Dangerous Dog??

[neems 2,406]

It wouldn't be nice putting a good loyal dog down,but compare that to the potential consequences of passing it on.

 

The choice is obvious,imagine having to live with yourself knowing you were responsible for a child being mauled.

[dare 1,103]

Yep dog was perfectly healthy and everything you could ask for in a dog. I'm a soft git and even let him sleep in my bed lol. Probably the worst thing I've done in my life. Do I feel guilty? Yeah and I wish the situation was different. Do I regret it? No. I would rather the dog be put down than left wondering how his being treated.

[Brewman 1,192]

 

 

Dog should be culled no question about it. Wouldn't surprise me if certain twats made excuses though. They tend to do the same when breeding dogs aswell. Good owners and breeders can see faults in their dog.

Personally I'd rather cull any dog I can't keep because I don't trust people to give it the same amount of care I would. Put down a perfectly friendly Stafford who was a member of the family. Spent few days crying aswell if honest and was hard choice to make. Then I see program's like those twats on that dog fighting program or chavs getting dragged by their ego extension mutts and know I made the right choice

 

have you ever culled a healthy dog rather than give it to someone else if you have then people like you shudnt be aloud keep dogs

WHAT? Are you for real? You do realise what site you are on right? This isn't Facebook. Some people choose to take 'whole life' responsibility for their dogs. If they are no longer able to look after the animal, and they are not able to find someone who they feel would be able to look after the dog correctly, then they do the responsible thing and destroy the dog in question.

 

What would you rather he have done with the dog? Advertised it free to good home on Facebook? Handed it in to a rescue? There are more than enough healthy dogs in the world in need of a home. In this instance I applaud dare for his actions. In his circumstances I would have done exactly the same.

 

Dogs are property. So long as one is not cruel, and does not cause unnecessary suffering, then one can do whatever one wishes with a dog in their ownership. You may not agree with dare's actions, but you are not in a position to pass judgement upon him. There is a certain kind of person who seeks to enforce their point of view on others.

 

A minority of the population believe that hunting is cruel and that it shouldn't be allowed. They think that anyone who hunts with a dog should not be aloud to keep dogs. They seek to enforce this point of view on the rest of the population. Can you see the irony?

I have an 8 stone Ridgeback who has an excellent temperament is brilliant with the kids and doesn't concern himself with strangers in the house just keeps an eye.

He is bullet proof and fit as a fiddle only goes to the vet for his boosters.

I love him to bits but if circumstances arose that meant we were to be parted my only option would be to put him to sleep. He's 8 years old and an absolute power house but I couldn't trust anyone else to look after him properly and safely for all concerned.

[bird 9,916]

It wouldn't be nice putting a good loyal dog down,but compare that to the potential consequences of passing it on.

 

The choice is obvious,imagine having to live with yourself knowing you were responsible for a child being mauled.

true, for some reason on here , there compare a dog to human.A child+person comes 1st 100% , if not sure of the new owner with the dog, put it to sleep its just a dog, there 10000's out there to start again. But some rescue centres where you can take the dog, if you tell them the dog not very good with kids, they will tell the new owners straight away , and in that way it might go to the right home in the 1st place .I lost a dog years ago he was found at this type place, somebody handed him in, went to pick him up .And when I was there a couple were looking for just little family type dog, and I heard all this said to them, not all the dogs are put down some get new owners that are vetted by these staff there

[peterhunter86 8,627]

 

 

Dog should be culled no question about it. Wouldn't surprise me if certain twats made excuses though. They tend to do the same when breeding dogs aswell. Good owners and breeders can see faults in their dog.

 

Personally I'd rather cull any dog I can't keep because I don't trust people to give it the same amount of care I would. Put down a perfectly friendly Stafford who was a member of the family. Spent few days crying aswell if honest and was hard choice to make. Then I see program's like those twats on that dog fighting program or chavs getting dragged by their ego extension mutts and know I made the right choice

have you ever culled a healthy dog rather than give it to someone else if you have then people like you shudnt be aloud keep dogs

 

 

WHAT? Are you for real? You do realise what site you are on right? This isn't Facebook. Some people choose to take 'whole life' responsibility for their dogs. If they are no longer able to look after the animal, and they are not able to find someone who they feel would be able to look after the dog correctly, then they do the responsible thing and destroy the dog in question.

 

What would you rather he have done with the dog? Advertised it free to good home on Facebook? Handed it in to a rescue? There are more than enough healthy dogs in the world in need of a home. In this instance I applaud dare for his actions. In his circumstances I would have done exactly the same.

 

Dogs are property. So long as one is not cruel, and does not cause unnecessary suffering, then one can do whatever one wishes with a dog in their ownership. You may not agree with dare's actions, but you are not in a position to pass judgement upon him. There is a certain kind of person who seeks to enforce their point of view on others.

 

A minority of the population believe that hunting is cruel and that it shouldn't be allowed. They think that anyone who hunts with a dog should not be aloud to keep dogs. They seek to enforce this point of view on the rest of the population. Can you see the irony?

 

yeh i can see the irony your saying i shudnt try to enforce my point of view on dare while your trying to enforce yours on me

[unlacedgecko 1,466]

 

 

 

Dog should be culled no question about it. Wouldn't surprise me if certain twats made excuses though. They tend to do the same when breeding dogs aswell. Good owners and breeders can see faults in their dog.

