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Romanian dog rescue

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Preciousmemory · 22/02/2025 17:30

I am in an awful situation that I can find no solution to. Please if any one could give me some advice.
i have rescued a Romanian dog which has turned out so badly.
He arrived 10 days ago and has serious problems I am not able to deal with so am asking if anyone can offer me advice.
The rescue have a policy that I must give him back to be rehomed but are not able to find anyone although it is a short time they are describing him on the advert as a dog that loves humans and children and dogs. A huge part of this is not right I have not tested him with a child but as for people he definitely does not like them , only me.
He attacks my husband in the morning, in the evening when he returns home from work and then randomly at any other time. The attacks are getting progressively worse. But yesterday he met my 80 year old tiny dad for the first time which I had also for the first time put a muzzle on him after 7 days of training with it.
The attack was so ferocious on my dad that he was foaming at the mouth leaping as high as his shoulders to grab him but because he was muzzled there was no damage. my dad immediately left. I despair to think what may have happened otherwise. My daughter turned up shortly after the same thing happened. I was thinking he maybe afraid of men but it seems not.
I have constantly tried to work with the Romanian Rescue which could take months for them to find a suitable home, the only option I have from them is to stick this traumatised dog into a kennel which will cause further damage to him, but I am not able to keep him in my home with this level of aggression.
Dog rescues are full up. I have contacted a few that specifically deal with dog aggression. I do not see how this poor dog can just be homed in a normal family environment as this will happen again. He is a large growing powerful dog that could cause serious damage to a person.
Thank you for reading , this is such an anxious problem that I see no solution to.
I am grateful for any advice possible .

OP posts:
ForegoneConfusion · 02/03/2025 07:41

Since when has a dog jumping up at strangers been seen as a positive?

BlueCupOrangeCup · 02/03/2025 07:47

@Ylvamoon indeed about them dropping the behaviour outside their "job remit". A colleague of mine has a Romanian rescue. He is aware about it having a taste for strangers' human flesh 😳 but only in his house that dog considers his job to guard. Outside the house he is soft as $%*t.

They have rearranged their entire social and professional lives and physical environment in order to give it a home where it will not come into contact with strangers. they have upended their lives.

Very very few people are truly able to do that. But I guess this is what rescuing Romanian street dogs entails.

LittleCharlotte · 02/03/2025 19:40

Sometimes. Not always. Not often. Depends on the dog.

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