where we live this hasn't been an issue, most people in the village knw Betty and are quite used to her tootling about. One lady feeds her steak on her bed (this probably is the reason she runs off to be honest) and she's quite a favourite at "teas on the green". Anyway to cut a long story short a walker was walking passed my house one day and Betty was coming back from her travels. This walker shooed Betty away from her and then proceeded to hit her with her walking stick very hard ( I saw this event outside the front of my house so I know exactly how it happened). Now Betty never fought back on this first occasion, I think she was rather taken a back by it and ran home. But ever since then if this walker comes passed our house with her stick (which she does on a dialy occurrence) and Betty is loose she will go for this woman. Last week she bit this woman on the leg and drew blood. I dont believe it was a prolonged or particularly aggressive attack but none the less she still bit her. This woman said she was going to report the event to the police/dog warden. Now my argument is that Betty would never have done it if she hadn't beaten seven bells out of her in the first place but she was loose and by all means not under control so I didn't argue the point when it first happened.

 

After many discussions we have decided that it is in Betty's interests to remove her from this situation and look at re-homing her. She is our beloved pet and we couldn't ask for a friendlier more loving animal and this is why it is particularly difficult to stomach, however if such an incident happens again here I do fear she will have to be euthanased if the police get involved. She would make an excellent working dog as has all the natural instinct for hunting. She would suit a household on her own or one with other larger dogs which are no longer entire.

 

Anyway if anyone has any ideas as to what I could do with her it would be much appreciated as I do understand that terriers take a particular type of owner who understand their nature.

 

Look forward to hearing some suggestions

[coonboy 160]

Give her to the old woman who feeds her steak on her bed

[lapin2008 1,587]

How long ago was it that she bit the woman and has she reported anything?

[erik 71]

shoot that labrador and kick the walker his ass whit his own stick.

[coonboy 160]

Lol just tried msgin u [bANNED TEXT] whuldent let me send

[.terrier man. 193]

idiot, feck off with ya f*****g pets

[RubyTex 1,957]

Give it to the steak lady, then drop kick the walker into next week for being such a muppet. Make sure you video it lol

[coonboy 160]

idiot, feck off with ya f*****g pets

haha john rambo with his super dogs sort ya neck out she got the dogs best intreasts in mind

[xoxprincess-zaraxox 1]

wow thanks for all your constructive comments......all I wanted was a little help. Anyway clearly I won't get it from here so point taken

[erik 71]

i just have given you some advice but ok if you know it better than ..........

[marshman 7,757]

I don't think many lads on here would take her on as most have there own dogs to deal with . And I would be dubious of any that did take an interest as they might try to breed her if she is still capable . As peddlars are always on the look out ! But good luck with re homing her.

[.terrier man. 193]

idiot, feck off with ya f*****g pets

haha john rambo with his super dogs sort ya neck out she got the dogs best intreasts in mind

 

idiot, feck off with ya f*****g pets

haha john rambo with his super dogs sort ya neck out she got the dogs best intreasts in mind

 

aye another lefty who cant handle there lovely terrier

[marshman 7,757]

Reading between the lines she sounds like she wants the dog to go to a working home. Also she's come on a hunting forum to re home the dog so at least her hearts in the right place !

[Alli 923]

KINDEST THING AND MOST SENSIBLE THING TO DO IS HAVE IT PUT DOWN, IT WILL NEVER SETLE AT THE AGE IT IS, ONCE A BITER.

[Millet 4,497]

IMO your lab won't have much time left on the planet if it is 13yr old..just take turn's in a crate and keep them seperate..i have had to do similar most of my life and a lot of other lad's will have..you are lucky by only having two some folk have to worry about keeping 4 or more seperate..try sticking a Mikky mussle on the both of them when they are together..personaly i think it would be kinder to have one or the other pts instead of rehoming to a unknown person.