Has some of you my of read a few weeks ago Crystal my jack was getting snappy  ,she was a rescue and was abused when she was a pup before i got her at 10mths old,she bit me a couple of weeks ago and was very snappy with Merlin my male jack of 21months old,well yesterday was the final straw she went in full mode for my youngest son Brett whos 6yrs   ,twice within 30mins or so,all he wanted to do was stroke her,so that was it she had to go,im very upset about this as you can imagine,when it happened to me we noticed she had broken her toe nail quite badly so we put it down to this,obviously that wasnt the case she was just hating the kids and Merlin she has real bad jeliousy issues with living with other dogs  ,she is now living with a friend who has no children so she will have one to one attention which i obviously cant give her,im sooooooo gutted about this and i feel so awful for her,i gave her everything and she was treated like a baby as Merlin is to,i know deep down ive done the right thing but it still dont help me out as im missing her like mad,i love my dogs and animals to peaces but my children come first
thanks for reading and letting me rant
Mandy

Sometimes it is the best thing to do and it takes guts to actually admit it. For what it's worth, I think you have done the right thing :)

For what it's worth, I think you've done the right thing. Well done for not being too proud to admit it. I hope you will all be happier now.
:)

I'm sorry for you but I believe you did the right thing. Dogs and humans must coexist and risks of dogs injuring people cannot be allowed. Because you rescued her you know nothing of her early treatment and your present troubles could well stem from those days. You gave her a chance in life, that's the part you must remember about her.

Safety must always come first however hard it is.

Regards, John

You might want to have the vet look at that toe nail - the toe might be broken - not that the vet can do an awful lot :(

Her toe nail was checked out at the vet after it happened,she had it cleaned and dressed the nail has since grown alot and is better now
Mandy

Of course you have done the right thing, you can't have a dog that snaps at your children. I myself have quite a snappy rescue dog and I know first hand how much hard work he is to deal with. There is no way I could have kept him if I had also had children to look after as he is sometimes unpredictable.

Sometimes I think maybe the rescue homes, great job that they do, might make a mistake with rehoming dogs to the right homes because they aren't aware what the dog is really like. My mum had to return a dog to rescue because he just was too difficult for her but in the rescue home he appeared to be the perfect dog. It's sad but its the best for everyone all round. Don't be too hard on yourself, sometimes it just doesn't work out.

CG

I agree also I know it was hard for you but you did the right thing

I think you did the right thing too :) Hard though it is.

It's probably a better environment now for Crystal....if she continues to behave in this way, do get your friend to have a very thorough vet check on her because aggression can be caused by all sorts of factors including health problems that we as owners can't see, and the dog may seem healthy.

Lindsay
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Poor you, I know how you are feeling. A few years ago I took on a rescue WSD and the story I was told about him didn't match up at all to the real dog. I was told he hadn't been socialized and was nervous. Whoever decided that didn't know collies at all. He was nasty, end of story. He would run round the back of people and bite them in the back of the leg. I tried everything, help from a qualified behavourist, muzzling when we went out; in the end he started to bite my mum, no reason, she just had to walk past him. I tried for 11 months, then phoned the rescue centre. They wanted to put him down, so I told them I would keep trying. I then phoned around different rescue centres (oh they make you feel evil), but as I wouldn't let him be kennelled (a disaster for most collies) it took ages. Eventually I found one who kept the dogs in the house until they found a new home. They sent him to a lovely place away from people, just a woman and another collie in a huge house in the middle of acres of land. It was perfect and although I cried for weeks, I now have no regrets and know I did the right thing. Give it time and the guilt will go and you wont miss her so much. Take care, all of us on here will be thinking of you.

Claire