 

Personally I'd rather cull any dog I can't keep because I don't trust people to give it the same amount of care I would. Put down a perfectly friendly Stafford who was a member of the family. Spent few days crying aswell if honest and was hard choice to make. Then I see program's like those twats on that dog fighting program or chavs getting dragged by their ego extension mutts and know I made the right choice

have you ever culled a healthy dog rather than give it to someone else if you have then people like you shudnt be aloud keep dogs

 

 

WHAT? Are you for real? You do realise what site you are on right? This isn't Facebook. Some people choose to take 'whole life' responsibility for their dogs. If they are no longer able to look after the animal, and they are not able to find someone who they feel would be able to look after the dog correctly, then they do the responsible thing and destroy the dog in question.

 

What would you rather he have done with the dog? Advertised it free to good home on Facebook? Handed it in to a rescue? There are more than enough healthy dogs in the world in need of a home. In this instance I applaud dare for his actions. In his circumstances I would have done exactly the same.

 

Dogs are property. So long as one is not cruel, and does not cause unnecessary suffering, then one can do whatever one wishes with a dog in their ownership. You may not agree with dare's actions, but you are not in a position to pass judgement upon him. There is a certain kind of person who seeks to enforce their point of view on others.

 

A minority of the population believe that hunting is cruel and that it shouldn't be allowed. They think that anyone who hunts with a dog should not be aloud to keep dogs. They seek to enforce this point of view on the rest of the population. Can you see the irony?

 

yeh i can see the irony your saying i shudnt try to enforce my point of view on dare while your trying to enforce yours on me

 

I've not tried to enforce anything on anyone. I said that in my opinion dare did the right thing, and that in his situation I would do the same. If you were in his situation you would be free to do whatever you decided was appropriate. I may not agree with your course of action, but I would always defend your freedom to select that course of action, provided it was legal and did not cause any unnecessary suffering.

[dare 1,103]

Prehaps I should of sold the dog and earnt some money? Or maybe I should have gave him away so someone else can sell him on to earn some money? Then lets just hope the buyer has experience in owning a dog aggressive dog and has the decency in them not to breed him to anything going and flog pups to the sort of idiots on that documentry the other night. And of course id have to hope the dogs being treated well. I didnt get any pleasure out of putting the dog down. I done it because I love the dog so much so that I wouldn't risk him being mistreated. To be honest the first thing that crossed my mind wasnt oh better put him down incase an accident happens although that certainly was a reason. First thing I thought of is noone will care for my dog the way I do. I'd rather put the dog down then have it on my mind wondering how his being kept.

[peterhunter86 8,627]

if the dog was a danger then i understand it been pts but i cant if it was a good dog that some body could have loved and enjoyed. and whats wrong with selling a dog do people that buy them not look after them??????

[dare 1,103]

Even if you give the dog away to a decent home or sell to a decent person, what's to say in the future they can't keep the dog. Also you never know exactly how someone's treating a dog and I'd rather not be left wondering. Any dog is a potential danger in the wrong hands. The dog was fine with people but dog aggressive. Seen plenty of people who'd tell you theyd know what to do just panic when an accident happens. Rather than take any risks at all the dog was put down.

[Huan72 687]

I cant imagine ever giving my dog up, it would be like cutting my right arm off but if I did have to for some crazy reason I couldn't rehome her, there are some real cruel twisted people out there, I couldn't live with the thought that she was being beaten and scared s***less every day. To me my dogs are lifetime commitments, I have screwed up in the past with decisions I made over dogs and other animals and even many years later they still come back to haunt me sometimes, I will never repeat those mistakes again, my dog has a lifetime home with me. I had to PTS my dog once because he bit someone on the face, but that only happened because I took my eye off the ball and someone pushed a boundary they shouldn't have. He paid the ultimate price, I just had to live with it. It took me years to get over that and I really do mean that, I try never to judge peoples decisions who are passionate about their dogs, these decisions are not easy and no dog man makes them lightly, give people a break, they are punishing themselves more than anyone else could. I cant help any of my dogs from the past but I can make my currents dogs life as good as possible and learn from old lessons that were hard and well learnt.

[AKA-BRINDLE 879]

Dog should be culled no question about it. Wouldn't surprise me if certain twats made excuses though. They tend to do the same when breeding dogs aswell. Good owners and breeders can see faults in their dog.

 

Personally I'd rather cull any dog I can't keep because I don't trust people to give it the same amount of care I would. Put down a perfectly friendly Stafford who was a member of the family. Spent few days crying aswell if honest and was hard choice to make. Then I see program's like those twats on that dog fighting program or chavs getting dragged by their ego extension mutts and know I made the right choice

 

 

Fair play to you dare...a lot of lads 'talk' about culling and putting to sleep...but when it really comes down to it thats all it is ...talk...couldnt of been an easy thing to do...had to call time on an 15yr old Stafford a couple of years back needed doing but that was hard enough...felt like i had let him down betrayed him after all wed been through...so can imagine how gutted you must of felt...but what i will say is...a lot of dogs have the odds stacked against them from day one...being put in the wrong situation from the start...in the late 80's i was around Staffords and pitbulls through good mates...as tempted as i was i waited until i was married and bought my own house until i had dogs myself...as a result every dog that has came to me has stayed for all its life...no exscuses...if worst came to worse and i couldnt hold on to them myself...i would do just as you did.